Ludicrous /ˈl(j)uːdɪkrəs/ So foolish, unreasonable or out of place as to be amusing.

Hi there – I’m Ludmila, a scholar in media and communications. I currently work at the University of Leeds (UK) as a Lecturer in Digital Media. I completed my PhD in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and an MSc in Communication and Information at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, Brazil). I have previously worked as a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at LSE Sociology, and supervised MSc Dissertations in the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London.

My research interests include technology and society, internet studies, digital cultures, critical approaches to social media and everyday life, and qualitative methods. I’m currently focused on the examination of the platformisation of cultural feelings, atmospheres, moods and ‘vibes’.

P.S.: The amazing animation from the header was created by digital artist Lacey Micallef, and retrieved from that once wonderful place called Tumblr.