Anne Kaun#
| Membership Number: | 6827 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.sh.se/english/sodertorn-university/contact/researchers/anne-kaun |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5879-2130 |
| Twitter: | @anne_kaun |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Full Professor in Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University, Stockolm, Sweden
- 2016 - 2020 Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2015 - 2016 Assistant Professor in Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2013 - 2015 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- 2013 - 2015 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University
- 2012 - 2015 Research Fellow, Södertörn University
- 2010 - 2011 Associate Research Student, Goldsmiths College, University of London
- 2008 - 2012 PhD Fellow, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden/ Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2007 - 2008 Fellow Destatis – Federal Statistical Office, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Automation and artificial intelligence from a humanistic social science perspective
- Algorithmic culture
- Media theory
- Mediated temporalities
- Political mobilization and social media
Honours and Awards
- Major recent grants:
- 2022 - 2025 Chanse Consortium Automating Welfare: Algorithmic Infrastructure for human flourishing in Europe 15 mio SEK, project leader and principal investigator.
- 2023 - 2028 Wallenberg Academy Fellow, 5 Mio SEK, principal investigator
- 2021 - 2024 ÖSS Automating Welfare in the Baltic Sea Region, 3,9 Mio SEK, principal investigator
- 2020 Formas – Media, Information and Trust during the Pandemic, 780,000 SEK, principal investigator
- 2015 - 2019 Digital Activism in China, Scandinavia and the USA, Postdoctoral Transition Grant, STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education), 480,000 SEK, principal investigator
- Prizes:
- 2013 FSMK Thesis Award
- 2010/11 PhD scholarship for studying abroad, STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education), 115,000 SEK, principal investigator
- 2007 Willy-Brandt-Price of the Party of European Socialists for excellent graduation from the European Institute Klaus Mehnert
