معرفی
Dr. Ana Valdivia is a Lecturer at the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) and a Visiting Research Fellow at UCL's Centre for Capitalism Studies (2024-2025). Her work bridges mathematics, computer science, and political ecology to examine how AI systems reshape political, social, and ecological landscapes through datafication and algorithmic infrastructures.
- University: University of Oxford
- School: Oxford Internet Institute
- Department: Artificial Intelligence, Government & Policy
- Role at UCL: Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Capitalism Studies
Research Interests: Ana focuses on the political and environmental consequences of AI supply chains, including mineral extractivism, data center sustainability, and e-waste dynamics. Her work contributes to critical AI studies by analyzing algorithmic resistance and oppression within late capitalist frameworks.
Publication Trends: Her 2024 article in Information, Communication & Society establishes an interdisciplinary methodology combining ethnography, STS, and political ecology to critique algorithmic harms through an environmental lens. This reflects her broader interest in AI's material infrastructure.
Methodological Approach: She integrates social science theories with empirical fieldwork to study AI's global supply chains, emphasizing their ecological frictions and power dynamics. During her UCL fellowship, she will further develop this framework to interrogate capitalist exploitation patterns in digital infrastructures.
