Research Areas

Media and Technology Policy AI Policy and Safety Global Governance of Technologies Infrastructures and the Global South Deliberative Policymaking Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)

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