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The Path to Power Project is led by a diverse team of experts dedicated to studying the intersections of digital technology, politics, and society. Our research focuses on global trends in democracy, populism, misinformation, and political violence. Each member brings unique regional expertise and research strengths, working collaboratively to translate academic insights into actionable policy recommendations. Learn more about our team and their contributions to fostering democracy in a digital world.

Dr. James Ranger

Dr. Jamie Ranger

Postdoctoral Researcher
Digital Technology, Governance and Politics
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Biography

Dr. James Ranger is a postdoctoral researcher trained in both the Anglo-American analytic and European continental traditions of philosophy and the history of political thought. He is passionate about bringing political and philosophical ideas and approaches to bear on developments in technology and digital communications. A fun fact about him is that he is a Londoner in Berlin.

Research Focus

Dr. James Ranger’s interests lie in the relationship between political organisation and the technical configuration of social life, specifically how technology changes our perceptions of culture, nature, politics and the human, and how these disruptions and innovations challenge our inherited ideas from the history of political thought. More practically, he is interested in digital populism, digital citizenship and ideological communication on social media.

Publications

  • Ranger, J., & Ranger, W. (2023). Towards a resonant theory of memory politics. Memory Studies, 16(2), 451–464.
  •  Ranger, J. (2020). Slow Down! Digital Deceleration Towards A Socialist Social Media. tripleC: communication, capitalism, critique, 18(1), 254-267

Projects

  • Path to Power Policy Reports. 
  • Book Proposal: Technics, Ontology and the Political. 
  • Book Proposal: Where is Politics? Sites, Spaces, Bodies, Places. 

Education

  • DPhil (Politics) – St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. 2018 – 2023. 
  • MPhil (Political Theory) – St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. 2016 – 2018. 
  • MSc (Political Theory) – London School of Economics & Political Science. 2014 – 2015. 
  • BA (Politics & Philosophy) – University of Sheffield. 2011 – 2014. 

Experience

University College London, Senior Tutor (2022 – 2023).
  • Theoretical Foundations of Human Rights (MA course)
  • The Ethics of Crime and Punishment
Foundations of Political Thought
  • St. Benet’s Hall, University of Oxford, Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (2022).
  • History of Political Thought: Plato to Rousseau
  • History of Political Thought: Bentham to Weber

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