PhD defence by Anders Grundtvig

The online life of stem cells - How publics find information and information finds publics - in the Google ecosystem

Assessment Committee:
Professor Henriette Langstrup, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen (Chairperson)
Associate professor Andreas Birkbak, Roskilde University
Professor Alan Robert Petersen, Monash University

Supervisors:
Professor Klaus Lindgaard Høyer
Professor Megan Munsie
Professor Anders Kristian Munk
Associate Professor Louise Emma Whiteley

Department:
Department of Public Health

Graduate Programme:
Medicine, Culture and Society

Place:
The defence is conducted as a hybrid defence.

To attend the defence in person:
Building 1, Room 1.1.18, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 Copenhagen K

To attend the defence online
Please follow the link to attend the defence online: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/5041954469?omn=66266726524 
Meeting ID, if relevant: 504 195 4469
Password, if relevant:

Email address to gain access to the thesis: anders.grundtvig@sund.ku.dk
You will either receive a copy of the thesis or be informed where you can read a physical copy.

Short description of the thesis:
In this PhD thesis, Anders explores the ‘online life of stem cells as mediated by the Google infrastructure of Search, Ads, and YouTube. In doing this, the thesis takes a socio-technical interest in the content and information of its online existence and the mediation process and actors configuring it. Empirically, the thesis studies ‘the online life’ with a Science and Technology Studies (STS) framework and digital methods approaches. The PhD explores the tension between ‘finding’ and ‘being found’ by asking: How are stem cells being (re)configured online in Google’s ecosystem?