Philip R. Conway, Ph.D.

I am interested in how people make sense of complexity — scientifically, politically, aesthetically, and philosophically.

More specifically, I am interested in how the sprawling complexity of societies, ecologies, inter-state relations, global political economy, and planetary coexistence in general have been reckoned with, in different times and places.

Using the tools of international political theory, conceptual history, economic sociology, and the digital humanities, my research projects have investigated how the planet-spanning infrastructure of climate science came to be established, what it is like to become immersed in the world of conspiracy theories, how the “tech stack” underpinning modern life is becoming geopolitically contested, and more.

This site provides access to pre-print versions of my publications, introduces my research, and generally connects whatever dots need connecting.