Gregory is a scholar in the fields of global digital politics, digital entrepreneurship, and crisis communication covering key subjects such as the role of social media in civic engagement and social movements, digital authoritarianism, crisis communication, and the role of digital platforms in conflict zones. His research focuses on two main areas: how digital innovation can support new forms of political participation and enhance social resilience in the face of risks and crises, and the development of new forms of digital authoritarianism, particularly through novel forms of propaganda, internet regulation, and the governance of digital crowds.Gregory is also interested in how digital entrepreneurship can contribute to social resilience and address various types of crises, as well as in critical analysis of the digitally mediated participation of digital crowds. In this sense, his research addresses digital entrepreneurship as a way not only of generating revenue, but also of contributing to social change and disrupting existing structures of power relations. Part of his research has been dedicated to a conceptual rethinking of crowdsourcing as a participatory practice for the digitally-mediated mobilization of a crowd’s resources. His publications have explored the role of crowdsourcing not only in new forms of participation, but also in new forms of platform-based governance. In order to conceptualize new forms of digital governance, he developed the notion of “vertical crowdsourcing”. Empirically, his research has been mostly concerned with new forms of participation in the context of crisis situations, including the role of digital platforms in protests, armed conflicts and emergency situations. He tweets as @pustovekPersonal website: www.gregoryasmolov.com