Predoc seminar: Katie Berns

Seminar

Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023

Time: 13.00 – 15.00

Location: Room M20, DSV, Nod building, Borgarfjordsgatan 12, Kista

Welcome to a predoc seminar on food waste activism! Katie Berns, PhD student at DSV, is the respondent.

Invitation to PhD student Katie Berns’s predoc seminar at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University. She will present her ongoing work on “Designing for Community Economies: Exploring Alternatives for Infrastructuring Food Waste Activism”. The seminar takes place on March 22, 2023.

Respondent: Katie Berns, DSV
Opponent: John Vines, University of Edinburgh, Scotland/UK
Main supervisor: Chiara Rossitto, DSV
Supervisor: Jakob Tholander, DSV
Professor closest to the subject: Oskar Juhlin, DSV

Abstract

This thesis explores the role of digital civics in promoting a more sustainable and equitable future. It suggests that carefully designed digital technologies can play an important role in supporting community-led efforts to address pressing social and environmental challenges such as food waste. The key themes of my thesis include post-capitalism, community economies, and food waste activism.

Keywords: Digital Civics, Food-sharing, Collectives, Community Economies, Infrastructuring