We'd like to extend a hearty congratulations to Patrick Brodie - former organizing member with the GEM Lab - and his co-author Patrick Bresnihan on the publication of their new book From the Bog to the Cloud: Dependency and Eco-Modernity in Ireland (Bristol UP, 2025). You can order the book here ! About the book: The green digital transition is underway. But what does this transition look like when dictated by the energy and resource demands of monopoly tech? How has this si

For the Film and Moving Image Studies Ph.D. Community at Concordia: The GEM Lab will be hosting a GEM Spring Symposium at the end of February 2026. This year we invite proposals from students at the advanced stages of their PhD research to share their work and receive feedback. Preference will be given to proposals that resonate with the GEM Lab’s commitment to the critical study of global new media. Proposals of no more than 300 words should be submitted by December 15th. Pr

Marc Steinberg and Joshua Neves' edited collection In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround (Amsterdam: Institute of Network...