Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
Dr Ben Egliston is an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the Discipline of Media and Communications. His research focuses on the political economy of media and technology, with a specific interest in videogames and immersive media (such as virtual and augmented reality technology). He is the (co)author of three books: Fantasies of Virtual Reality: Untangling Fiction, Fact, and Threat (Forthcoming, MIT Press), Playing With Money: Videogames and the Promise of Blockchain (Forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan), and Governing Social Virtual Reality (Forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan).
Experience
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2024–presentAustralian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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2023–presentLecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
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2020–2023Postdoctoral research fellow, Queensland University of Technology
Education
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2019University of Sydney, PhD
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2014University of Sydney, BA (Hons)
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