Flora Lysen

Dr. Flora Lysen is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Maastricht University, and a member of the Maastricht University Science, Technology and Society (MUSTS) research group. Her work bridges historical and STS methodologies to examine the impact of new media technologies on cognitive science, behavioral science, and medicine since the mid-20th century. She holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam (2020), awarded the ASCA Best Dissertation Prize.

Research Interests: Her current projects include the NWO-funded RAIDIO (2020–2024) on AI in clinical decision-making and the EU-funded STRONG-AYA (2022–2027) addressing data ethics in healthcare. She also explores art-science collaborations, notably co-initiating the Neurocultures research group and the Worlding the Brain project. Her monograph Brainmedia (2022) analyzes media representations of the brain in science and art.

Publications & Awards: Recent works include studies on synthetic data ethics and interdisciplinary collaborations. She has published in Journal of Responsible Innovation, British Journal for the History of Science, and co-edited Worlding the Brain (2023). Awards include the ASCA Best Dissertation Award (2020).

Professional Activities: She coordinates the MERIAN network (Experimental Research In And through the Arts) and previously led the Amsterdam Research Institute of the Arts and Sciences (ARIAS). She has collaborated with institutions like Harvard University, TU Berlin, and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.