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Saba Rebecca Brause is a Researcher and Doctoral Research Assistant at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She holds an MA from Sciences Po Paris and an MSc from the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on sociotechnical imaginaries, the social and communicative construction of AI, privacy in smart technologies, and quantitative methods. She currently leads the SNF-funded project analyzing AI imaginaries in China, Germany, and the US.
Education includes:
- 2017–2021: Doctoral Research Assistant at University of Zurich
- 2018–2021: Research Assistant at Weizenbaum Institute and TU Berlin
- 2017–2021: MSc in Social Science of the Internet (University of Oxford)
- 2014–2016: MA in Communication (Sciences Po Paris, cum laude)
- 2011–2014: BA at Sciences Po Paris (with a year abroad at Heriot-Watt University)
Her work bridges communication studies and technology sociology, examining how AI and smart technologies are socially constructed through media, discourse, and user practices. Recent studies explore privacy implications of voice assistants, cross-national AI media narratives, and platform labor dynamics. She has presented findings at top conferences like ICA and EASST, contributing to critical AI studies and science communication.
Key grants include the Swiss National Science Foundation project on AI imaginaries. Her collaborative work spans interdisciplinary teams across Europe and North America, addressing ethical and societal dimensions of emerging technologies.
Labs/teams: Primary affiliation with IKMZ’s Science Communication division, collaborating with institutions like the Weizenbaum Institute and McGill University on AI and public discourse projects.
