iSchools Doctoral Seminar Series 2026
Wed, Apr 08
|iSchools Doctoral Seminar Series
The iSchools Doctoral Seminar Series is an ongoing forum in which PhD students can present and promote their research, and receive feedback from peers and more senior scholars.
Time & Location
Apr 08, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM GMT+2
iSchools Doctoral Seminar Series
About the Event
The iSchools Doctoral Seminar Series is an ongoing forum in which PhD students can present and promote their research, and receive feedback from peers and more senior scholars. It also allows them to establish partnerships and collaborations across boundaries. PhD students at all stages of their academic career are welcome to listen or to present, regardless of location. Please contact Anika Meyer to join the events.
13:00 Claudia Grisales-Bohórquez (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Title: Ways of Living with Digital Forests: Data-Driven Environmental Governance and Articulations of Campesino Autonomy in the Colombian Amazon
Abstract: My dissertation examines how a campesino community on the northwestern edge of the Colombian Amazon exercises agency within data driven environmental governance. Situated in a strategic and heavily monitored region, the community faces multiple informational strategies designed to reshape local practices in the name of environmental soundness. I analyze how residents navigate this uneven informational landscape, resisting…