Welcome to my website. I’m a researcher, writer, and policy adviser who explores the ethics, politics, and social implications of digital technology. I’m presently a technology policy specialist at the UK communications regulator Ofcom, where I examine the implications of generative AI on the UK’s online safety regime.

Last year, I successfully defended my PhD (DPhil) at the Oxford Internet Institute, which looked at the growing governance role played by the operators of app stores, with a focus on the fringe social media platform Parler, and its implications for democracy and online participation. During a decade in academic research, I studied several areas of digital technology, the ethics and governance of AI, the deployment of AI in the contexts of health and sustainable development, online political communication, and the applicability of political-theoretical concepts like sovereignty and legitimacy in the digital age. My past research has included work on big data, digital state surveillance, and the use of web archives in research. Papers on which I am first or joint-first author have appeared in journals such as New Media & Society, Nature Machine Intelligence, AI & Society, Telecommunications Policy, and Internet Policy Review.

My other recent engagements have included serving as a Research Associate in the Alan Turing Institute’s public policy programme, as Convenor of the Turing’s Ethics Advisory Group, and as a member of the Ethics Committee of Digital Catapult’s Machine Intelligence Garage.

I have also been a frequent commentator on technology and politics for mainstream audiences, contributing to channels such as the BBC World Service, Times Radio, and Monocle Radio. 

This website is a semi-regularly updated repository of my research, writing, presentations, and media appearances. You can also find me in other forms and formats on Mastodon, Medium, LinkedIn and Google Scholar.