Anne Beaulieu
Research and Publications
Anne Beaulieu
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ssociate Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Data Research Centre, University of Groningen. She leads the research group Knowledge Infrastructures for Sustainability at Campus Fryslan.
Beaulieu’s work focuses on diversity and complexity in knowledge infrastructures. Her contributions provide insights into how data is created, synthesized and transformed into evidence, and how databases, platforms and data flows shape what we know and who has access to this knowledge. She has led the development of many lines of research and teaching, among others at University College Fryslan, in the Minor Data Wise and as scientific coordinator of PhD training of the Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture (WTMC).
Data is a recurring theme across many of her activities, including her passion for bio-oriented scuba diving and triathlon.
projects
I am currenlty working on a book for teaching about data with Sabina Leonelli, developing a major research project focusing on infrastructures for sustainability with Selen Eren and Theunis Piersma, and writing up an analysis of how knowledge of the SDGs is produced….
teaching
The minor Data Wise: Data Science in Society, the major Responsible Planet in the bachelor programme Global Responsibility and Leadership, and PhD training in Science and Technology Studies are my main teaching activities at Campus Fryslan, the University of Groningen and WTMC. Minor Data…
events
Recent events have focused on Sustainable Entrepreneurship, the Data Research Centre and on interdisciplinarity. I am also involved in the board of Studium Generale Groningen and of Studium General Leeuwarden. Knowledge Infrastructures for Conservation as Matter of Care, Anne Beaulieu Presentation in the session…
New project on energy, innovation and community
Imagine a group of people coming together around the shared project to produce energy locally, and who ways to benefit from more social connections, as well as cheaper and cleaner energy. That’s a recipe for a sustainable future! This is the focus of a…
How does the pandemic help us teach our students to change the world?
A brand new podcast from Campus Fryslan: Together with Sepideh Yousefzadeh and Saskia Rosendaal of Campus Fryslan, we discuss the need to reflect on our teaching practices and how we are reinventing them, the welfare of students and the prospects for incoming students and…
PhD Scholarship Valuing Big Data
We are offering a 4-year PhD scholarship at Campus Fryslan, University of Groningen. Applicants can submit a proposal on the topic of valuing Big Data in research. Proposals that address value as a multi-layered concept that connects ethical, epistemological, and legal modes of valuation…
