Digital tech effects experts
Scientists with sensible opinions on digital tech effects
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@peteetchells.bsky.social
@lindakkaye.bsky.social
Cyberpsychology |TEDx Speaker| Founding member & a former Chair of BPS Cyberpsychology Section | Owner The CyberDoctor | Associate Head at Edge Hill Psychology | She/her |Using cyberpsychology to inspire user-centred digital innovation.
@hshawberry.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology & Behavioural Analytics at Lancaster Uni 📊Researching behaviour biometrics, digital ethics, mobile sensing & the science of situations. Yarn crafts, cute animals & film photography might also make an appearance.
@cjferguson1111.bsky.social
PhD Psychologist, Author of Suicide Kings; Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games is Wrong & How Madness Shaped History. Member of an awesome family. Substack: grimoiremanor.substack.com Website: www.ChristopherJFerguson.com
@cjsewall9.bsky.social
Former academic, current clinical data scientist in industry. Occasionally has things to say about the whole social media panic. You can read those things here: https://open.substack.com/pub/craigsewall
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
Internet person. Community tech, careful innovation, trying to make progressive tech policy happen. https://carefultrouble.net https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
@cybergamepsych1.bsky.social
Doctoral Researcher & VL @ University of Westminster Psychology of video games - motivations & mental health effects. LinkedIn - https://tinyurl.com/3bkcuud7
@tamaleaver.bsky.social
🎓 Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin Uni (Boorloo/Perth West Australia); 🌏 Past Prez @AoIR.bsky.social; 🔎 @digitalchildau.bsky.social (AI & Datafication); 🐘 @tama@aoir.social; he/him. [Views mine; RT/❤️/etc ≠ endorsement]
@omidvebrahimi.bsky.social
Research Fellow | University of Oxford | Magdalen College. Clinical Psychologist | Public Health | Statistics. I study how people transition into and recover from mental disorders.
@noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social
🌻PhD(DPhil) student | University of Oxford | Department of Experimental Psychology | Social anxiety in CYP | Social media | Quant
@antmandan.bsky.social
Professor of Digital Communication and Director of the QUT Digital Media Research Centre. Cyclist, beer brewer, nerd, community advocate.
@zephoria.bsky.social
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@leonardreinecke.bsky.social
Professor for Media Effects and Media Psychology, @ifpmainz.bsky.social, University of Mainz, Germany // Greek at Heart
@adrianmeier.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @fau.de @fauwiso.bsky.social Social media effects | Self-regulation of tech usage | Digital well-being | Secretary of the ICA Communication & Technology division @icacat.bsky.social https://www.communicationscience.rw.fau.de/
@nballou.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Oxford Internet Institute - video games, mental health, open research, theory generation.
@georgiaturner.bsky.social
She/her | email: gt342@cam.ac.uk | PhD student http://orben.group | computational & cognitive approaches to study technology use | Views my own | Happy to chat about Masters or PhD applications/experiences, send me an email!
@karenlauram.bsky.social
ResearchScientist, @oii.ox.ac.uk UniversityOfOxford: Adolescent MentalHealth/Wellbeing/Learning, MetaScience, Digital/Social Media, SocialEquity, ResearchIntegrity, MixedMethods. People&Planet, ActiveTravel, Sustainability. FirstGen Imposter in Academia
@drkowert.bsky.social
Founder of Psychgeist. Policy and Product Advisor for games and game adjacent spaces. Visiting Researcher @ Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
@candiceodgers.bsky.social
Scientist, runner, Canadian still trying to figure out how to live in the US. Psychology Prof and Associate Dean at UCI, who sometimes writes about why we should trust science and avoid panic to really help our kids.
@nicolafh.bsky.social
She/her. Cyberpsychology at IADT. Researches online communication & dating Hosts a cyberpsychology podcast - “In Bits” with @drliam.bsky.social https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R1n04owVEAH4k8OaajcyZ?si=evh1YzIJSX6XhNubur-A8A Www.nicolafoxhamilton.com
@sabrinanorwood.bsky.social
Postdoc at Oxford Internet Institute. Studying digital technologies, digital behaviour and well-being.
@lieberoth.bsky.social
Researcher, dad, author. Associate professor in educational psychology and digital technology at Aarhus University, Denmark, studying how tech affects thinking, learning, work, play, wellbeing. At one point I studied brains.
@drandreahoward.bsky.social
Associate professor of Psychology | Adolescence and the transition to adulthood | Mental health, alcohol, social media, ADHD | Open science and quantitative psychology | She/her.
@eikofried.bsky.social
Associate Prof Leiden Uni. Studying mental health problems as systems. http://eiko-fried.com. Building an early warning system for depression at http://WARN-D.com.
@davidaellis.bsky.social
Professor of Behavioural Science at the University of Bath, UK. Interests = people + technology. ‘Failed upwards’ according to Paul Foot (one of the world's comedians). Part of the 65% who don’t own an air fryer. http://www.davidaellis.co.uk
@dougaparry.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Media Psychology in the Department of Communication Science at VU Amsterdam researching media effects, digital well-being, attention, mental health. Open Science, Computational Methods https://dougaparry.com #commsky From South Africa
@ijzerman.bsky.social
director ABSL.io | founding editor InMind Magazine | co-founder Psych Science Accelerator, CREP, and Fédération française pour les liens sociaux | author @ WW Norton | researcher Univ of Oxford | Honorary Member Institut Universitaire de France | LONELY-EU
@matti.vuorre.com
I am an assistant professor at the department of Social Psychology at Tilburg University's School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. I have a website at https://vuorre.com. All posts are posts.
@orbenamy.bsky.social
tech + teens + better science @ http://digitalmentalhealth.group // Group Leader, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge // Fellow + Director of Studies, St. John's College // 📸 marcus ginns
@garwboy.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, author, science communicator/pundit, former psychiatry lecturer, occasional wit, frazzled parent, balding Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/theneuroscienceofeverydaylife
@shuhbillskee.bsky.social
Professor of Human Behaviour and Technology at the University of Oxford ▦ Father ▦ Gamer ▦ Psychologist ▦
@malte.the100.ci
Professor at Uni Bern Meta Science ⸾ Research Methods ⸾ IT Security & Privacy ⸾ Problem Solving ⸾ Media Effects. https://the100.ci & @error.reviews
@lucyfoulkes.bsky.social
Psychologist at University of Oxford | Adolescence + mental health | Advocating for a more nuanced, compassionate understanding of teenagers Linktr.ee/lucyfoulkes
@peteetchells.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology and Science Communication | Award-winning science writer | Screen Time | Social Media | Smartphones | Video games | https://linktr.ee/unlockedbook