2022 - Assistant Professor in Digital Religion(s), University of Zurich
2020 - 2022 Director of Studies, Theology, Religion, and the Philosophy of Religion, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
2018 - 2022 Junior Research Fellow in AI, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
2016 - Associate Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
2016 - 2018 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Faraday Institute for Religion and Science, St Edmunds College, University of Cambridge, on Templeton Funded project: "Human Identity in an Age of Nearly Human Machines"
2012 - 2022 Affiliated Supervisor and Lecturer, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge
2011 - 2016 PhD Theology and Religious Studies, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
2010 - 2011 MPhil Theology and Religious Studies, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
2002 - 2010 Freelance film writer, London
1999 - 2002 MA Hons (Cantab) Theology and Religious Studies, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
2024 The Cambridge Companion to Religion and AI, co-edited with Fraser Watts, Cambridge University Press
2021 Radical Transformations in Minority Religions, co-edited with Eileen Barker, Routledge
2017 The Indigo Children: New Age Experimentation with Self and Science, an ethnographic monograph on the New Age Movement, Routledge
Research Interests
Digital Religion
Artificial intelligence
AI ethics
Religious uses of technology
Emerging technologies
Narratives, tropes, and memes in discourse
New Religious Movements
Transhumanism and Posthumanism
Human Augmentation Communities
Digital Identity and Community Formation
Digital Anthropological Methods
Memberships and Commitment
Directorate of the Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich
Member of Digital Society Initiative (UZH) Communities on Ethics, Communication, and AI and Culture & Society
Associate Professor, Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich
Expert Member, AI and Faith, global network
Expert Member, AI and Faith Civil Society Commission, UK
Fellow, International Society for Science and Religion
Steering Committee member, AAR AI and Religion Unit
Steering Committee member, AAR Human Enhancement and Transhumanism Unit
Member, Human Augmentation Research Network
Member, William Temple Foundation Ethical Futures Group
Advisory Board member, two external Templeton funded projects: "Self-enhancement, ‘Biohacking’ and Spiritual Yearning" and "Muslims, the Secular, and Existential Risk"
Member, University of Notre Dame, Australia, "Big Ideas" seed grant: "Building Research Capacity in AI, Emerging Technologies and Society"
Teaching Activity at the UZH
Digital Religion(s): Methods, Technologies, and Futures
