Jennifer Pybus, York University

Research

artificial intelligence datafication citizenship data literacy mobiles phones.artificial intelligence, datafication, citizenship, data literacy, mobiles phones.

Latest funding

Extracting Intimacy: FemTech, Surveillance, and Sovereignty
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$98,892
Data, Democracy and Artificial Intelligence
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$285,000
Data, Democracy and Artificial Intelligence
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$240,000

All 3 grants and awards

Extracting Intimacy: FemTech, Surveillance, and Sovereignty

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pybus, Jennifer R.

$98,892

Data, Democracy and Artificial Intelligence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Pybus, Jennifer

Keywords: artificial intelligence; datafication; citizenship; data literacy; mobiles phones.

$285,000

Data, Democracy and Artificial Intelligence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Pybus, Jennifer

$240,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: artificial intelligence Dear Professor Pybus, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on artificial intelligence connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Extracting Intimacy: FemTech, Surveillance, and Sovereignty" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]