Andrew Lapworth

Dr. Andrew Lapworth is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Geography at the School of Science, UNSW Canberra. He holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Bristol and previously worked there as a Lecturer in Historical and Cultural Geography before joining UNSW in 2019.

• Education: BSc Geography (University of Bristol, 2008)
• MSc Society and Space (University of Bristol, 2010)
• PhD Human Geography (University of Bristol, 2015)

His research spans four major projects:

• Cultural Encounters with AI: Analyzing trust, habit, and aesthetics in AI technologies
• Continental Philosophy and Geography: Applying Deleuze, Simondon, and Whitehead to geographical thought
• Art-Science Interface: Investigating DIYBio/Biohacking as transformative community practices
• Cinematic Geographies: Exploring cinema's capacity to produce non-human ethical frameworks

His article trends show deep engagement with Deleuzean theory, non-representational approaches, and human-technology relations across multiple domains including AI, biotechnology, and cinematic analysis.

Dr. Lapworth supervises six current HDR students and has completed three PhD supervisions since 2022. He serves as book review editor for the Q1 journal Social and Cultural Geography.