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Jennifer Cearns is a digital anthropologist specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence and social life. Her research focuses on the ways in which people relate to emerging intelligent technologies, exploring the ideological and cultural underpinnings of new perceptions of self, personhood, and kinship. She completed her PhD in Anthropology at University College London in 2020, examining material and digital exchange under socialism and capitalism in Cuba and Central North America, with a focus on kinship ties underpinning informal economies. Cearns has conducted extensive ethnographic research across Brazil, Cuba, Guyana, Panama, Mexico, Spain, and the UK. Before her current role, she served as a Lecturer in Digital Anthropology at UCL and as an Associate Postdoctoral Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. She is an active voice in the discourse on AI and society, contributing her insights as a speaker at various festivals and media outlets. Her notable publications include the monograph Circulating Culture, published in 2023, and she is currently involved in collaborative research projects looking at the financialization of housing in the Global South.
University of Manchester • Manchester, UK
Teaching courses on Digital Anthropology and research supervision.
UCL • London, UK
Taught Digital Anthropology.
Alan Turing Institute • London, UK
Contributed to AI-related research projects.
Includes MSc in Advanced Electrical Power Systems and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing.