Dr Ash Watson
Doctor of Philosophy
Dr Ash Watson is a sociologist, writer and Senior Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. Her research focuses on technology and culture. She is interested in technologies of memory, intimacy and belonging (especially with queer and creative communities), and methods that centre stories, maps and archives. Her latest work considers the generative gap between reality and imagination in emerging technologies such as AI.
Her previous research has examined people's understandings of personal data and health data, and the everyday impacts of digital technologies during COVID-19.
Ash is Fiction Editor of The Sociological Review where she heads a unique series of short stories that expand the sociological imagination. She is the creator and 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. She is also an Editorial Board Member of Qualitative Research, and member of the UNSW AI Institute.
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Long P, Watson A, Alizadeh A, Homan S and Bartindale T (2024-2026) Mapping Australian Homemade, Amateur & Do-it-Yourself Cultural Economies. Australian Research Council Discovery Project [DP240102301]. $561,545.00.
Endeavour Research Fellowship, 2017