Matthew Davis
Affiliated Researcher at Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering; Industrial Engineering and Management
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 36 54
- Mobile phone:
- +46 72 999 98 26
- E-mail:
- matthew.davis@angstrom.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
- Postal address:
- Box 524
751 20 Uppsala
Short presentation
A PhD student, studying disruptive technologies and their effects on society. Experienced in innovation management, and commercialisation of technology.
Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- innovation
- entrepreneurship
- additive manufacturing
- change management
- ethics
- innovation management
- blockchain
Biography
Matt is originally from the UK, and moved to Sweden in 2016 to study a two-year Masters in Industrial Management and Innovation. During this time he worked as a research assistant for the faculty, exploring UK renewable energy policy, and alternative entrepreneurship. After publishing his Masters thesis in commercialisation of alternative energy technologies, Matt was one of three students to be offered a PhD position out of over 150 applicants.
His full background can be found on his LinkedIn page
Publications
Recent publications
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‘Serfing’ the Web: Play-to-Earn, Blockchain, and the Workification of Online Games
Part of Digital Society: Ethics, Socio-Legal and Governance of Digital Technology, 2026
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Blockchain Narratives: Cyber-Romanticism and the Digital Enlightenment
2025
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Part of Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, p. 225-249, Routledge, 2023
- DOI for A block in the chain of sustainability?: On blockchain technology and its economic, social, and environmental impact
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Part of Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, p. 143-168, Routledge, 2023
- DOI for The ascent of memetic movements: Social media, Levinasian ethics and the global spread of Q-anon conspiracy theories
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Can blockchain-technology fight corruption in MNEs' operations in emerging markets?
Part of Review of International Business and Strategy, p. 39-56, 2022
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All publications
Articles in journal
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‘Serfing’ the Web: Play-to-Earn, Blockchain, and the Workification of Online Games
Part of Digital Society: Ethics, Socio-Legal and Governance of Digital Technology, 2026
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Can blockchain-technology fight corruption in MNEs' operations in emerging markets?
Part of Review of International Business and Strategy, p. 39-56, 2022
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An Exploration of the Emergence of Machine Consciousness and the Risk of Robocentrism
Part of Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, p. 1-23, 2022
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Attitudes to Cryptocurrencies: A Comparative Study Between Sweden and Japan
Part of The review of socionetwork strategies, p. 169-194, 2021
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Chapters in book
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Part of Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, p. 225-249, Routledge, 2023
- DOI for A block in the chain of sustainability?: On blockchain technology and its economic, social, and environmental impact
- Download full text (pdf) of A block in the chain of sustainability?: On blockchain technology and its economic, social, and environmental impact
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Part of Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, p. 143-168, Routledge, 2023
- DOI for The ascent of memetic movements: Social media, Levinasian ethics and the global spread of Q-anon conspiracy theories
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Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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Towards a Typology of Intentionally Inaccurate Representations of Reality in Media Content
Part of Human-Centric Computing in a Data-Driven Society, p. 291-304, 2020
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A Pragmatic Approach for Teaching Ethics to Engineers and Computer Scientists
Part of 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2020