Liberal Arts and Sciences
Billesbach Lab
Led by Glen Billesbach · Psychology(unverified)
What we study
Recent student projects in this lab have studied the politics and philosophy of technology, examining how self-tracking devices such as Fitbits turn lived experience into numbers and what that does to people's ability to interpret their own lives.
What working here is like
- Reading, writing & theory
- No organisms (data only)
- No coding
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 2
Current projects
Self-Interpretive Freedom and the Politics of the Quantified Self
The lab examines how tracking devices like Fitbits may limit people’s ability to interpret their own lives. Students analyze how these technologies turn complex experiences into numbers and discuss the impact on personal freedom and identity.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 290
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Recent papers, explained
- Digital Twins for Sustainable Development: Silver Bullet or Silicon Cage?
2026 · Sustainability
Explores digital twins’ role in sustainable development and risks.
- Self-interpretive freedom and the politics of quantified self technologies
2025 · AI & Society
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
How to reach out
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