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Emma Quilty is a Research Fellow at Monash University's Centre for Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), focusing on technology-facilitated violence and gendered aspects of technology design. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and has affiliations with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. Her work bridges feminist science studies, critical technology analysis, and climate justice, with notable contributions to understanding gender dynamics in automated systems (e.g., the 'Pod Man' concept).
Education:
- PhD in Social Anthropology
- 1st Class BA Honours
Research Interests: Emma's interdisciplinary research explores how technology intersects with gender, race, and power. She critically examines automated decision-making, trust in AI, and the entanglement of climate action with colonial histories. Her book Witch Power: Hexing the Patriarchy with Feminist Magic (2025) redefines witchcraft as a feminist resistance movement. She also co-authored Can We Trust Technology? (2025), addressing ethical dilemmas in tech design.
Grants & Projects:
- Principal Investigator for the 2024 TFGBV Train the Trainer Evaluation project in Fiji
- ARC Linkage Project on Net Zero Precincts, leading ethnographic fieldwork
- Contributor to the Future Automated Mobilities project, producing reports and a nominated film She’s Not Alone
Labs/Teams: Active in CEVAW and the Future Automated Mobilities research group at Monash.
