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Ryan Burns serves as Senior Lecturer in the School of Art and Media at the University of Brighton, holding a PhD from the University of Sussex and recognized as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy for his teaching excellence.
His academic credentials include:
- PhD in Tablet computers and technological practices within and beyond the laboratory (University of Sussex, 2015)
- MA in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies (University of Nottingham, 2011)
- BA in International Communications Studies (University of Nottingham, 2010)
Dr Burns' research critically examines the intersection of media technologies with identity formation and expert practices through ethnographic studies in scientific laboratories. His work spans media studies, critical theory, cultural studies, and science and technology studies, with particular focus on how scientists adopt tablets, VR, and 5G systems while navigating cultural discourses that frame technologies as simultaneously exciting and dangerous. He investigates the politics of exclusion in digital expert communities and the cultural construction of emerging technologies.
His publication trajectory from 2015-2019 reveals consistent engagement with critical theory (notably Baudrillard and Barthes) applied to contemporary technology debates. Key themes include the problematization of media language in education, the performative emergence of 5G as a contested cultural object, and the paradox of contributing to scientific communities while experiencing non-belonging through digital tools.
His scholarly recognition includes:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (for inclusive assessment practices in higher education)
Dr Burns actively supervises doctoral research in media/cultural studies and science and technology studies. He secured research funding as Co-Investigator for the AHRC GCRF project '5G:XR Exploring the potential for 5G for the games and performing arts sector in UK and Turkey' (2020), collaborating with institutions in Brighton and Istanbul. He also organized the 'Digital Culture Meets Data: Critical Approaches' conference in 2017, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on data-centric methodologies.
His ethnographic fieldwork spans chemistry, genetics, neuroscience, and biology laboratories, while his 5G project extends this research into game art and performing arts sectors across UK-Turkey collaborations.
