He holds a PhD in Sociology from Queen’s University (2009). Prior to joining Concordia, he held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Toronto (in Health Policy, Management & Evaluation) and New York University (in Media, Culture & Communication). Martin’s research examines the social dimensions of technology with an empirical focus on communications & information technology (CIT). It emphasizes the broader social and political contexts of CIT, concentrating especially on questions related to risk, surveillance, privacy, and social justice. His work has been published in, among other places, Social Science & Medicine, Sociology of Health & Illness, Surveillance & Society, Critical Public Health and Social & Legal Studies.