My research is divided into several distinct strands:
The rise of disconnective power and the logic of disconnective action:
My research examines the role of digital platforms and networks in transforming the international system and the rise of new forms of global order. I take a critical approach to how information networks support the rise of network society. My work investigates the role of digital affordances in creating disconnective forms of power that can lead to social and political fragmentation both nationally and internationally. Accordingly, I explore how digital platforms may contribute to a rise of disconnective society that relies on the power of disintegration and untying in various spheres of life, from economic relationships to personal interactions. I suggest that understanding the logic of disconnective action helps us see how institutional actors use digital innovation to destabilise horizontal ties that may challenge their sovereignty.
The governance of crowds and vertical crowdsourcing:
My previous research involved a conceptual rethinking of crowdsourcing as a participatory practice for digitally mediated mobilisation of crowd resources. My publications have explored crowdsourcing not only as a new form of participation but also as a new form of platform-based governance. To conceptualise new forms of digital governance, I developed the notion of vertical crowdsourcing. Empirically, my research has focused on new forms of participation in crisis situations, including the role of digital platforms in protests, armed conflicts, and emergencies. For instance, Gregory examined how digital innovation addressed COVID-19, focusing on the tension between different models of crisis-related participation and how internet regulation may limit socio-economic resilience in a crisis.
Participatory warfare:
Previously, Gregory was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King’s Russia Institute. There, I worked on a research project titled Participatory Warfare: The Role of ICTs in Modern Conflicts, exploring how digital platforms contribute to users’ participation in warfare and how social networks foster the convergence of everyday life and conflicts. Through fieldwork in Ukraine, he identified the link between the scope of digitally mediated participation in war and the role of social media in shaping perceptions of conflicts. This analysis helps us understand how state-user relationship transformations impact modes of participatory warfare, from crowdsourcing to outsourcing and insourcing. I also introduced the concept of the domestication of warfare, which examines the increasing penetration of digitally mediated war-related practices into personal spaces.
The rise of disconnective power and the logic of disconnective action:
My research examines the role of digital platforms and networks in transforming the international system and the rise of new forms of global order. I take a critical approach to how information networks support the rise of network society. My work investigates the role of digital affordances in creating disconnective forms of power that can lead to social and political fragmentation both nationally and internationally. Accordingly, I explore how digital platforms may contribute to a rise of disconnective society that relies on the power of disintegration and untying in various spheres of life, from economic relationships to personal interactions. I suggest that understanding the logic of disconnective action helps us see how institutional actors use digital innovation to destabilise horizontal ties that may challenge their sovereignty.
The governance of crowds and vertical crowdsourcing:
My previous research involved a conceptual rethinking of crowdsourcing as a participatory practice for digitally mediated mobilisation of crowd resources. My publications have explored crowdsourcing not only as a new form of participation but also as a new form of platform-based governance. To conceptualise new forms of digital governance, I developed the notion of vertical crowdsourcing. Empirically, my research has focused on new forms of participation in crisis situations, including the role of digital platforms in protests, armed conflicts, and emergencies. For instance, Gregory examined how digital innovation addressed COVID-19, focusing on the tension between different models of crisis-related participation and how internet regulation may limit socio-economic resilience in a crisis.
Participatory warfare:
Previously, Gregory was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King’s Russia Institute. There, I worked on a research project titled Participatory Warfare: The Role of ICTs in Modern Conflicts, exploring how digital platforms contribute to users’ participation in warfare and how social networks foster the convergence of everyday life and conflicts. Through fieldwork in Ukraine, he identified the link between the scope of digitally mediated participation in war and the role of social media in shaping perceptions of conflicts. This analysis helps us understand how state-user relationship transformations impact modes of participatory warfare, from crowdsourcing to outsourcing and insourcing. I also introduced the concept of the domestication of warfare, which examines the increasing penetration of digitally mediated war-related practices into personal spaces.