Teacher, Writer and Researcher
I am a London-based writer, researcher and lecturer working at the intersection of technology, infrastructure, culture and political economy.
I am a Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture Education in the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London. I hold a PhD in Digital Politics from Manchester Metropolitan University, where I also taught. My doctoral research examined the political economy of submarine cables as a lens through which to understand digital coloniality: how histories of empire, capital and geopolitical power continue to shape the infrastructures that connect the world.
That research has developed into a broader, ongoing enquiry into the politics of technology and infrastructure. I currently research the governance and risks of network technologies, with particular attention to developing countries and postcolonial thought. I am especially interested in the relationship between physical infrastructure and culture – including the ways that network infrastructures shape language, visuality, and everyday life.
My work sits across digital politics, media studies, political economy and postcolonial thought, but my interests extend beyond the academy. I am curious about how ideas travel between technology, finance, culture and society, and about the institutions and infrastructures that determine who gets to participate in economic and technological futures.
Before joining King’s College London, I was Emerging Markets Research Lead at Reframe Ventures (formerly VenturesESG), where I worked on research relating to emerging markets and venture capital. I previously worked at Cassava Republic Press as Publicity and Marketing Manager.
Alongside my academic work, I write essays for both academic and non-academic audiences. I am interested in making complex systems legible without losing sight of the human, political economic, and cultural experiences within them. My work ultimately asks a simple question: how does power travel through the infrastructures, technologies and cultural systems that organise contemporary life?
