About me

I am currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University, supported by a Concordia University Graduate Fellowship and a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier doctoral scholarship.

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My research focuses on the environmental and social impacts of computing infrastructures, the role of extraction in the digital economy, and cultural imaginaries of energy and techno-futures.

In my dissertation, I investigate how different actors are attempting to decarbonize Internet infrastructures and reimagining digital communication systems through design practices that are rooted in principles of climate justice and respect for planetary boundaries.

I am a founding member of the Solar Media Collective, a solarpunk-inspired maker/thinker group for low-carbon computing practices, and a member of Low Carbon Research Methods and the Grierson Research Group.

Before I started my PhD, I worked as a communication strategist, project manager and writer/editor at FLMH Labor für Politik und Kommunikation.

I hold a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin. My MA thesis examined social movements and other forms of protest, analyzing the 2013 youth “riots” in Stockholm, Sweden through ethnographic fieldwork.

You can often find me behind the service desk or using a saw at La Remise, a non-profit solidarity co-operative with a tool library and bike repair, wood and sewing workshops. I also jam on the banjo and dabble in tinkering and reuse of discarded electronics, sometimes as part of the Open Hardware Summit.

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