ANUBHA USHA SINGH

Hello! I am a PhD candidate at the School of Information and the Science, Technology, and Society program and an affiliate researcher with the Centre for Ethics, Computing and Society at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

My qualitative and interpretive research focused on India, brings transnational attention to how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning enables new forms of technological governance as it turns to newer sites such as smallholder agriculture. My dissertation-book project is based on an 18-month ethnography of the onion supply chain in India, where I examine the daily practices of AI-enabled AgTech and how it is reshaping farming while redefining the future of smallholder agriculture. My work is informed by and contributes to critical data studies, global media studies, Science and Technology Studies, and Human Computer Interaction.

Prior to my PhD, I was a Commonwealth Scholar at SOAS, University of London, where I completed my MA in Global Digital Cultures. At SOAS, I studied the technological reimagining of postcolonial Indian state through an extensive examination of the Digital India program. 

I have seven years of transnational experience as a community-based, feminist, and social-justice oriented practitioner. Among other achievements and community service, I collaboratively designed and coordinated a MacArthur Foundation-funded, social-impact award-winning infoline. This service disseminates information about sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to marginalized rural communities with limited internet access in India.

A complete list of my publications can be found on my Google Scholar website. My publications are also available as linked PDFs in the "Writing" section of this website.

I can be reached at:

Email:  anubha[at]umich[dot]edu

Bluesky: @anubhausha.bsky.social