In June 2026, Dr. Emina Bužinkić was a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London, hosted through a collaboration with Dr. Mayssoun Sukarieh from the Department of International Development. The fellowship was supported through the project “DEVELOPER – Digital Data, Infrastructure and Development”, funded by the Croatian Science Foundation.
During the fellowship, Dr. Bužinkić advanced her ongoing research on digital racial capitalism and AI-mediated migrant labor in Europe’s semi-periphery, examining how artificial intelligence and digital labor platforms are reshaping migration governance, labor exploitation, and racialized inequalities in Croatia as a productive periphery for the transnational circuit of capitalism.
As part of the fellowship, she presented her research at the workshop “Social Reproduction and AI”, organized by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), contributing to interdisciplinary discussions on the social and political implications of artificial intelligence and platform capitalism.
Dr. Bužinkić also participated in the four-day Summer School on the “Political Economy of AI”, held at King’s College London, which brought together international scholars and researchers working at the intersections of artificial intelligence, political economy, labor, and social justice.
The fellowship further strengthened collaborative research on AI, migration, labor, and critical political economy, contributing to ongoing international dialogue on the implications of emerging technologies for workers and societies on Europe’s semi-periphery.
This research fellowship also marked the conclusion of Dr. Bužinkić’s work at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), where over the past three years she worked on research projects dedicated to migration, social inequalities, pandemic crisis governance, and transnational solidarities.
