Aisling Tuite
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Dr. Aisling Tuite is a critical scholar at the intersection of digital sociology, science and technology studies (STS), and social policy. Her research interrogates how algorithmic governance and digital infrastructures are fundamentally reshaping the welfare state and the nature of social citizenship. In her most cited work, "Electric Dreams of Welfare in the 4th Industrial Revolution," Tuite employs actor-network theory and genealogy to expose how digital interventions are not merely modernizing, but actively precaritising the social safety-net. She argues that new forms of governmentality are rendering welfare itself precarious, mirroring the instability of the gig economy. While her citation count is currently modest, her work is pioneering in its conceptualization of the "algorithmic welfare state," offering a vital critical lens on the automation of social administration. Tuite’s contributions are essential for understanding how the Fourth Industrial Revolution is re-constituting the relationship between citizens, the state, and social rights in an era of data-driven governance.
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