News9 December 2021

FRANCQUI CHAIR AWARD

The Belgium based Francqui Foundation has awarded Sahana Udupa the 2022 Francqui Chair in recognition of her contributions to critical digital research. The chair is linked to a series of lectures on the subject of “Online Extreme Speech” that Udupa will deliver in spring 2022 at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU). More about the award here.

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News15 July 2024

Job announcement: Postdoc positions in the ERC project, SMALLPLATFORMS

Applications are invited for 5 postdoctoral positions in the new ERC consolidator grant project on small social media platforms. Visit LMU job board for the links and full description of the positions. Contact ai4dignity@ethnologie.lmu.de for more information. Deadline for application: 31 August 2024

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News23 November 2023

ERC Consolidator Grant

Sahana Udupa received the European Research Council Consolidator Grant (2023) for a five year multi-country study on small social media platforms and contentious speech. A team of postdoctoral researchers and Udupa will explore small platform discourses and their implications in an anthropologically rooted comparative framework. The project will also provide policy recommendations for small platform governance. News coverage: European Research Council | Forschung & Lehre Magazine | LMU Munich

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News29 October 2022

UNESCO Design Challenge

At the UNESCO organized Design Challenge, 136 participants from 36 countries pitched their ideas to address gender discrimination and violence in the digital space using methodologies from digital anthropology. Sahana Udupa served on the jury with Gabriela Ramos, Richard Rogers, Anders Munk and Patrik Wikstorm to select the winning projects.

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