Craig Gent
I am a PhD student in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodolgies (CIM) where I am supervised by Nate Tkacz and Celia Lury. I am funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and my research looks at dashboard interfaces and the reconfiguration of work in advanced capitalism. I am also a member of the Social Theory Centre and Connecting Research on Employment and Work (CREW).
Background
I studied for my undergraduate degree at Royal Holloway, University of London, where I gained a First Class BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and International Relations. I then studied for an MA in Social and Political Thought at the University of Sussex, earning a Distinction.
My PhD research lies at the nexus of political theory, philosophy of technology, media theory and critical management studies. My wider research interests are broad but interconnected, spanning critical social theory (particularly in relation to work), political economy, Heidegger, autonomist Marxism and European philosophy.
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Gent, C. (2015) 'Is the autonomists' notion of the 'social factory' still relevant?', Studies in Social and Political Thought, 24: 65-78.
Gent, C. (2015) 'With our Backs to the Future', Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, 11 (1-2): 49-60.
Other
Interview with Costas Lapavitsas for Studies in Social and Political Thought, 23 with Mareike Beck (2014).
Conferences
2015, 'New media, old problems? Technologies of management and control at work, from time and motion studies to dashboard interfaces' at Manchester Centre for Political Theory Annual Workshops, University of Manchester, 2 September.
2015, 'A commons of the digital at work' at Global Center for Advanced Studies World Conference: 'Democracy Rising', University of Athens, Greece, 16 July.
2015, 'Dashboard interfaces: the workers' self-management we never wanted?' at London Conference in Critical Thought, University College London, 27 June.
2015, 'What does the dashboard mean for workers?' at Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies Postgraduate Conference, University of Warwick, 26 June.
2015, 'What is not to be done? Towards a politics of autonomy' at CSE Midlands Launch: 'What is to be done in the age of austerity and autonomy?', University of Birmgham, 17 April. (Invited)
2014, 'Digital technology and post-Fordism: the social factory and the margins of work' at London Conference in Critical Thought, Goldsmiths, University of London, 28 June.
2014, 'Internet censorship and the ideology of moderation' at Studies in Social and Political Thought Annual Conference: 'Extremes and Extremism', University of Sussex, 5 June.
2014, 'Is a Promethean politics possible?' at Accelerationism: A workshop and lecture, University of Westminster, 23 May. (Invited)
Funding
2014-2018, Economic and Social Research Council studentship
2013, Chancellor's Masters Scholarship (University of Sussex)
Memberships
Royal Institute of Philosophy
Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
