Dr Mike Duggan
Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Technology
- Education Co-Lead, Department of Digital Humanities
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Biography
Mike Duggan is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Technology. His research is primarily interested in the social and political intersections between mapping technology, culture and everyday life. He a director of the Livingmaps Network and editor-in-chief of the Livingmaps Review. His latest book, All Mapped Out, is published by Reaktion Books (2024).
Research interests
- Critical cartography
- Digital mapping technologies
- Locative media
- Platform urbanism
Teaching
Since 2017 Mike has taught on a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Department of Digital Humanities related to digital culture and society. Most recently he has been the programme lead for the MA in Digital Culture and Society.
Selected publications
- Duggan, M & Gutiérrez-Ujaque, D. (2025). Counter-mapping as praxis: Participation, pedagogy and creativity. Progress in Human Geography.
- Duggan, M. (2024) All Mapped Out. Reaktion Books. London.
- Duggan, M. (2024) The Digital Geographies of Tact. Digital Geography & Society, 7.
- Cohen, P. and Duggan, M. (2021) New Directions in Radical Cartography: Why the Map is Never the Territory. Rowman & Littlefield. London.
- Duggan, M. (2017). Questioning ‘Digital Ethnography’ in an Era of Ubiquitous Computing. Geography Compass, 11(5): 1-12.
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
Outsmarted?: Communication infrastructures and students’ pathways to navigating London as a digital city
UK universities are an increasingly popular choice for international students, especially those seeking to experience it in multicultural centres such as London
Project status: Ongoing
Urban Data Science
Supporting interdisciplinary research and innovation in and for London
Digital X Climates
Digital X Climates is an interdisciplinary network dedicated to advancing research, dialogue, and public engagement on the entanglements of digital technologies with environmental, social, and political ecologies.
News
COMMENT: The maps of Ursula K Le Guin reveal a fascinating insight into world-building in fantasy fiction
One of the most prolific science-fiction writers of the last century, Ursula K. Le Guin was revered for her inventive, genre-defying novels.
COMMENT: Maps shape our lives – showing us not just where we are, but who we are
Maps and everyday life are now so intertwined for most people that it’s difficult to imagine a world without them.
Events
AI and Data Ecologies: A Discussion Panel
The Global Digital Cultures Research Group in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's hosts a discussion panel on AI & Data Ecologies.
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Outsmarted? A creative methods toolkit for developing collective intelligence around the 'digital city'
What impact do digital technologies have on students arriving in a new city?
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
Outsmarted?: Communication infrastructures and students’ pathways to navigating London as a digital city
UK universities are an increasingly popular choice for international students, especially those seeking to experience it in multicultural centres such as London
Project status: Ongoing
Urban Data Science
Supporting interdisciplinary research and innovation in and for London
Digital X Climates
Digital X Climates is an interdisciplinary network dedicated to advancing research, dialogue, and public engagement on the entanglements of digital technologies with environmental, social, and political ecologies.
News
COMMENT: The maps of Ursula K Le Guin reveal a fascinating insight into world-building in fantasy fiction
One of the most prolific science-fiction writers of the last century, Ursula K. Le Guin was revered for her inventive, genre-defying novels.
COMMENT: Maps shape our lives – showing us not just where we are, but who we are
Maps and everyday life are now so intertwined for most people that it’s difficult to imagine a world without them.
Events
AI and Data Ecologies: A Discussion Panel
The Global Digital Cultures Research Group in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's hosts a discussion panel on AI & Data Ecologies.
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Outsmarted? A creative methods toolkit for developing collective intelligence around the 'digital city'
What impact do digital technologies have on students arriving in a new city?