Speaking & media
Invited lectures, conference keynotes, podcasts, and broadcast appearances on adolescent development, education, and AI.
Topics I speak on
- adolescence
Growing up inside algorithmic worlds
How identity, emotion, and autonomy form during adolescence inside systems that watch, predict, and respond — and what this changes for schools, families, and young people themselves.
For education conferences, policy, parent organisations.
- education
AI in education — what the technology can and cannot do
A grounded look at AI tutors, recommendation systems, and learning platforms: what they support well, where they narrow young people’s agency, and how educators can hold the line.
For schools, university leadership, ed-tech teams.
- design
Designing for agency, not just engagement
Practical principles for building or commissioning systems that young people will use. Engagement is not the same as wellbeing — this talk works through the difference and what it implies for design.
For product teams, regulators, school leaders.
- family
Attention, trust, and the digital home
How attention, regulation, and relational development play out in households where every member sits inside the same algorithmic feeds.
For lay and parent audiences, clinicians.
Formats
- Keynote (30–60 min) for conferences and summits
- Invited lecture or seminar at universities and research institutes
- Workshop (half-day or full-day) for schools, leadership teams, or product teams
- Panel contribution and chairing
- Media interview, on or off camera
Selected archive
Lectures and academic talks
- Sensitive sensors: Exploring social identity as a method to improve communication of engineering innovation
- Algorithmic adolescence: How identity forms inside curated environments