Bio

Marianna Fernandes is a PhD scholar researching issues of anthropology and sociology at the Geneva Graduate Institute. She also serves as a Research Assistant at the Centre for International Environmental Studies, where she is a part of the ERC Synthetic Lives project. Her PhD research investigates the incorporation and use of 4.0 technologies in the mining industry. She is particularly interested in the socio-ecological and labor dynamics that underpin automation, as well as the generation and use of digital data in the sector.