Flora Lysen

Flora Lysen is an Assistant Professor in the history of science and media at Maastricht University, affiliated with the Science and Technology Studies research group (MUSTS). Her work examines how scientific concepts evolve and intersect across disciplines and social contexts, with a focus on the sensory and technological mediation of the body and brain. She explores themes like visualization, experimentation, and public engagement in scientific discourse.

Her research emphasizes the interplay between technology and perception, particularly in how the brain and nervous system have been conceptualized through media such as EEG recordings, televised experiments, and interactive art-science collaborations. Lysen’s book Brainmedia: One Hundred Years of Performing Live Brains, 1920–2020 (2024) traces the cultural and epistemological history of 'live brain' visualization, arguing that media technologies profoundly shaped public and scientific imaginations of the brain's workings.

Her interdisciplinary approach bridges media theory, history of science, and medical humanities. Lysen collaborates with artists and scientists to investigate how real-time brain data interfaces challenge traditional boundaries between art, science, and human subjectivity.