{"id":8137,"date":"2025-01-06T20:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/?p=8137"},"modified":"2025-01-06T21:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:20:40","slug":"kls-lecturer-selected-as-young-scientist-for-the-eu-horizon-programme-studiotopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kls-lecturer-selected-as-young-scientist-for-the-eu-horizon-programme-studiotopia\/","title":{"rendered":"KLS lecturer selected as Young Scientist for the EU Horizon programme Studiotopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Alexander Damianos,<\/a>\u00a0lecturer at Kent Law School<\/a>, has been selected as young scientist for the STUDIOTOPIA<\/a>\u00a0Resident at\u00a0Ars Electronica<\/a>. STUDIOTOPIA is an initiative of\u00a0S+T+ARTS<\/a>, funded by the\u00a0European Union\u2019s Creative Europe programme.\u00a0The program pairs emerging scientists with established artists to develop a unique, interdisciplinary exhibition at a leading cultural institution in Europe. Each pair is assigned a \u201cchallenge\u201d which their exhibition is to address. Alexander has been paired with\u00a0<\/span>Territorial Agency<\/a>\u00a0to address the challenge of \u201c<\/span>Updating the Great Acceleration Charts<\/a>.\u201d These<\/span>\u00a0charts<\/a>\u00a0demonstrate an exponential increase across a range of socio-economic and natural phenomena, ranging from GDP, to deforestation, to the number of McDonald\u2019s restaurants globally, all beginning in the mid-twentieth century.\u00a0<\/span>The resulting exhibition will feature in the\u00a0Ars Electronica Festival<\/a> 2026, in Linz, Austria.\u00a0The exhibition presents an opportunity for Alexander to develop his ongoing research into the Anthropocene, developing a public-engagement initiative at an event visited by over 112,000 people each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander teaches property law and environmental law modules to undergraduate and postgraduate students at Kent Law School. His research interests concern the relation between science and law. Alexander welcomes opportunities to supervise students interested in science & technology studies, environmental law, law & anthropology, and law & media studies. His forthcoming monograph\u00a0What was the Anthropocene<\/i>? presents the first-ever ethnographic study of the Anthropocene Working Group. His most recent article appears in the journal\u00a0Social Studies of Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n