Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies, Department of People and Organisation, The Open University
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of People and Organisations at the Open University. I have published widely on issues of 21st century democracy, politics, and economics in both scholarly journals and in publications including the Washington Post, The New Statesman, Roar, Open Democracy, The Conversation and Common Dreams. His books include Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Globalization and Beyond Power and Resistance: Politics at the Radical Limits which will be released in November, 2016.
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Jan 01, 2024 12:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
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The OpenAI saga demonstrates how big corporations dominate the shaping of our technological future
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ChatGPT: how to prevent it becoming a nightmare for professional writers
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As tech giants face a financial downturn, some new players are focusing on people over profit
Aug 02, 2022 04:12 am UTC| Technology
The tech industry has been rocked by recent economic woes. While once thought of as close to recession proof, companies from Netflix to Meta are suddenly experiencing serious financial setbacks. As the Washington Post...
A global downturn looks likely, yet it's being totally ignored in the UK election
Dec 09, 2019 04:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
For all the marked policy differences between the different parties in the UK election, they share a common blindspot. They all seem to assume that the UK is the sole determiner of its economic fate. There is nothing in...
We live in a populist age – but who are 'the people'?
Aug 13, 2018 14:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Populism is seemingly sweeping the globe, threatening the established status quo. Optimistically, it promises to bring about much needed change to what appears to be a corrupt political and economic order. More ominously,...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India