The Digitally Mediated Freedom of Assembly (2023)
We must reimagine the digitally mediated freedom of assembly, a misunderstood and misattended manifestation of this human right.
Research Theme Human Rights In The Digital Age
Forthcoming: Chapter by Dr Sharath Srinivasan
In this chapter, Sharath theorises the central role of assembly in politics beyond the right.
Forthcoming: Chapter by Dr Thomas Probert
Thomas explores how the right of peaceful assembly impinges on how assemblies are policed.
The Digitally Mediated Freedom of Assembly (2024)
Discursively repositioning assembly online as the digitally mediated freedom of assembly extends the protection of this right to more people and more practices.
Provocations for Human Rights & Technology (2024)
Breaking from big tech, and by working with technology, we are envisioning data, platforms and intelligent systems aligned with pluralism and solidarity.
Witnessing: Iteration and Social Change (2022)
Thinking of digital witnessing as iteration, or collaborative communication for change, allows us to see how power inflects who and what are— and are not— witnessed.
‘Deal with Me, Here I Stand!’: Presence, Participation and the Equal Protection of Online…
The right of assembly in online spaces raises questions about the nature of presence and participation and faces challenges due to the commercial logics of online spaces.
Professor Ella McPherson
Co-Director of CGHR
Dr Ella McPherson is Associate Professor of the Sociology of New Media and Digital Technology as well as the Anthony L. Lyster Fellow in Sociology at Queens’ College.…
Addressing Ethical Gaps in ‘Technology for Good’: Foregrounding Care and Capabilities
This paper identifies persistent gaps in the consideration of ethical practice in ‘technology for good’ development contexts.
When friction becomes the norm: Antagonism, discourse and planetary data turbulence (2022)
The ideal of unfettered data circulation has fallen into crisis.