Jordan Ali

MA Student
jordan.ali@mail.utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Downtown Toronto (St. George)

Fields of Study

  • Culture & History
  • Economic Geography
  • Social & Political Geography

Areas of Interest

Digital geographies, the War on Terror, territorialization, cybersecurity policy, blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Working Dissertation

Title

Empire Online: The US Government's Territorialization of Cyberspace after 9/11

Supervisors

Dr. Matthew Farish
Committee Members: Dr. Alana Boland, Dr. Jun Zhang

Biography

I am currently writing my MA thesis in which I explore how the US government territorialized cyberspace after 9/11. I am also interested in Web3 and how discourses of decentralization around blockchain technologies figure into US national security and policy.

Education

BA, University of Toronto

Cohort

  • 2019-2020