Research Theme Communication Technology And Contentious Politics
01/05/26
Antoine’s research on #saccageparis receives attention amidst mayoral campaign
As the battle for Paris mayor raged in early 2026, Antoine’s research on local social movement #saccageparis received attention from several French media outlets.
26/11/25
Sharath delivers keynote at INDL-MEA 2 2025 Conference
The keynote, “Challenging the ‘thingness’ of AI from Eastern Africa”, was given at the second International Network on Digital Labor – Middle East and Africa Conference.
Dr Antoine Sander
CGHR Postdoctoral Scholar
Antoine is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre of Governance and Human Rights, working on the “Communication Technology and Contentious Politics” research theme.
25/06/25
Humanities, Social Sciences and AI – Transversal Theme: a Lego Serious Play workshop
On Friday, 3 June 2025, Ella and Sharath convened the first Connections event of the ‘Humanities, Social Sciences and AI’ Transversal Theme: a Lego Serious Play workshop.
20/06/25
Sharath organises panel at ECAS 2025
The panel will focus on the complex trajectories of AI within eastern Africa, in order to interrogate AI’s impacts within lived realities in the region.
In Search of a Political Theory of Assembly
Professor Srinivasan’s recently published chapter, in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly that he co-edits, re-centres the place of assembly in political theory.
Professor Sharath Srinivasan
Co-Director of CGHR
David and Elaine Potter Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, where he is Co-Director of the Centre of Governance and Human Rights…
Communication Technology and African Politics (2019)
A communications perspective on the history of power in the African continent reveals change and continuity in a digital age.
New communication technologies and citizen-led governance in Africa (2012)
The CGHR has run a pilot project on the impact that ICTs have had on governance in Africa. This paper presents background that the project aims to address.