Thomas Dekeyser is currently a Lecturer in Human Geography and a filmmaker at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. His research examines theories and practices of power & refusal in changing technological environments. He is the author of Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machines (U of Minnesota Press, 2026) which The New Yorker described as a “provocative and enjoyable… inspiration for thinking against today's dominant technologies."