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Chris­ti­an De Cock

Professor

Subjects
Change management Management Organisation

Primary research areas

Re­think­ing Key Is­sues in AI
I read the un­fold­ing AI phe­nomen­on through Wal­ter Ben­jamin’s writ­ings, and spe­cific­ally his idea of con­stel­la­tion­al ana­lys­is. Such an ana­lys­is en­ables a read­ing of broad­er nar­rat­ives and an ex­am­in­a­tion of wider prac­tices than those cur­rently ad­dressed in the field of AI re­search. The ori­gin­al­ity lies in the con­struc­tion of al­tern­at­ive con­stel­la­tion that is a re­sponse to our crit­ic­al his­tor­ic­al mo­ment, fa­cing the im­bric­a­tion of AI, fas­cism and techno-cap­it­al­ism.
Crit­ic­al The­ory (spe­cific­ally Wal­ter Ben­jamin)

Re­veal­ing and chal­len­ging dom­in­ant or­gan­iz­a­tion­al and so­ci­et­al ima­gin­ar­ies!

My research involves a type of interdisciplinary inquiry that seeks to reveal and challenge dominant organizational, societal and technological imaginaries, thus keeping open the space for future possibilities beyond these imaginaries. The originality of my work lies in the weaving together of various disciplines with both narrative fiction and the conceptual armature of Walter Benjamin as enablers. My distinct contribution has been the development of a constellation of interstitial 

positions that reside within and outside the contours of: 

1. Politics/Political Economy 

2. Digital Economy/Technology 

3. Literary Theory/ (Science) Fiction 

4. Critical Theory (with a focus on Walter Benjamin)  

Outside activities

2025 , -

No out­side activ­it­ies to re­port