Biography
Karl Patrick Norberg is an ESRC-funded PhD student at the Department of International Development at King's. He has a BA and an MSc in Development Studies from SOAS, University of London. He works in a Marxist political economy framework.
Research
Thesis title: The role of the tech sector in the contemporary capitalist mode of production
His research at King's addresses various theoretical issues in understanding contemporary capitalism arising from the prominence of the tech sector. Specifically, he is interested in the nature of accumulation in the digital economy and how it is influenced by digital labour and rents.
PhD supervision
Principal supervisor: Professor Alfredo Saad-Filho
Secondary supervisor: Dr Juan Grigera