Ramon Amaro

PhD researcher Ramon Amaro is part of the editorial team of Big Data & Society. Ramon Amaro is a doctoral researcher at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, with a background in Mechanical Engineering and Sociological Research. His doctoral research looks at the philosophical dimensions of the mathematical modelling of social processes. Drawing on the theories of Gilbert Simondon, in concert with W. E. B. Du Bois and Franz Fanon, Ramon finds interest in modalities of interrelation generated through statistical and data-driven infrastructures and processes. Ramon graduated from the University of Essex with an MA in Sociological Research, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a BSe in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to coming to the UK, Ramon was a design engineer for General Motors Corporation and a policy manager for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Alternative Fuels Division

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