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Katrien Pype is an associate professor (BOF) in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven University and an honorary research fellow at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on popular culture and technology, with a particular emphasis on urban technology cultures in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and beyond. She has held prestigious fellowships, including the Newton International Fellowship and Marie Curie grant, and leads interdisciplinary projects on smart cities, climate change, and decolonizing social sciences.
Education: PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology (KU Leuven, 2008), postdoctoral research at MIT (2011–2013), and extensive fieldwork in Kinshasa and other African cities.
Research Interests: Technology and urban development, climate urgency, decolonization of knowledge systems, and ethnographic studies in DR Congo. Current projects include the Cairo Charter (urban AI and environmental justice) and RESPIRA (air pollution research). Her work often combines in-depth fieldwork with critical analysis of digitalization and its societal impacts.
Professional Activities: Co-founder of CongoResearchNetwork (CRN), editorial board member of journals like *Africa* and *Journal of African Cultural Studies*, and co-lead on international research consortia.
Labs/Teams: Involved in multi-disciplinary teams addressing schistosomiasis (ATRAP), climate urgency (C-Urge), and decolonial methodologies.
