Humlab Share: Protecting the researcher in digital contexts

In recent years, a growing need for protecting researchers has become necessary as online risks such as death threats and “doxing” are more frequent risks in relation to an increased digital landscape of anti-gender, far right extremists, and anti-science movements. In this seminar, we will present and discuss a draft of a conference proceeding “Protecting the Researcher in Digital Contexts” (Cocq, Liliequist & Okonski, forthcoming).

This seminar will also be the point of departure for further discussions about how we can actively and proactively improve our research environments in relation to digital research and/or in digital contexts. 

Registered participants will receive the draft a few days prior to the seminar. 

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Coppélie Cocq, Professor in Sámi Studies and Digital Humanities, Humlab, Umeå University. Her research focuses on digital practices in Sámi, Indigenous and minority contexts. Ethical and methodological perspectives on digital research are other topical issues in her research. www.coppelie.com 

Evelina Liliequist, affiliated researcher at Humlab, Umeå University. Liliequist holds a PhD in Ethnology, Digital Humanities from Umeå University. Her research interests revolve around queer orientations, identity, research ethics, and queer kinship, in particular how these are done through and in relation to social media.  https://www.umu.se/en/staff/evelina-liliequist/ 

Lacey Okonski holds a PhD in Psychology. Previously a Fulbright Fellow and Visiting Professor in Brazil, she is currently at Umeå University, Sweden. Her research interests include psycholinguistics, metaphor and digital practices. Her work has been featured in various publications such as the Journal of Pragmatics, Metaphor and the Social World, and The American Journal of Psychology. Her academic work is complimented by her work in EdTech for such startups as Open English and Acrobatiq. More recently, Okonski has become interested in metaphors for the climate crisis and the intersectional entailments of conceptualizing nature as female. https://www.laceyokonski.com/