Joanna Rivera-Carlisle

Joanna is an interdisciplinary researcher, developer, and designer. Her work focuses on the intersections of technologies with culture, heritage, and co-creation. She specialises in spatial technologies (Extended Reality), data taxonomies, and gamified interactions in the context of decolonial theory and cultural heritage. Joanna has worked with young people in various capacities, from universities to NGOs, to private and public sector projects. She is particularly interested in how emerging technologies can be shaped to allow for self-governance by a diverse variety of users, especially where histories of exclusion and disenfranchisement shape digital agencies. Joanna holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, as well as degrees from King’s College London, Potsdam University, and the University of London. She would trade all of her degrees for a freshly baked croissant.