Manni

Alistair Harvey Foundation Scholar and HSBC Scholar. Manni brings academic training in Cultural Studies, Computer Science, and Human-Computer Interaction to their doctoral studies at the Creative AR/XR Hub, Manchester Metropolitan University, where they are a fully funded PhD student. They were awarded full scholarships to study for their BSc and MSc in the UK (Birmingham, UCL) by the Alistair Harvey Foundation. Manni was also an academic visitor at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Computer Science and Technology, sponsored by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Before relocating to the UK, Manni earned a BA in Cultural Studies from Lingnan University in Hong Kong and previously worked at the Centre for Popular Culture in the Humanities (now the International Research Centre for Cultural Studies) at The Education University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Studies programme at the University of Hong Kong. Their research focuses on Hong Kong Studies and Hong Kong diaspora; Cultural Studies and cultural politics; racial, gender, and cultural bias in AI; the ethical, social, and cultural implications of AI; and the socio-technical perspective of AI and robotics. Manni’s current project focuses on the intersection of AI, XR and educational experience, with a specific focus on international studetns.