Boris Beaude

Boris Beaude is a professor at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Director of the Digital Cultures, Societies and Humanities Laboratory (LaDHUL). After serving as a research fellow at EPFL's Chôros Laboratory, he has established himself as a leading expert in digital geography and internet sociology. His research examines the spatial dimensions of telecommunications and social interactions, particularly focusing on how digital technologies reshape social spaces. He teaches several courses in UNIL's Master in Digital Humanities program, including Introduction to Digital Epistemology, Digital Traces, and Internet Social and Political Issues. His work on digital transformations has earned significant recognition, including funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation for projects like WikiMaps, which studies collective attention patterns through Wikipedia data visualization. He has made substantial contributions to understanding digital spaces through his research on internet governance, digital traces in urban settings, and the transformation of social interactions in digital environments