Chantale Tippett
PhD candidate, University of Oslo
Chantale Tippett is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oslo’s TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. Her PhD research focuses on how artificial intelligence is being deployed within food systems sustainability transitions, within which the legitimate place of digital technologies and desirable transition pathways are deeply contested. Prior to joining TIK, Chantale spent over eight years working in various roles related to innovation practice and policy across North America, Europe and Africa. Most recently, she led the data science ethics function at UK-based foundation, Nesta. Chantale holds an MSc in Public Health Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Alberta. She also holds a certificate in data science from General Assembly and is an alumnus of the Mozilla Open Leaders Programme.
Tell us about your project!
Amidst ever-growing CO2 emissions, the need for rapid sustainability transitions in energy, transport and agri-food systems is increasingly urgent. Digital technologies have the potential to drive the acceleration of sustainability transitions, however we currently lack systematic knowledge on the mechanisms and distributional impacts of such processes. My PhD research contributes to filling this gap by investigating the role that digital technologies can play in sustainability transitions, exploring in particular how artificial intelligence is being developed and deployed in the context of deeply polarized transitions within agri-food systems. While proponents assert that the rapid and widespread rollout of digital technologies is essential to advancing sustainability goals, critics argue that these solutions serve to further entrench dominant interests and detract focus from other types of reform. Deeper understanding of these debates and their bearing on technological development and diffusion will be essential to developing effective and fair governance mechanisms.
“ Digital technologies have the potential to drive the acceleration of sustainability transitions, however we currently lack systematic knowledge on the mechanisms and distributional impacts of such processes”
— Chantale Tippett on her research project “Using artificial intelligence in food systems transitions: Who wins, who loses and who decides?”
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