Laure Joanny

Laure was awarded a European Research Council PhD Studentship at the University of Sheffield to conduct research on green surveillance technologies as part of the BIOSEC project. She started her studies in February 2017.

Laure’s doctoral research focuses on the increasing use of surveillance technologies, such as law enforcement monitoring software, for conservation purposes. She seeks to understand how these algorithmic technologies redefine what information and skills are relied upon to protect biodiversity and how conservation is carried out.

Laure holds an undergraduate degree in Social Sciences and Economics from the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, France and an MSc in Environment, Politics and Development from SOAS, University of London. She has a strong interest in understanding the ways in which digital technologies redefine our relationship with our environment and attempts to conserve it. She wrote her MSc dissertation on whether the use of digital technologies could lead to more inclusive conservation decisions through citizen science.

For more information about Laure’s research interests, please visit her ResearchGate profile. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn and follow her on Twitter: @Laure_Jny