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Jonathan W. Y. Gray is a Reader in Critical Infrastructure Studies at the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. He serves as Director of the Centre for Digital Culture and co-founded the Public Data Lab. Gray is also a Research Associate at the Digital Methods Initiative (University of Amsterdam) and médialab (Sciences Po, Paris).
His research focuses on the role of digital data, methods, and infrastructures in shaping collective life, with projects spanning
- Humanities-based digital methods for environmental issues
- Critical technical practices in digital research
- Digital mobilization of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities
- Public data cultures and open access politics
Gray’s recent publications explore topics such as algorithmic misinformation, datafied ecological politics, and critical data infrastructures. He co-edited open-access books on scholarly communication and data journalism, including the Data Journalism Handbook.
Scientific awards include
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
He supervises PhD projects on AI ethics, open data in China, and social media in higher education. Gray also leads interdisciplinary initiatives like SUPERB: Upscaling Forest Restoration and KingsCAT, a social media research toolkit.
