The University of Amsterdam will be one of the centre’s four collaborating institutions, alongside universities in York, Edinburgh, and North Carolina.

The researchers will focus on two key questions: what new ways of thinking, seeing and acting arise with modern algorithmic technologies, and how do our ideas about what it means to be human change and adapt when we work with these algorithms?

Milan will be working on the project with two postdocs. ‘It is a very exciting and important grant,’ she says, ‘involving some of the most prominent senior scholars in the field.’

About the grant

The Leverhulme Trust supports fundamental, curiosity-driven research, which is often multidisciplinary, ambitious and high-risk. Since 2015, its Leverhulme Research Centre competition has aimed to encourage original research which establishes or reshapes a significant field of study and transforms our understanding of an important topic in contemporary society.