Mr Craig Ryder
Key information
- Email address
- 667212@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Algorithms @ Work: How are digital technologies reimagining media production in Sri Lanka?
- Internal Supervisors
- Dr Caspar Melville & Dr Yenn Lee
Biography
Between undergrad training in Social Anthropology (2011) and a MA in Global Digital Cultures (2020) I worked as a Creative Strategist for Roar Media in Colombo, one of South Asia’s fast growing media startups. More recently, I have been awarded a CHASE studentship to pursue a PhD and I have co-founded EverMind, a global psychotherapy platform. My research interests sprawl the digital mix: automation, influencers and nascent tech such as synthetic media. I have also co-founded the Digital Methods Network to bridge digital methods across discipline boundaries and help researchers understand how algorithms and big data can be harnessed in their own work.
Whilst I am embedded in tech and startup culture, I am critical of it, and advocate for an alternative digital future.