Staff profile

I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Leeds before finishing my master's degree at the University of Warwick. I then completed my doctoral studies here at Durham University, submitting a thesis exploring some of the ways in which we experience a sense of disconnection from ecological crisis. During my time at Durham I have been involved in delivering teaching to undergraduates on the modules Being Human and Science, Medicine, and Society. I am currently an Honorary Associate in the Department of Philosophy.

My research primarily focuses on the intersection between technology and the environment and I have strong interests in phenomenological method. I am fascinated by the impacts of rapid and widespread technological change with an interest in the varied existential, ontological, and ethical implications.

In my free time I enjoy music, painting, exercise, and spending time outdoors.

Publications

Adshead, Jordan. 2025. “Do Androids Dream of Electronic Beats? Simondon, Kayn, and the Wild Hearts of Machines.” Ergo (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.8183

Presentations

"Xenoflesh: Alien and the Phenomenology of Turning Inside Out”. Invited public talk at the Philosophy and Film series at Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds. October 2025.

“Rethinking Apathy”. Talk delivered at The Association for Continental Philosophy and Religion international conference, “Nature, Thinking: From Romanticism and Idealism to Ecological Philosophy”. Liverpool Hope University. July 9^th-11^th 2024.

“Eclipse of the Nameless: Horror and Inhibition”. Presentation at the Continental Research Group, Durham University. 28^th April 2023.