My name is Andrew Whelan (he/him), and I am a sociologist at the University of Wollongong. I was born in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, and I live and work on unceded Yuin country. In 2022, I was an IASH-SSPS Research Fellow at Edinburgh University.
I research the culture, politics and ethics of organizational media under datafication. I’m currently working on a book for MIT Press, titled Destruction of Documents. I also have current projects on automation in social welfare, and on the history of predictive analytics in mental health.
I have taught subjects on microsociology, social theory, qualitative methods, and youth cultures. I currently teach a second year critical penology subject, and a third year subject called Cultures of Dispossession.
I have supervised Honours and PhD theses on digital media, critical university studies, bureaucratic proceduralism in wildlife management, youth social capital, horror as theory, working class animal activism, and (un)popular music, among other things.
This website, currently under construction, is for processing whatever research, reading or writing I am working on. I do not write on behalf of my employer, and what I write does not reflect the views of my employer.
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