Dr Mike Ryder
Lecturer in MarketingResearch Overview
My interdisciplinary research sits at the intersection between literature, philosophy, history, technology studies and social science. I also conduct practice-based research relating to digital marketing and reflective practice / work-based learning.
I am particularly interested in the impact of new technologies, and the philosophical relationship between humans and machines.
Keywords: biopolitics, technology, consumption, science fiction, robots, AI, drones, ethics, war.
Career Details
Prior to my life as an academic I worked as a content writer in the video games industry, and professional ghostwriter in the healthcare sector. More recently, I have worked in digital communications and marketing at various HE institutions including Lancaster, UCLan and CCCU.
Current Teaching
I currently teach on the following modules:
- MKTG232: Advertising
- MKTG233: Digital Marketing
- MKTG234: Social Media (co-module leader)
- MKTG411: Digital Marketing (module leader)
I am also Academic Tutor for x3 cohorts of students studying BSc Marketing & Design and BSc Advertising & Marketing, and supervise various student projects on our MSc programmes.
Qualifications
- PGCAP
- PhD: 'Citizen Robots: Biopolitics, the Computer and the Vietnam Period'
- MA English – Distinction
- BA (Hons) English with Creative Writing – 1st
- A-levels: Maths, Physics, History, Business and Economics, Government and Politics, General Studies
- AS-levels: English, Sociology, Film Studies
Web Links
My personal website can be found at www.mjryder.net.
I am also Director at Mental Capacity Ltd – a specialist healthcare training provider based in the North West.
Lancaster Intellectual Party 2023
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Using OODA loops to build sustainable practice into business education
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Building Resilience and Getting Published in Top Journals Workshop for ECRs
Business Course/Training
Security Lancaster: Grant Writing Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
CCI Roundtable Session on Subcultures of TikTok
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
CCI Roundtable Session on Halloween: History, Lore, & Consumption (2022)
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Consumer Journey Research
Consultancy
TEDx: The Future of Work
Invited talk
CCI Roundtable Session on Technoconsumption and Artificial Intelligence
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Motive8 College, Bradford (External organisation)
Membership of board
Medical/Healthcare Communications
Consultancy
User Journey Mapping: Website for Current Students
Consultancy
Web Consultancy
Consultancy
Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre (Organisational unit)
Other Membership
Narratives for Policy and Risk
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Embodying Fantastika
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Embodying Fantastika
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Embodying Fantastika
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Current Research in Speculative Fiction 2019
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
War-Games and the Dehumanisation of War
Invited talk
Digital Democracy: e-Voting and Online Elections
Invited talk
Human Technologies, Digital Humanities
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
After Fantastika
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Current Research in Speculative Fiction 2018
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Lancaster University Postgraduate Research Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
The Human Body and World War II
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
The Body of War: Drones and Lone Wolves
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Technology, Terrorism and Armed Conflict in the 21st Century (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Exploring Identity: Between Being and Belonging
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Exploring Identity: Between Being and Belonging
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Exploring Identity: Between Being and Belonging
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Beyond the Horizon: Advancements in Law in the 21st Century
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Current Research in Speculative Fiction 2017
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
life.theory.death
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Postgraduate Research Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Performing Fantastika
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Deterrence & Assurance Academic Alliance Launch Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Creative Humanities: Thinking, Making and Meaning
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
- Centre for Consumption Insights
- Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre
- LIRA - Society and Human Behaviour
- Security Lancaster