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Email: n.mahnic@qmul.ac.uk
Twitter: @nikamahnic
Website: https://www.nikamahnic.com/
Supervisors: Dr Elke Schwarz and Prof Kimberly Hutchings
Research topic: Programmable infrastructures and state (de)formation
Research Interests: Data (in)justice, critical algorithm studies, public administration, privatisation, infrastructures, platforms
Education:
Work experience:
Current:
Graduate Teaching Fellow - Civil and Political Rights, Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy, King’s College London (2021 -)
Previous:
Researcher/Analyst - Business Strategy Analysis Unit (Finance Group) – HM Government, Department for Work and Pensions (2022, 3 month placement)
Graduate Teaching Fellow - Social Justice and Policy Analysis, Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy, King’s College London (2021)
Director of Community Relations - Moneylab conference – Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art Ljubljana (2020),
Conference Programme Lead, Grounded Festival of electronic music, critical thinking and activism - Institute for Culture of Diversity Open (2018 – 2021)
Publications:
Mahnič, Nika. "Gamification of politics: start a new game." Teorija in praksa 51.1 (2014): 143-161.
Mahnič, Nika. "Encountering bloody others in mined reality." AI & SOCIETY 34.1 (2019): 153-160.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=9kuPwHYAAAAJ&hl
Funding: AHRC London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP)