Katlyn Turner

Katlyn Turner is a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab in the Space Enabled group. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. She earned her PhD in 2017 from Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences. Turner is interested in how complex systems and technology often exacerbate social hierarchy and inequity. Turner uses principles of systems architecture, organizational theory, antiracism, feminism, and intersectionality in her work to design outcomes that foster equity and autonomy for historically underrepresented populations.