Research

Research Philosophy

ExoArtDataPulse explores emerging technologies not only as scientific achievements, but as social systems.

Quantum computing, artificial intelligence, advanced sensing technologies and cybersecurity all exist within wider networks of institutions, funding structures, governments, universities, businesses and communities.

The aim is to understand these relationships and make them accessible to a wider audience. The site is intended as a place of orientation for readers earnestly looking for useful signposts in a fast-moving technological landscape.

Areas of Interest

• Quantum Computing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Political Epistemology
• Public Sociology
• Social Network Analysis
• Science Communication
• Technology Policy
• Citizen Science

Current Themes

The Quantum Ecosystem

Investigating the organisations, institutions and funding networks shaping the development of quantum technologies.

AI-Assisted Discovery

Exploring how artificial intelligence is changing research, innovation and the production of knowledge.

Public Accessibility

Developing approaches that make complex technologies understandable to students, educators and the wider public.

Science Communication

Using visualisation, simulation, storytelling and practical experimentation to support learning.

Research Influences

Current reading and study includes work by C. Wright Mills, Michael Burawoy, Michel Foucault, James C. Scott, Lewis Mumford, Jacques Ellul, Andrew Feenberg, Mariana Mazzucato, Manuel Castells, Scott Aaronson and Douglas Hofstadter.

These influences support a broad approach to technology: scientific, social, institutional, historical and public-facing.