Dr Laurene Cheilan
BA, PhD, MA, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
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Biography
My doctoral research was an auto/ethnography of public engagement institutionalisation in a science research network. It analysed organisational life as texture and public engagement through the critical lens of care, with an emphasis on materiality and affects. In particular, it explored gendered dynamics of organisational mending and care work as well as how academic identities are produced in the context of public engagement institutionalisation.
In the Centre for Sociodigital Futures I now engage with the production and documentation of interdisciplinary research interrogating the making of sociodigital futures.
Research interests
I have a mixed professional background in performing arts, science museums, art/science/technology collaborations and interactive experiences for heritage.
My doctoral research was an auto/ethnography of public engagement institutionalisation in a science research network. It analysed organisational life as texture and public engagement through the critical lens of care, with an emphasis on materiality and affects. In particular, it explored gendered dynamics of organisational mending and care work as well as how academic identities are produced in the context of public engagement institutionalisation.
In the Futures Studio, I now engage with the production and documentation of interdisciplinary research interrogating the making of sociodigital futures.
I am interested in STS approaches, public engagement in science and technology, more-than-human relationships of care, auto/ethnographical methods and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/05/2022 to 30/04/2027
Publications
Recent publications
14/06/2024Postdigital Citizen Science and Humanities: A Theoretical Kaleidoscope
Postdigital Science and Education
Thesis
Cosmic Carbons, Messy Legos and Researchers in Becoming
Supervisors
Award date
24/01/2023