Research Areas

Media and Technology Policy AI Policy and Safety Global Governance of Technologies Global South Deliberative Policymaking

Recent Publications

Raghunath, P. (2026). Digital Public Infrastructure in India: A Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach. International Journal of Communication.

Journal Article

Raghunath, P. (2025). "Hated Speech". In Mattoni (Eds.) Handbook of Progressive Politics. Edward Elgar.

Book Chapter

Jaimee, S., Raghunath, P. & Guariso, D. (2025). Unpacking the Interrelationships between the Global Digitalization Index and Human Development. United Nations University.

Research Report

Raghunath, P. (2024). Critical Data Governance: A Southern Standpoint to the study and practice of data. Technology and Regulation, 2024, 37–46.

Journal Article

Raghunath, P. & Rahman, A. (2024). Opening up the Black Box of Communication Governance in South Asia: Critical Policy Ethnography as Methodology. In Padovani et al. (Eds.) Global Communication Governance at the Crossroads. Palgrave Macmillan.

Book Chapter

Monographs

Global Approaches to AI and Data: Theories and Practices

Bristol University Press · Forthcoming

Edited Collections

A Media Anthropology of India

Raghunath, P. and Narasimhan, H. (Eds.) · Routledge · In production

Critical Political Economy of AI: Southern Experiences

Raghunath, P. (Ed.) · Palgrave Macmillan · 2026

Governing Technologies

Bächtold, S.; Raghunath, P.; Lim, Joanne BY. (Eds.) · Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 15(3) · 2024

(Re)iterations, Transgressions, Recognition: Politics and Practices of Media Policies in South Asia

Raghunath, P. and Koshy, S. (Eds.) · Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 13(1) · 2022

Current Projects

Negotiating Sustainable AI: India and Mexico

Principal Investigator on a Grantham Amplification Fund project examining the socio-ecological impacts of AI infrastructures through policies and lived experiences in India and Mexico.

Weaving an AI Safety Net for UK and Canada

Project Lead of a UKRI-SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant project examining AI safety governance across the UK and Canada.

Editorial Roles

Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business

Co-editor, Book Series

Critical Policy Studies

Editorial Board Member

Journal of Digital Media and Policy

Editorial Board Member