Falvia Saxler

About

Flavia is a doctoral candidate in the sociology of technology at the University of Cambridge. During her stay at the Weizenbaum Institute, she is investigating how digital reporting systems, emergency apps, and AI-supported support tools operationalize safety in the context of gender-based violence. Her focus is on how social problems are translated into technology and how this changes power, visibility, and accountability relationships.    

Previously, she was a Recognized DPhil Student in Social Data Science at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her academic background includes a BA in Media and Communication Studies and Business Administration (University of Mannheim) and an MPhil in Sociology of Media and Culture (University of Cambridge). Theoretically, she works at the intersection of feminist STS, critical HCI, and social computing.

Flavia is a Student Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and a member of the Cambridge Reproduction Network. Her PhD is funded by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Sidney Sussex College. In her current work, she is developing the concept of digital security work to make visible the invisible emotional, cognitive, and organizational work of users. In addition to her PhD, she moderates science policy events and works on journal publications. She also has experience in the FemTech startup environment, venture capital, and NGOs, where she has worked on Pr

Guest Researcher, Research Group: Technology, Power and Domination (January - May 2026)