Sarah Cheung
Job Title
PhD Student
Research interests
Research interests
Sarah's doctoral research explores the development of regulatory and governance approaches to data and digital technologies, with a focus on personal health data and the role of public interest. This work draws on critical data studies, data ethics, policy analysis and digital political economy.
Background
Sarah previously held Research Associate positions at the O'Brien Institute of Public Health, University of Calgary, and the Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen's University, Canada.
Selected publications
Cheung, S. 2025. Generative AI, generating crisis: framing opportunity and threat in AI governance. Information, Communication & Society, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2542356
Cheung, S. 2024. Regulating Generative AI Threats and Social Commons in the Public Interest. 4S (Society for Social Studies of Science) Backchannels, Aug 26. https://4sonline.org/news_manager.php?page=37004
Cheung, S. 2020. Disambiguating the benefits and risks from public health data in the digital economy. Big Data & Society 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720933924
Brown, S., K. Rittenbach, S. Cheung et al. 2019. Current and Common Definitions of Treatment-Resistant Depression: Findings from a Systematic Review and Qualitative Interviews. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 64(6): 380-387. DOI: 10.1177/0706743719828965.