Alexander Halavais is a researcher, author, and creator, interested in the ways in which automation, datafication, and artificial intelligence change the nature of learning and allow for new forms of creativity, collaboration, and autonomy. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University, where he directs the Master’s in Social Data Science. The second edition of his Search Engine Society was published in 2017, and he has published more than fifty articles and book chapters on the relationship of emerging technologies to social change. He is working on an introduction to information studies to be published by Polity in 2025 among other projects.

Location

Phoenix

Disciplines

• Digital Humanities
• History of Science and Medicine
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Systems Science
• Information Science and Technology
• Library and Museum Studies
• Transportation
• Architecture and Design
• Business
• Education
• Journalism, Media, and Communication

Affiliation

Arizona State University

Website

http://alex.halavais.net