Dr. Viviane Frings

Biography

Viviane Frings is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Information Empowered Communities Lab at Monash University, specializing in archival science, information science, Asian studies, and community informatics. She leads the PROTIC III project focused on Indigenous Data Sovereignty in the Global South. Her research emphasizes the importance of preserving information and teaching recordkeeping literacy skills to marginalized communities, particularly in Bangladesh. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Monash University and has published extensively in English and French, including 2 books, 2 monographs, 4 edited volumes, 25 journal articles, and 9 conference papers. Frings has received multiple grants, including a DECRA Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, focusing on information access and preservation for rural communities with limited information access. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Information Knowledge Management with specializations in Archives, Recordkeeping, and Library and Information Science from Monash University. Additionally, she serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Records Management Journal and has guest-edited special issues for other notable journals.

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