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Rachel Aalders
Rachel Aalders

Position: PhD Student
School and/or Centres: School of Sociology

Email: rachel.aalders@anu.edu.au

Location: Level 4, RSSS Building, 146 Ellery Crescent

Qualification: Master of Applied Cybernetics, ANU&amp;nbsp;<br />
Master of Health and International Development, Flinders&amp;nbsp;<br />
Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology) - Hons/Bachelor of Psychology - Hons, ANU<br />

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Working at the intersection of STS and economic sociology, Rachel's research explores digital money, fintech, technological affordances, and the use of AI and algorithmic design in sociotechnical systems.

Understanding the user in consumer fintech products.

Digital money, fintech, big data, AI, UX research and design, affordances, ethnographic research in industry.