The Critical Data Research Group was founded by Manuela Naveau as part of the Critical Data professorship at Interface Cultures. Based on the premise that artists are of great value for the study and critical mediation of data usage, data processing systems, and related knowledge, the group not only aims to make visible how systems of digitalization work, but also how they do not.
Currently, the group consists of eleven PhD students: César Escudero Andaluz (ES), Marta Beauchamp (IT/UK), Hess Jeon (KR/AT), Gordan Savicic (AT/CH), Juliane Götz (DE), Yann Patrick Martins (CH), Qingyi Ren (CN/CH), Charleen Elberskirch (DE/CH), Nomi Sasaki (PE/CH), and Alexia Achilleos (CY). During the festival, selected PhD students will present their research in a poster session.