Biografie
Dr. Paola Pierri is Senior Researcher at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU-Hochschule Luzern).
She has a doctorate in Design Anthropology from the London College of Communication and specialises in Anthropology of Technologies.
Her research interest focuses on the social impact of technologies on our societies: from exploring questions of inequalities and justice, to investigating the implications of emerging technologies for policy-making and for democracy more broadly (including modes of digital activism and participation).
Paola was previously Director of Research at Democratic Society where she led research on Digital and Democracy, exploring the social implications of digitalisation democratic practices and the public spaces. She has been a Research Fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute, researching questions of Digital Inequalities and Digital Sovereignty.