
Dr Jonathan W. Y. Gray
Senior Lecturer in Critical Infrastructure Studies
- Director, Centre for Digital Culture
Research interests
- Digital
Pronouns
he/him
Biography
Jonathan Gray is Senior Lecturer in Critical Infrastructure Studies at the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. He is also Co-Founder of the Public Data Lab; Research Associate at the Digital Methods Initiative (University of Amsterdam) and Research Associate at the médialab (Sciences Po, Paris). More about him can be found at jonathangray.org
Research Interests and PhD Supervision
Jonathan's work explores the role of digital data, digital methods and digital infrastructures in the composition of collective life.
He is currently working on a book on Data Worlds: The Politics Open and Public Data in the Digital Age (under contract at MIT Press). He has recently co-edited books on scholarly communication infrastructures (with Martin Eve) and data journalism practices (with Liliana Bounegru).
He is also part of projects exploring humanities-based digital methods for studying environmental issues; online mobilisations of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities in the UK; and critical technical practices in digital research.
Teaching
Jonathan is currently co-convening modules on digital methods and data practices – with a particular focus on critical and creative engagements with digital data, methods and infrastructures.
Research

Centre for Digital Culture
The Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London is an interdisciplinary research centre promoting research and debate on digital culture

Engaged Research-led Teaching
This project explores how researchers, students & external organisations might work as co-inquirers, taking into account varied perspectives, needs & concerns.
Project status: Completed

Computational Humanities Research Group
Computational Humanities research group

SUPERB: Upscaling Forest Restoration
A large and powerful multi-stakeholder network aimed at creating transformative change towards large-scale restoration, part of a major Horizon2020 programme.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Listening to forests: new project explores soundscapes as method for ecological research
A new collaboration between the Departments of Geography and Digital Humanities explores how soundscapes can be used as a way to 'attend' to forest life.

SUPERB researchers contribute to forest restoration across Europe
Liliana Bounegru and Jonathan Gray co-lead a team at the Department of Digital Humanities, exploring how humanities-based digital methods can contribute...

New edition of Data Journalism Handbook now open access with Amsterdam University Press
The book provides a wide-ranging collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world.

New AHRC funded project investigates COVID-19 conspiracy theories
AHRC project explores the WHO’s warning about an ‘infodemic’ and the harmful impact of conspiracy theories and misinformation during a global pandemic.

What can citizen-generated data do? New research collaboration around UN Sustainable Development Goals
A new research initiative led by the Public Data Lab, King's College London and Open Knowledge International will map and explore what "citizen-generated...

New Staff in Digital Humanities for 2017-18
The Department of Digital Humanities welcomes 12 new staff members for 2017-18.

Students take part in data hackathon with experts and journalists
The Department of Digital Humanities ran its first data journalism hackathon workshop

Events

Discovering our Digital Futures and exploring our Global Cultures
King's is pleased to launch the new Digital Futures Institute and Global Cultures Institute.
Please note: this event has passed.

Data Optics: Recognition, Events, Crises
Join us for a workshop on Data Optics: Recognition, Events, Crises co-organised by the Australian Cultural Data Engine, King’s Digital Lab and the Department...
Please note: this event has passed.

Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19: Panel Discussion and Book Launch
A panel discussion to launch a new book, Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 with co-authors, Clare Birchall and Peter Knight.
Please note: this event has passed.
Research

Centre for Digital Culture
The Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London is an interdisciplinary research centre promoting research and debate on digital culture

Engaged Research-led Teaching
This project explores how researchers, students & external organisations might work as co-inquirers, taking into account varied perspectives, needs & concerns.
Project status: Completed

Computational Humanities Research Group
Computational Humanities research group

SUPERB: Upscaling Forest Restoration
A large and powerful multi-stakeholder network aimed at creating transformative change towards large-scale restoration, part of a major Horizon2020 programme.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Listening to forests: new project explores soundscapes as method for ecological research
A new collaboration between the Departments of Geography and Digital Humanities explores how soundscapes can be used as a way to 'attend' to forest life.

SUPERB researchers contribute to forest restoration across Europe
Liliana Bounegru and Jonathan Gray co-lead a team at the Department of Digital Humanities, exploring how humanities-based digital methods can contribute...

New edition of Data Journalism Handbook now open access with Amsterdam University Press
The book provides a wide-ranging collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world.

New AHRC funded project investigates COVID-19 conspiracy theories
AHRC project explores the WHO’s warning about an ‘infodemic’ and the harmful impact of conspiracy theories and misinformation during a global pandemic.

What can citizen-generated data do? New research collaboration around UN Sustainable Development Goals
A new research initiative led by the Public Data Lab, King's College London and Open Knowledge International will map and explore what "citizen-generated...

New Staff in Digital Humanities for 2017-18
The Department of Digital Humanities welcomes 12 new staff members for 2017-18.

Students take part in data hackathon with experts and journalists
The Department of Digital Humanities ran its first data journalism hackathon workshop

Events

Discovering our Digital Futures and exploring our Global Cultures
King's is pleased to launch the new Digital Futures Institute and Global Cultures Institute.
Please note: this event has passed.

Data Optics: Recognition, Events, Crises
Join us for a workshop on Data Optics: Recognition, Events, Crises co-organised by the Australian Cultural Data Engine, King’s Digital Lab and the Department...
Please note: this event has passed.

Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19: Panel Discussion and Book Launch
A panel discussion to launch a new book, Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 with co-authors, Clare Birchall and Peter Knight.
Please note: this event has passed.