Dr. Karen Gregory

Biography

Karen Gregory is a digital sociologist and ethnographer whose work explores the nature of experience in the digital economy, focusing specifically on platform labor, risk, and precarity. She is the founder of the MSc in Digital Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, where she leads the Digital/Data Research theme in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Gregory is also co-lead of the Critical Data Studies Research Cluster at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, co-editor of the book 'Digital Sociologies' published by Policy Press, and serves as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Cultural Economy as well as on the Editorial Board of Platforms, Society. Her academic interests lie in digital sociology, digital labor, the sociology of work and technology, and affective labor studies. Gregory has contributed to significant projects aimed at improving understanding of gig work and has authored numerous publications on themes such as digital labor and the sociological imagination. She has also been actively involved in supervising PhD students in areas pertaining to digital sociology and has delivered various talks on the implications of digital platforms for labor and society.

Research Interests

Experience