Dr Kate Mannell is Research Fellow whose work analyses the design, governance, and use of digital technologies, with a focus on their role in the everyday lives of families and young people. Kate’s research contributes primarily to the Connected Child program and currently includes an examination of public discourses around children’s screen time, an analysis of the platformisation of family life, and a project developed in partnership with the Indigenous community organisation Gunya Meta. Through her work in the Centre, Kate hopes to contribute to more nuanced, inclusive, and productive understandings of the intersections between technology and family life.

Earliest digital memory
My Grandpa had a very chunky, very beige DOS computer with one game – hangman – that my older brother and I would play. It was all we could use it for (and probably all Grandpa could use it for!) but it seemed like the most magical machine.