Personal profile
Research interests
I joined the the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies in 2017. I was a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) in Freiburg, Germany. I was also a Lecturer in Politics at the Loughborough University in 2015.
My work focuses on the politics of technology, how digital technologies condition political agency as well as political speech. I published an article on algorithms and rhetoric where I examine the power relations at play when speeches are published on social media platforms in terms of visibility and prioritisation.
I also published (with Sophia Hatzisavvidou) an article 'Beyond Technofix' on the political theory of the Anthropocene by looking at the role of technology through the doctrines of Ambient Prometheanism and Epimethean politics (in revisiting the Ancient Greek myth of Epimetheus/Prometheus).
Research interests
- Political Theory of Technology
- Critical algorithms studies and platform capitalism
- The Anthropocene and geopower
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Reshaping Learning in the Digital Era – How Does ChatGPT Affect Our Learning
Mei, P. (PI), Brewis, D. (CoI), Dillet, B. (CoI), Nwaiwu, F. (CoI), Onen Dumlu, Z. (CoI) & Alva Manchego, F. (CoI)
31/07/23 → 12/07/24
Project: Research-related funding
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Transition Imaginaries: Contested Temporalities, Affective Politics, and Decolonial Technology
Dillet, B. & Hatzisavvidou, S., 28 Feb 2026, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 90 p. (Elements in Earth System Governance)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Amplification in Information Processes (1962): Gilbert Simondon
Dillet, B. (Translator) & Nony, A. (Translator), 31 Oct 2025, The Edinburgh Companion to Gilbert Simondon. Bardin, A., Ferrari, M., Nony, A. & Tenti, G. (eds.). Edinburgh, U. K.: Edinburgh University Press, p. x-xx 11 p.Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter
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The shame of the world in ordinary climate politics
Dillet, B., 1 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Politics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Politics as a battle of images: Lordon’s media theory
Dillet, B., 9 Nov 2024, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Beyond technofix: Thinking with Epimetheus in the Anthropocene
Dillet, B. & Hatzisavvidou, S., 30 Sept 2022, In: Contemporary Political Theory .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Caring to Know: Politicising Generative AI
Dillet, B. (Speaker)
6 Feb 2025Activity: Public, Community and School Engagement › Public talk, lecture, debate, seminar, workshop
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Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism
Dillet, B. (Author)
10 Mar 2025Activity: Media article or participation, blog › Blog
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French election: it’s impossible to know what sort of government might emerge from the current state of chaos
Dillet, B. (Author)
10 Jul 2024Activity: Media article or participation, blog › Media article or participation