Insights on Digital Wellbeing, AI Ethics and the Psychology of Technology
Cyberpsychology Basics
Clear, accessible explanations of core concepts in the psychology of technology, from phubbing to grief bots, digital wellbeing to leadership in a time of AI. These posts are starting points that are grounded in research and the overall landscape of what’s happening in cyberpsychology, written for anyone who wants to understand how digital life affects the way we think, feel, work, and relate.
Thought Leadership
Deeper dives into the questions shaping our digital future. These pieces draw on my clinical experience, academic research and cultural commentary to examine what's happening at the intersection of AI, human psychology and society.
- AI ethics
- digital wellbeing
- cyberpsychology
- ChatGPT
- chatbots
- technology and relationships
- digital afterlife
- AI chatbots
- mental health
- AI companions
- AI therapy
- anthropomorphisation
- platformisation
- screentime
- AI
- emotional regulation
- AI relationships
- mental health technology
- AI and human flourishing
- griefbots
- ELIZA effect
- human agency
- human-centred AI
- LLM
- computer-human interaction
- doomscrolling
- agentic AI
- therapeutic alliance
- therapeutic relationship
- digitalwellbeing
- grief bots
- technology ethics
Digital Wellbeing: How to Use Technology Without Losing Yourself
The tech industry and the wellness industry both want your business. One wants you always on. The other's selling disconnection and detox. The main loser in this tug of war is you. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on how to take back control.
Leadership in the Digital Age: AI, Human Agency, and What Your People Need
AI is a freight train, and many workers feel tied to the tracks. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on what happens to agency, mastery, and desire when people feel dispensable, and how great leaders centre their people's humanity.
Sharenting Explained: How Sharing Online Shapes Children's Privacy and Trust
Every photo you post of your child is training data for a future you can't predict. Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket on sharenting, children's digital rights, and why the stakes are now high.
Phubbing: Your Phone is the Third Wheel in Your Relationship
You’re a nice person. You wouldn’t invite someone to dinner and ignore them all evening. But your phone might be doing it for you.. Phubbing — phone snubbing — can erode the closest relationships.