Ian Cook runs the podcast at For Digital Dignity, Project ONLINERPOL. He is also a Research Fellow at the Center for Media, Data and Society at the School of Public Policy at Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary.

With a doctorate in Sociology and Social Anthropology (CEU, 2016) and with an interest in time and space, South Asian studies, visual anthropology and urban studies, he has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Mangaluru (India) and Budapest (Hungary) with research interests including: urbanisation, morality, rhythm, informal economies, modes of learning, housing, land use, development, migration, infrastructure and intercommunity relationships.

Committed to engagement outside academia he is a podcast host, blogger and organiser of various academically informed cross-over projects.