Jess_Auerbach

A/Prof UCT GSB Director MPhil Inclusive Innovation. Ethnography, social justice, ed futures. Expertise S. Atlantic Indian Ocean Angola Mauritius. PhD Stanford

[UCT Research @UCT_Research]

A/Profs Victoria Madden & Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah have been named finalists in the @dstigovza 2025 South African Women in Science Awards, in the category Distinguished Young Woman, recognised for advancing knowledge and innovation in their fields. #UCTResearchExcellence #SAWiSA

[Neil Orford @neilorford1]

Thanks to @mattgallowaycbc & the team @TheCurrentCBC for this excl'nt interview w/@Jess_Auerbach "Repairing Africa’s underwater link to the internet" https://t.co/4ieE5lTbRb - my father s'ved in the Brit RN on cableships in WW2 & often spoke of the history of this vital service

[The Conversation Africa @TC_Africa]

Undersea cables for Africa’s internet retrace history and leave digital gaps as they connect continents https://t.co/3DDSYJHEVq

💻 Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah, @UCT_News @UCTGSB

[The Conversation Africa @TC_Africa]

Undersea cables for Africa’s internet retrace history and leave digital gaps as they connect continents https://t.co/szSQNvTKHY

💻 @Jess_Auerbach Jahajeeah, @UCTGSB
#ScienceAndTech #UnderseaCables

[David Storey @DavidStorey60]

'Capricious Connections':
@Jess_Auerbach on the historical and contemporary underpinnings of 'digital colonialism'
@TC_Africa https://t.co/zZ9qtYKHF3

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

I'm rarely on this platform these days, but here's a link to some cool research I did on Africa's only fibre optic repair vessel. https://t.co/UH0YIwEOqb

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

recent work on Mauritius

[@Africa_IAI @AfricaIai]

According to @Jess_Auerbach #Mauritius represents an important site of analysis of global competing visions of human rights, political autonomy, surveillance, solidarity and expectations for the future role of the internet in shaping them. @AfricaIai 93.4
https://t.co/PNK5JaTZP9

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

@Abebab I know a couple of places this could go, please DM me with your email address.

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

we still don't have a home for our paper and if any journals are interested in working with us to get it published, reach out to me

here's the current abstract:

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

@SaadB04 @Saad so sorry I don't check twitter very often! Please email [email protected] and I'll gladly respond!!

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

Lovely evening at the national research foundation awards last night. Great to see South African academia in all its glory, and UJ leading the dancing! #2022NRFAwards

[National Research Foundation of South Africa @NRF_News]

WATCH: Associate Prof and anthropologist, @Jess_Auerbach, explains her research (in under 2 minutes). NRF P-ratings are awarded to researchers considered likely to become future international leaders in their field. #2022NRFAwards @UCT_news @UCT_Research https://t.co/QaH5WfmNo4

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

Nice to see this book out 'On Becoming a Scholar' - a handbook for all new academics and those considering scholarly careers. ed by @JJ_Stellies free and open access https://t.co/yi6Woly6v2

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

New issue of the @CJAS_RCEA out now! https://t.co/1JVwmYtmcK

[Anne Helmond @silvertje]

Fulltime PhD position in platform studies! We are looking for a PhD candidate for a research project on “Platform infrastructures and the shaping of public education”, supervised by @NKerssens and me, and part of @UU_GDS. More info: https://t.co/Djc1R7Z4aR (Deadline: 15 November)

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

@Abebab Hi! I'm writing a book on this stuff, would love to hear from your mentee! [email protected] also Malawian @ArtsJethro did the most amazing illustrations for a recent project - highly recommended

[UCT Research @UCT_Research]

Congratulations to Prof @Jess_Auerbach from @UCTGSB and @UCT_news on receiving a @NRF_News P-rating. #2022NRFAwards

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

Fantastic first day of a weeklong intensive with the MPhil in Inclusive Innovation @UCTGSB. Incredible students from all walks of civil society, many with years of professional experience that has created genuine change.

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

Nice to be recognised by the @NRF_News and @UCT_news - fun research and teaching ahead https://t.co/cG1CYFnpkP

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

It's been a wonderful and packed month back in #Mauritius, and so glad to be able to share my research next week. Seats limited, reserve here https://t.co/VpWZYQXNXL

[Jess_Auerbach @Jess_Auerbach]

So happy that this is out! It was my first attempt at post-PhD publication and the early reviews eviscerated me - I hid it under a rock for 3 years. Grateful for encouragement from friends and mentors to get it out. Thanks @CJAS_RCEA @jon_schubert @ Susan Levine @drjustinpearce

[Canadian Journal of African Studies @CJAS_RCEA]

Intriguing insights (and "insmells") in this new article on urban #Angola by @Jess_Auerbach, arguing for greater research attention to air and the olfactory.
https://t.co/3WPDfOLLmS