Lucie Chateau

Dr. Lucie Chateau is an Assistant Professor in the Media and Performance Studies department at the Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University. Her research focuses on meme aesthetics, digital capitalism, and the intersection of affect theory with emerging digital cultures. She holds a PhD from Tilburg University (2023) and has taught at Tilburg and King's College London.

Education:

• PhD Candidate: Philosophy and Culture Studies, Tilburg University (2019–2023)
• MA New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam (2018–2019)
• MA Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory, King's College London (2017–2018)
• BA English Language and Literature, King's College London (2014–2017)

Research Interests: Critical analysis of meme economies, digital capitalism's cultural impacts, eco-media, AI ethics, and interdisciplinary approaches blending philosophy, media studies, and cultural theory.

Recent Work Trends: Explores how memes mediate alienation in digital spaces, critiques computational overreach in creativity, and analyzes visual aesthetics’ role in online communities. Recent publications engage AI’s cultural implications and experimental digital forms.

Media Engagements:

• "Laat me (niet) lachen: De humor van internetmemes" (NEMO Kennislink, 2024)
• "Lucie Chateau on Memes and Online Depression Culture" (Diggit Magazine, 2023)
• "Mental health memes are everywhere – can they offer more than comic relief?" (The Guardian, 2021)
• "El éxito de los memes depresivos" (El Pais, 2020)

Grants & Labs: No specific grants listed; affiliated with Utrecht University’s Media and Performance Studies research clusters.