- Scientia Fellow and Senior Lecturer, UNSW
Dr Ash Watson is sociologist at UNSW Sydney. She is a Scientia Fellow and Senior Lecturer based in the Centre for Social Research in Health.
Her research explores the social impacts of technology. She is interested in the gap between the promise and the reality of emerging tech like AI. She studies digital change as a people problem, with a focus on issues of social inequality and belonging.
Experience
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2024–presentScientia Fellow and Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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2023–2024Senior research fellow, UNSW Sydney
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2022–2023Research fellow, UNSW Sydney
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2019–2022Postdoctoral fellow, UNSW Sydney
Education
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2018Griffith University, Doctor of Philosophy
Grants and Contracts
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2024Mapping Australian Homemade, Amateur & Do-it-Yourself Cultural Economies (DP240102301)
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
- Funding Source:
- Australian Research Council
Professional Memberships
- The Australian Sociological Association
Contact Ash for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Website
- BlueSky: @awtsn.bluesky.social
- LinkedIn: awtsn
- X (formerly Twitter): @awtsn
- Article Feed
- ORCID
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