Position: Doctoral Researcher Email: darach.macdonncha.2014@nuim.ie

Darach Mac Donncha is a Doctoral Student at the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), National University of Ireland, Maynooth, as part of the ERC funded Programmable City Project. He has a BA in Geography and Irish from National University of Ireland, Galway and a MA in Geopolitics and the Global Economy from University College Dublin. Within the Programmable City project he will be specialising in how software is discursively produced and legitimised by vested interests. His research interests are: Social Politics, e-governance, and open data.