“The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of AI” at University of College London
Thanks to Laura Dietz for having me at UCL’s Department of Information Studies last week to talk about The Pleasures of Reading...
Are Anti-Violence Campaigns Actually Changing Behaviour? A Critical Look
My latest article, co-authored with Sarah Steele, has been published in Theoretical Criminology: “Discursive Constructions of Masculinity in Campaigns Addressing Gender Violence in London.” In the paper, we take a...
Remembering Ilmo van der Löwe
This post is in memory of my friend Ilmo van der Löwe, who suddenly and unexpectedly passed away during last year. Sometimes, I’m still in a state of stunned, painful...
Digital Wellbeing with The Other Kind of Doctor Podcast
New podcast interview! This was my first experience ever being interviewed with AI as a co-host. It was … interesting. You can listen to the whole episode here on...
New Cambridge ThinkLab Project: Wikimedia, AI, And The Future Of Knowledge Integrity
Why “knowledge integrity” matters in the age of AI assistants The University of Cambridge ThinkLab is partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation on a research project to replicate and expand on...
Cambridge ThinkLab & BBC Neural Commons: Why Emotional Access Matters
From attention to trust: why “emotional access” is becoming an integral part of our online experience Digital systems don’t just deliver information anymore — they increasingly shape how we think,...
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I run the ThinkLab at the University of Cambridge, and research digital habits, productivity, and wellbeing.
