Dr. Tracey Lauriault

Assistant Professor, Critical Media and Big Data, Carleton University

Dr. Tracey Lauriault is an Assistant Professor of Critical Media and Big Data in the School of Journalism and Communication and is cross appointed with Digital Humanities at Carleton University in Ottawa. She is a Research Associate with the Maynooth University Social Science Institute in Ireland, the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre at Carleton University, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) in Montreal and the Centre for Law Technology and Policy at Ottawa University. She sits in an advisory capacity on civil society and government boards and committees on topics related to open smart cities, open data and open government.

She is an engaged critical data studies scholar working in public policy research as it pertains to data, processes (AI/ML), institutions and infrastructure in large and small social and technical systems. Ongoing research projects are about Open Smart Cities, Digital Twins, Shared Transportation and Equity Data.