Research Groups: Institutes, Labs and Centers

Centre for Culture and Technology

The Centre for Culture and Technology is dedicated to theoretical, aesthetic and critical inquiry into the ways contemporary media shape contemporary forms of experience and our prospects for living together and relating to one another in an interconnected world. The Centre’s inquiry is dedicated not only to contemporary media and its effects, but also to the contemporary critical approaches necessary for understanding our media: feminist, queer, decolonial, and antiracist.

Affiliated faculty members

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Beth Coleman

Associate Professor

Wendy Duff

Professor

Patrick Keilty

Associate Professor

Thy Phu

Professor

Sarah Sharma

Professor

Recent News

Words "Artificial Sutpidity," which is the Centre for Culture and Technology's 2025-26 programiing theme

Exploring AS

The Centre for Culture and Technology at the Faculty of Information has announced its theme and research focus for the next programming year. In 2025-26, its programming will be devoted to art and scholarship, research and conversation, that puts pressure on construction of the machine learning revolution as “artificial intelligence.” Read the full description on the Centre’s website. At the […]

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Prof Christoph Becker named to SDGs Scholars Academy

Professor Christoph Becker of the Faculty of Information has been appointed to the SDGs Scholars Academy, one of five new fellows named earlier this week. The SDGs Scholars Academy is a dynamic think tank within the SDGs@UofT that  fosters transdisciplinary research and mobilizes knowledge to advance the Sustainable Development Goals  of the United Nations and inform future global goals.   […]

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Prof Jia Xue receives Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award

Assistant Professor Jia Xue received the Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award on January 18 at the 2025 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Conference in Seattle. The award recognizes individuals who are engaged in innovative scholarship, have embraced a rigorous approach to social work research, and are an emerging influence in the field. It is […]

Matt Ratto with PPE during Covid

Research with real-world impact

An interview with Matt Ratto, Associate Dean, Research  As a professional faculty founded almost a century ago to train librarians, the Faculty of Information has long engaged in research inspired by the practical needs of people using libraries to access information. This orientation has persisted as the Faculty has expanded to include, first, archival and […]