Claire Dungey

Claire Dungey is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing within the School of Art and Media at the University of Brighton. With a PhD in Anthropology from Aarhus University, her work bridges ethnographic fieldwork with contemporary debates on surveillance, mobility, and digital technologies across diverse socio-cultural contexts.

• Education:
  • BA in Anthropology
  • MSc in Anthropology
  • PhD in Anthropology, Aarhus University

Research Interests include the anthropology of education and futures, digital anthropology, surveillance studies, and mobility studies. Her work examines how families negotiate surveillance technologies, the politics of transport accessibility, and lifecourse transitions in both global North and South contexts.

Recent Publications focus on:

• Surveillance apps in German family life
• Mobility challenges in African cities
• Slow reconstruction processes
• Ageism in AI systems

Scientific Collaborations span institutions like King's College London, Durham University, and Aarhus University, with fieldwork conducted in Germany, Uganda, Lesotho, and multiple African cities.