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David Moats is a Lecturer in Digital Methods at King’s College London’s Department of Digital Humanities, situated within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. He holds affiliations with the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the interdisciplinary Research Centre for Digital Culture. His research focuses on Science and Technology Studies (STS), examining how digitization and AI transform media, healthcare, politics, and academia. He emphasizes methodological innovations combining qualitative approaches with computational techniques.
Education:
- PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London (study of nuclear power debates on online platforms).
- Prior academic posts at Linköping University and the University of Helsinki.
Key Research Interests: Social impacts of technology, algorithmic systems analysis, digital democracy tools, and interdisciplinary research methodologies. Notable work includes editing The Imposter as Social Theory (2021) and leading European projects on AI ethics.
Publications Trends: Recent work explores AI ethics, parliamentary AI applications, and climate tech. Earlier publications addressed digital democracy platforms, NHS data controversies, and Fukushima disaster online discourse. Collaborations bridge social sciences with computer science/design disciplines.
Grants & Labs: Active in EU-funded projects on public values and algorithmic systems. Co-develops research tools like the Modulation Sequencer for Twitter analysis. Part of King’s Centre for Digital Culture promoting debates on digital culture.
Labs/Teams: Core member of King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the Centre for Digital Culture, fostering interdisciplinary digital research initiatives.
