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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

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