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Dr Luke Munn
Dr

Luke Munn

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Overview

Background

My work explores the digital cultures that increasingly shape our lives, combining a deep understanding of technical logics (code, infrastructures, architectures) with a critical awareness of race and class, gender and labor, epistemologies and ecologies. This interweaving “offers new and critical insight” (Prof Starosielski, NYU) and makes me an “original voice” (Prof Pasquale, Cornell), leading to my current role as an ARC Future Fellow. I have developed an international profile through six monographs with leading presses such as Automation is a Myth (Stanford), Technical Territories (Michigan) and Red Pilled (Transcript) as well as 45 articles as lead or solo author, with 25 in high ranked (Q1 or Q2) journals. My work has shaped current debates, being cited by The Guardian, the Washington Post, and appearing in Scientific American. My teaching has been praised by scholars and students and draws directly on my cutting-edge research to diagnose contemporary conditions. I actively mentor the next generation of scholars through regular workshops, seminars, and collaboration on real-world projects.

Availability

Dr Luke Munn is:
Available for supervision

Works

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55 works between 2017 and 2025

1 - 20 of 55 works

2025

Journal Article

Culture machine: How MetaCLIP codifies culture

Munn, Luke and Badri, Adarsh (2025). Culture machine: How MetaCLIP codifies culture. New Media and Society 14614448251336429. doi: 10.1177/14614448251336429

Culture machine: How MetaCLIP codifies culture

2025

Other Outputs

Unmaking AI Design Cards

Munn, Luke and Khan, Awais Hameed (2025). Unmaking AI Design Cards. Carlton, VIC Australia: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society.

Unmaking AI Design Cards

2024

Journal Article

Truth machines: synthesizing veracity in AI language models

Munn, Luke, Magee, Liam and Arora, Vanicka (2024). Truth machines: synthesizing veracity in AI language models. AI and Society, 39 (6) e11510, 2759-2773. doi: 10.1007/s00146-023-01756-4

Truth machines: synthesizing veracity in AI language models

2024

Conference Publication

Taming the algo: Grab bikers grappling with platform logics from below

Nguyen-Thu, Giang and Munn, Luke (2024). Taming the algo: Grab bikers grappling with platform logics from below. 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 30 October-2 November 2024. Champaign, IL, United States: University of Illinois Libraries. doi: 10.5210/spir.v2024i0.14016

Taming the algo: Grab bikers grappling with platform logics from below

2024

Journal Article

Inclusive online learning in Australia: Barriers and enablers

Marsden, Linda, Munn, Luke, Magee, Liam, Ferrinda, Matthew, St. Pierre, Justin and Third, Amanda (2024). Inclusive online learning in Australia: Barriers and enablers. Education and Information Technologies, 30 (4), 5301-5330. doi: 10.1007/s10639-024-13012-3

Inclusive online learning in Australia: Barriers and enablers

2024

Journal Article

Taming the algorithm: the platform realism of GrabBike delivery workers

Nguyen-Thu, Giang and Munn, Luke (2024). Taming the algorithm: the platform realism of GrabBike delivery workers. New Media and Society. doi: 10.1177/14614448241262417

Taming the algorithm: the platform realism of GrabBike delivery workers

2024

Journal Article

Expansive and Invasive: mapping the “Bossware” Used to Monitor Workers

Munn, Luke (2024). Expansive and Invasive: mapping the “Bossware” Used to Monitor Workers. Surveillance and Society, 22 (2), 104-119. doi: 10.24908/ss.v22i2.16179

Expansive and Invasive: mapping the “Bossware” Used to Monitor Workers

2024

Other Outputs

The missing human in misinformation fixes

Munn, Luke (2024, 05 21). The missing human in misinformation fixes Scientific American

The missing human in misinformation fixes

2024

Journal Article

Misinformation’s missing human

Munn, Luke (2024). Misinformation’s missing human. Media, Culture and Society, 46 (6), 1287-1298. doi: 10.1177/01634437241249164

Misinformation’s missing human

2024

Journal Article

Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models

Munn, Luke and Henrickson, Leah (2024). Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models. Learning, Media and Technology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/17439884.2024.2327024

Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models

2024

Conference Publication

Unmaking AI: engaging critically and creatively with generative AI

Munn, Luke, Khan, Awais Hameed, Hettiachchi, Danula, Sabie, Samar, Ghahremanlou, Lida, Saghir, Saarim, Lambourne, Nicholas and Magee, Liam (2024). Unmaking AI: engaging critically and creatively with generative AI. Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction OzCHI: Beyond being human, Brisbane/Meeanjin, QLD, Australia, 30 November - 4 December 2024. New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3726986.3727943

Unmaking AI: engaging critically and creatively with generative AI

2024

Journal Article

(Re)framing built heritage through the machinic gaze

Arora, Vanicka, Magee, Liam and Munn, Luke (2024). (Re)framing built heritage through the machinic gaze. Journal of Social Archaeology, 24 (2), 197-217. doi: 10.1177/14696053241237949

(Re)framing built heritage through the machinic gaze

2024

Journal Article

More Than Monitoring: Grappling With Bossware

Munn, Luke (2024). More Than Monitoring: Grappling With Bossware. International Journal of Communication, 18, 3128-3139.

More Than Monitoring: Grappling With Bossware

2024

Journal Article

Book review:  Who Wrote This?: How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing by Naomi Baron

Munn, Luke (2024). Book review:  Who Wrote This?: How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing by Naomi Baron. Sub-Stance, 53 (3), 156-161. doi: 10.1353/sub.2024.a944513

Book review:  Who Wrote This?: How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing by Naomi Baron

2023

Book Chapter

Digital labor, platforms, and AI

Munn, Luke (2023). Digital labor, platforms, and AI. Introduction to digital humanism. (pp. 557-569) edited by Hannes Werthner, Carlo Ghezzi, Jeff Kramer, Julian Nida-Rümelin, Bashar Nuseibeh, Erich Prem and Allison Stanger. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45304-5_35

Digital labor, platforms, and AI

2023

Journal Article

Fix my food: an urgent call to action from adolescents on how they experience and want to see change in their food systems

Fleming, Catharine A. K., Sharma, Deepika, Brunacci, Kaitlyn, Chandra, Shiva, Lala, Girish, Munn, Luke and Third, Amanda (2023). Fix my food: an urgent call to action from adolescents on how they experience and want to see change in their food systems. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 36 (6), 2295-2309. doi: 10.1111/jhn.13228

Fix my food: an urgent call to action from adolescents on how they experience and want to see change in their food systems

2023

Journal Article

Toxic play: examining the issue of hate within gaming

Munn, Luke (2023). Toxic play: examining the issue of hate within gaming. First Monday, 28 (9). doi: 10.5210/fm.v28i9.12508

Toxic play: examining the issue of hate within gaming

2023

Book

Technical territories: data, subjects, and spaces in infrastructural Asia

Munn, Luke (2023). Technical territories: data, subjects, and spaces in infrastructural Asia. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: University of Michigan Press. doi: 10.3998/mpub.12584902

Technical territories: data, subjects, and spaces in infrastructural Asia

2023

Journal Article

Structured like a language model: Analysing AI as an automated subject

Magee, Liam, Arora, Vanicka and Munn, Luke (2023). Structured like a language model: Analysing AI as an automated subject. Big Data and Society, 10 (2) 20539517231210273. doi: 10.1177/20539517231210273

Structured like a language model: Analysing AI as an automated subject

2023

Journal Article

Tika technology an alternative blueprint for digitalisation

Munn, Luke (2023). Tika technology an alternative blueprint for digitalisation. Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 17 (1), 153-168. doi: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.17.1.0153

Tika technology an alternative blueprint for digitalisation

Funding

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2030
    After the Future of Work: Platformised Labour in a Hotter Australia
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant

Supervision

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