Dr Niall Docherty

I joined the Information School in 2022 as a Lecturer in Data, AI and Society. Prior to this, I completed a PhD in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham, followed by a position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, MA, within the Social Media Collective. My principal teaching and research interests examine the power relations generated through everyday engagements with technology and the politics of computational design.

Recently, I have been researching how modalities of neoliberal governance, capitalism and (bio)power are expressed in contemporary concerns surrounding ‘living well’ with technology, particularly social media. I am turning this work into a book, under contract with the University of California Press.

Additionally to this, I am a Research Fellow within the Responsible Computing group at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Germany. Here I am involved in projects that explore digital well-being, ethical computing, and non-standard epistemological approaches to interdisciplinary collaboration.