Researcher

Dr Ash Watson

My Expertise

The social impacts of emerging technologies e.g. artificial intelligence and automated decision-making; the social impacts of healthtech; personal data privacy; technology use during COVID-19

Fields of Research (FoR)

Sociology, Sociology and social studies of science and technology

Biography

Dr Ash Watson is a Senior Research Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society.

Her research uses qualitative and arts-based methods to explore how people understand, imagine and live with digital technologies.

Ash is Fiction Editor of The Sociological Review and the creator/editor of So Fi Zine, an open-access publication for sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. 

Her debut novel Into the Sea was...view more

Dr Ash Watson is a Senior Research Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society.

Her research uses qualitative and arts-based methods to explore how people understand, imagine and live with digital technologies.

Ash is Fiction Editor of The Sociological Review and the creator/editor of So Fi Zine, an open-access publication for sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. 

Her debut novel Into the Sea was published by Brill in 2020. She makes zines at Frances St Press.


My Qualifications

Bachelor of Communication (Hons 1), Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University


My Awards

Endeavour Research Fellowship, 2017


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

Sociology

View less