I am a researcher and educator specialising in ontology and machine learning in information networks. I develop intelligent systems for research in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Over the last two decades I have founded several information platforms for research in human evolution, archaeology, and anthropology, including The Global Rock Art Database, the world’s first centralised platform for global rock art research. My interdisciplinary approach bridges the gap between traditional research methods and modern technological advancements. I am passionate about applications concerned with social and environmental impact addressing pressing global challenges exploring interconnections in the human – nature – technology ecology.
Design
Teaching
Through my work in computer science, media, arts and humanities, and social sciences, I have developed a teaching portfolio spanning from computer science and media technologies to communication studies, design and media theory. Meaningful digital applications are not just about technological advancements, but have real people at the heart of every application, impacting human ecology – their culture, their identity, their lives, and their environment. Technology changes us, and we need to tread carefully, as design can change the world. The advancement of AI seems to spark new discussions in these fields, as we seek to understand our place in the universe, striving for positive change, healthy planet, building resilient societies and empowering communities through technological innovations.
“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.”
Edward Wilson, 2009
LECTURES IN 2025
BOOKS AND IDEAS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
Rosiling, H. (2018). Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Merlot, J. (1956). The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
