Dr. Neves' research focuses on digital media, cultural and political theory, and problems of development and legitimacy—with a particular focus on China, Asia, and global frames. He is the author of Underglobalization: Beijing’s Media Urbanism and the Chimera of Legitimacy, and co-editor of Asian Video Cultures: In the Penumbra of the Global. His current research centers on the intersections of networked technologies and pharmacology—smartphones to “smart” drugs—examining contemporary neuropolitics and cultures of optimization.

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As Director of the GEM Lab, Dr. Neves leads the annual Seminar in Media and Political Theory, as well as a number of collaborative research initiatives.

 

Current projects include:

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• Global Smart Technologies

  • SSHRC funded research (2019-24)

• Media and Migration

  • SSHRC Partnership Grant (in development)

• Digital Cultures and Videographic Research Methods

  • Developing digital ethnography methods