Matthew Zook

I am a human geographer and regional economic planner working within the sub-disciplines of Digital, Economic and Urban Geographies. My approach blends critical theories drawn from data/software studies, STS, and heterodox economics and uses socially-grounded, technical methods (such as audits of data structures, algorithms and larger digital systems) combined with qualitative methodologies to analyze the evolving spatialities of urban practices, representation and economic/financial activity.  

Potential Graduate Students: I am currently accepting graduate students with overlapping research interests in critical data/algorithmic/AI studies, heterodox economics and audits of socio-technical systems. 

Note: because my current research is not captured in the Department of Geography’s Research Clusters please review my recent publications or LinkedIn profile for get a better sense of my theoretical framings, methods and empirical interests.