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Dr Bruun is a social anthropologist and Research Associate at King’s College London where he is working on the SAMCOM project (https://samcom.uk) that investigates forms of surveillance and monitoring in Germany and Britain, funded by the European Research Council. He currently researches the question of health surveillance in the UK through fieldwork with users of digital self-monitoring technologies, such as health-tracking apps and smartwatches.
He previously conducted ethnographic research on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) NHS service in England, examining the practice of ‘evidence-based’ psychotherapy.

He also teaches and supervises in the Cambridge Department of Social Anthropology, and on the MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society: https://www.hms.hps.cam.ac.uk/directory/social-anthropology

Publications from Elements

Journal articles

2023 (Accepted for publication)

  • Bruun, MK., 2023 (Accepted for publication). 'A factory of therapy': accountability and the monitoring of psychological therapy in IAPT Anthropology and Medicine,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2023.2217773
  • Bruun, MK., 2023 (Accepted for publication). Mental Health The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology,
    Doi: 10.29164/23mentalhealth
  • Peacock, V., Bruun, MK., Dungey, C. and Shapiro, M., 2023 (Accepted for publication). Surveillance The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology,
  • Internet publications

    2021

  • Bruun, MK., 2021. Anthropology, Psychology and IAPT: some comments on ethnography
  • Theses / dissertations

    2020 (No publication date)

  • Bruun, MK., 2020 (No publication date). Scientific Persuasions: ethnographic reflections on evidence-based psychological therapy
  • Bruun, MK., 2020 (No publication date). Scientific Persuasions: ethnographic reflections on evidence-based psychological therapy
  • Conference proceedings

    2018

  • Bruun, MK., 2018. Studying psychological therapies: an ethnographic approach to 'metacognition'