Research area: Social innovation and sustainability

Research interests: 

  1. ​​​Ethnography
  2. Qualitative methods
  3. Science and technology studies
  4. Lusophone and Francophone Africa
  5. Epistemology, ontology, decoloniality

Current research: I am currently exploring the politics of knowledge of the African internet. I also work on knowledge mobilities, critical pedagogy, forced migration and refugees, middle class life across Africa, design thinking and inclusive innovation. I conduct regular fieldwork in Mauritius

Research publication: Click here for full list

ORCiD0000-0001-9064-1474 

Student capacity (for 2024) : Actively recruiting PhD students and post doctoral fellows

Contact   jess.auerbach@uct.ac.za  www.jessauerbach.net

 

 

 

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