Devika Narayan
@devikanarayan.bsky.social
Assistant Prof/Lecturer l University of Bristol Tech, markets, orgs + work.
some other stuff.
Sociologist.
https://www.devikanarayan.com/
some other stuff.
Sociologist.
https://www.devikanarayan.com/
22nd December Deadline!
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
www.econgeog.net
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
22nd December Deadline!
Hidden Empire of Finance: How Wall Street Profits from Our Cities and Fuels Global Inequality
www.dukeupress.edu
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Devika Narayan
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
www.econgeog.net
October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Reposted by Devika Narayan
On May 27, also at Cnam, Devika Narayan (@devikanarayan.bsky.social, University of Bristol) will discuss the material practices of technological acceleration, drawing on a sociotechnical analysis of computing infrastructure and an industrial political economy perspective on the tech sector 🖥️
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www.devikanarayan.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
On May 27, also at Cnam, Devika Narayan (@devikanarayan.bsky.social, University of Bristol) will discuss the material practices of technological acceleration, drawing on a sociotechnical analysis of computing infrastructure and an industrial political economy perspective on the tech sector 🖥️
Omg. They flowered.
September 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Omg. They flowered.
In the sept issue!
How to tell supply chain histories.
Specifically, the story of India's software industry.
How to tell supply chain histories.
Specifically, the story of India's software industry.
A conjunctural approach to global production networks: the case of India’s software services industry
Abstract. Global production networks (GPNs) are a ubiquitous mode of industrial organization. This article advances the theorization of GPN formation. By f
academic.oup.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In the sept issue!
How to tell supply chain histories.
Specifically, the story of India's software industry.
How to tell supply chain histories.
Specifically, the story of India's software industry.
Post doc opportunity on computational infrastructures
"How do computational infrastructures expand into sectoral organizations? Are current (digital) policies adequate in responding to their impact on administration of justice?"
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Po...
"How do computational infrastructures expand into sectoral organizations? Are current (digital) policies adequate in responding to their impact on administration of justice?"
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Po...
Postdoc Impact of Computational Infrastructures on Public Institutions and Administration of Justice
Postdoc Impact of Computational Infrastructures on Public Institutions and Administration of Justice
careers.tudelft.nl
September 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Post doc opportunity on computational infrastructures
"How do computational infrastructures expand into sectoral organizations? Are current (digital) policies adequate in responding to their impact on administration of justice?"
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Po...
"How do computational infrastructures expand into sectoral organizations? Are current (digital) policies adequate in responding to their impact on administration of justice?"
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Po...
Reading 1980s lit on large technical systems and loving it.
August 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reading 1980s lit on large technical systems and loving it.
Happy plants + moody Juno
August 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Happy plants + moody Juno
Writing from scratch. Draft zero sort of situation. Can someone remind me how it's done.
July 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Writing from scratch. Draft zero sort of situation. Can someone remind me how it's done.
I am starting to sense the very real fears of job loss among software developers and data scientists. Bosses talking to team leads, telling the that the upper echelons want to co-pilot their way into smaller dev teams.
June 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I am starting to sense the very real fears of job loss among software developers and data scientists. Bosses talking to team leads, telling the that the upper echelons want to co-pilot their way into smaller dev teams.
Reposted by Devika Narayan
Back in 🇩🇪 NRW this week. Presenting my work on ‘Big AI’—Platforms, Dependency, & Power, at @unibonn.bsky.social tonight (Mon), & Internationale Club La Redoute w/ @silvertje.bsky.social (Tue). 🔗 www.cassis.uni-bonn.de/en/events/up... & intclub-redoute-bonn.de/event/big-ai.... Please come if around!
Infrastructure, Capitalism, and Dependency in the Digital Age
www.cassis.uni-bonn.de
June 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Back in 🇩🇪 NRW this week. Presenting my work on ‘Big AI’—Platforms, Dependency, & Power, at @unibonn.bsky.social tonight (Mon), & Internationale Club La Redoute w/ @silvertje.bsky.social (Tue). 🔗 www.cassis.uni-bonn.de/en/events/up... & intclub-redoute-bonn.de/event/big-ai.... Please come if around!
mass production of labour process studies ruined braverman.
June 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
mass production of labour process studies ruined braverman.
Found my dream collaborator and convinced him to write the book with me. So that's good.
May 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Found my dream collaborator and convinced him to write the book with me. So that's good.
What's that? More pictures of Juno?
May 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
What's that? More pictures of Juno?
Reposted by Devika Narayan
With presenters Koray Caliskan, Donald MacKenzie, Addie McGowan and responses by @devikanarayan.bsky.social @kylzjarrett.bsky.social and Gillian Tett discussing a recent paper published last week journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Prodexchange: Digital–industrial economization in Google Search supply chain - Koray Caliskan, Donald MacKenzie, Addie McGowan, 2025
Using Google as a case study, this paper analyzes the online advertising sector's search industry. Arguing that search engines are not engines, it examines...
journals.sagepub.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
With presenters Koray Caliskan, Donald MacKenzie, Addie McGowan and responses by @devikanarayan.bsky.social @kylzjarrett.bsky.social and Gillian Tett discussing a recent paper published last week journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Looking forward to this!
EVENT ALERT: Platforms and Society and
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
May 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Looking forward to this!
Happy to be leaving New York so I can get alicia keys out of my brain. It's a real affliction.
April 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Happy to be leaving New York so I can get alicia keys out of my brain. It's a real affliction.
Just leaving Detroit after a nine day visit. I loved my stay. What a great town.
March 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just leaving Detroit after a nine day visit. I loved my stay. What a great town.
Has anyone here written about the history of DevOps? I am writing about it at the moment (briefly) and looking for stuff.
March 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Has anyone here written about the history of DevOps? I am writing about it at the moment (briefly) and looking for stuff.
I have a paper out! It's about how we tell supply chain histories. It's also about how software work came to be offshored to India.
Check it out if you're interested in production networks, economic globalisation, computing history, or conjunctural analysis!
academic.oup.com/joeg/advance...
Check it out if you're interested in production networks, economic globalisation, computing history, or conjunctural analysis!
academic.oup.com/joeg/advance...
A conjunctural approach to global production networks: the case of India’s software services industry
Abstract. Global production networks (GPNs) are a ubiquitous mode of industrial organization. This article advances the theorization of GPN formation. By f
academic.oup.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I have a paper out! It's about how we tell supply chain histories. It's also about how software work came to be offshored to India.
Check it out if you're interested in production networks, economic globalisation, computing history, or conjunctural analysis!
academic.oup.com/joeg/advance...
Check it out if you're interested in production networks, economic globalisation, computing history, or conjunctural analysis!
academic.oup.com/joeg/advance...