Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Digitalisation of agriculture
- Digital development
- Digital public policy
- Industrial policy
- Global political economy of digitalisation
Roy Cobby is currently a PhD Candidate in Digital Humanities at King's College London. He has an M.Sc. in Global Politics from the London School of Economics (UK) and a B.Sc. in Politics and International Relations from the University of Bath (UK). His research activities are focused on analysing the consequences of platform and digital economies on the Global South. He regularly writes political and economic analysis across various publications. In the private sector, he has worked in public affairs, environmental consulting, marketing and copywriting.
He is the Communications Editor for Data & Policy, an open access journal publishing research, case studies and discussion about the impact of data science on policy and governance. The journal is a collaboration between Data for Policy and Cambridge University Press. He has presented papers at the Annual Digital Cultura Conference, SASE 2021, the Millennium Conference 2019 (LSE), and the International 68/50 Congress (Universidad Complutense).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Communications Editor at Data & Policy, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
1 Jan 2021 → …
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Searching for sustainability in the digital agriculture debate: An alternative approach for a systemic transition
Cobby Avaria, R., 9 Sept 2020, In: Teknokultura: Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales. 17, 2, p. 225-238 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Smart cities in Asia. Governing development in the era of hyper-connectivity edited by Yu Min-Joo and Teck-Boon Tan, Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA, USA, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, 224 pp., £85.00/$109.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 1 78897 287 1, £20/$26 (eBook), eISBN 978 1 788897 288 0. The eBook version is priced from £20/$26 from Google Play, ebooks.com and other eBook vendors, while in print the book can be ordered from the Edward Elgar Publishing website.
Cobby Avaria, R., 13 Dec 2020, In: EURASIAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS. p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The art of economic catch-up. Barriers, detours and leapfrogging in innovation systems
Cobby Avaria, R., 26 Mar 2020, In: EURASIAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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The uneven and combined development of anti-systemic movements:the international roots of May ’68
Cobby Avaria, R., 25 Mar 2020, Devenires de un acontecimiento : Mayo del 68 cincuenta años después. Gutiérrez Simon, R. & Mosquera Varas, A. (eds.). First ed. Viña del Mar, Chile: CENALTES Ediciones, Vol. 1. p. 149-166 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Annual Digital Culture Conference
Cobby Avaria, R. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
14 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Después de la crisis, política industrial
Cobby Avaria, R. (Contributor)
17 Apr 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Millennium Journal of International Studies Conference
Cobby Avaria, R. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
10 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Thesis
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Digital Agriculture in India: A New Green Revolution?
Cobby Avaria, R. (Author), Srnicek, N. (Supervisor) & Gerbaudo, P. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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