Luke Munn Wins Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

Congratulations to Dr Luke Munn (opens in a new window)who has won the inaugural Western Sydney University Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Enterprise and International) Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.

This prize is awarded in recognition of the candidate's examiners’ outcome, publication and impact, and overall quality of the thesis and candidature. Luke’s thesis, 'Approaching Algorithmic Power' (opens in a new window), was noted for its scholarly and artistic excellence in the discipline area. Luke, who graduated from the Institute for Culture and Society in 2019, has achieved extensive publication outputs from his thesis with many publications being sole authored works. His first book, Ferocious Logics: Unmaking the Algorithm (opens in a new window)was published by Meson Press.

Luke's thesis (opens in a new window)and associated creative works (opens in a new window)are available from the University Library.

Posted: 16 December 2020.

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