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Dr. Mikkel Kenni Bruun is a Research Fellow at King’s College London, affiliated with the Department of Digital Humanities (Faculty of Arts & Humanities). He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and a Master’s in Medical Anthropology from University College London. His research focuses on health surveillance technologies, mental healthcare systems, and the digitalisation of wellbeing practices. He currently leads the SAMCOM project examining surveillance practices in Britain and Germany, funded by the European Research Council. Bruun has also held a teaching position at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Social Anthropology.
His work critically explores the intersection of evidence-based psychotherapy, NHS mental health services (IAPT), and digital health innovations. Key themes include accountability in therapeutic monitoring, the unintended consequences of evidence-driven healthcare frameworks, and the ethical implications of self-tracking technologies like fitness and mindfulness apps. Bruun’s recent publications analyze how quantitative metrics reshape therapeutic relationships and examines the global ethnography of psychological care.
His research outputs include contributions to Anthropology & Medicine, the Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology, and edited volumes such as Towards an Anthropology of Psychology (Berghahn, 2025). He co-edits interdisciplinary projects on surveillance and health monitoring, bridging anthropological theory with applied healthcare critique.
