Celia Brightwell
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Research Associate/PhD Candidate
NameCelia Brightwell
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Celia Brightwell is a writer and researcher interested in how narratives and data can impact wellbeing. Her PhD project explores how age and gender intersect in digital technology. She examines the role of consent in data-driven technology, focusing on how this affects older women. Celia has worked as a user experience writer and content lead for European digital health apps. She led a user research project that uncovered experiences with digital blood tests. She also worked with a team that developed in-app psychological support tools. And she helped make it easier for pregnant people and parents in South Africa to get digital medical guidance. Her work as a research associate supports the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health.
| 2015–2016 | Master of Marketing Communications (The University of Melbourne) |
| 2010–2013 | Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, Editing, and Communications (The University of Melbourne) |
| 2006–2009 | Bachelor of Arts, English Literary Studies (The University of Melbourne) |
● Critical data studies
● Feminist gerontology
● Technopolitics
● Care theory
● Gender studies
● Narratology and lore
● Digital media
● Psychoanalysis
● Content design
- Dissertation project: Cyber crones
- Research associate project: CYMEDSEC
| 2023–2024 | PATH Technical University Dresden |
| July 2024 |
Gyno-gerontocracy and the Longhouse |
| September 2023 |
Designing Meaningful Consent with Older Adults |
| September 2023 |
Digital interstices of consent |