Areas of research and interest
Science and Technology Studies (STS), Philosophy of Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data, Biology, Epistemology
Contact
Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Oettingenstr. 67
80538 Munich
Email:
warner.magdalena@gmail.com
Details of Doctoral Research
PhD project (Working Title): Data journeys and machine learning in biology
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Philipp Schorch und Dr. Mascha Gugganig
Abstract: My PhD project aims to investigate how modern machine learning (ML), a form of artificial intelligence, is designed and used in biology. I am interested in the entire process, from generating and curating data to inventing and designing ML to applying it, and how scientists navigate this process and its challenges, which often involves collaboration between biologists and ML experts. My overarching motivation is to consider how we can responsibly design and use increasingly complex AI in the life sciences in future. I am addressing this through qualitative research at the Max Planck Society.
Academic Career
- 2024 - present: Doctoral Candidate, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
- 2022-2025: Science Communication at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
- 2020-2022: MA Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
- 2017-2020: BA Social and Cultural Anthropology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen