Professor Ned Rossiter

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Media theory
Critical infrastructure studies
Geopolitics of world systems
Data politics

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Biography

Ned Rossiter is a media theorist noted for his research on network cultures, the politics of cultural labour, logistical media, and data politics. Rossiter is Director of Research at the Institute for Culture and Society and Professor of Communication in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University.

Rossiter is the author of Organized Networks: Media Theory, Creative Labour, New Institutions (2006), Software, Infrastructure, Labor: A Media Theory of Logistical Nightmares (2016), and (with Geert Lovink) Organization after Social Media (2018). His writings have been translated into Italian, Spanish, German, French, Finnish, Dutch, Chinese, Greek, Latvian, Hungarian, Turkish, and Polish.

Ned is currently working on two book projects, The Logistical Episteme and (with Soenke Zehle) Conjunctural Delineations: Entropological Encounters with Infrastructure, Cybernetics, Data.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

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Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University

Postgraduate Diploma in Arts

Bachelor of Arts, Edith Cowan University

Research keywords

  • media theory
  • data politics
  • critical infrastructure studies
  • geopolitics
  • cultural theory

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