Helena Machado
Research Fields
Social studies of science and technology; publics involvement; artificial intelligence; forensic genetics.
CV
Helena
Machado
is
an
Invited
Coordinating
Researcher
at
CIES-Iscte
–
Centre
for
Research
and
Studies
in
Sociology,
University
Institute
of
Lisbon.
She
is
the
Principal
Investigator
of
the
project
fAIces
–
Facial
Recognition
Technologies:
Etho-Assemblages
and
Alternative
Futures,
funded
by
an
Advanced
Grant
from
the
European
Research
Council.Academic
background,
areas
of
specialisation,
and
research
interests:
With
a
PhD
in
Sociology,
her
research
lies
at
the
intersection
of
Science
and
Technology
Studies
(STS)
and
Critical
Artificial
Intelligence
Studies.
Her
work
critically
examines
the
co-production
of
science,
technology,
and
social
order,
with
a
particular
focus
on
infrastructures
of
human
identification
and
their
implications
for
shifting
notions
of
identity,
risk,
and
governance.Within
the
fAIces
project,
she
explores
the
entangled
roles
of
scientists,
tech
companies,
and
advocacy
networks
in
shaping
facial
recognition
technologies
and
the
futures
of
AI.Awards
and
distinctions:European
Research
Council
Grants:Advanced
Grant
(2025)
–
fAIces
–
Facial
Recognition
TechnologiesConsolidator
Grant
(2015)
–
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