Carey Jewitt

Carey Jewitt is a Professor of Technology and Learning at UCL Knowledge Lab, part of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media at the UCL Institute of Education (IOE). She also serves as Chair of the UCL Collaborative Social Science Domain. Her research focuses on how digital technologies shape interaction and communication, emphasizing interdisciplinary methodological innovation and multimodal theory development.

She leads the InTouch project, an ERC Consolidator Award investigating the social implications of digital touch technologies for future communication. She has secured funding from the ERC, ESRC, EPSRC, and the British Academy for interdisciplinary research projects. Carey co-founded the journals Multimodality & Society and Visual Communication (both published by SAGE). Her work appears in journals like New Media & Society and Information, Communication & Society, alongside her 2020 book on digital touch communication.

Her research trends emphasize the intersection of technology, communication, and sociology, with recent work exploring multimodal interaction, digital touch, and sociotechnical systems. Awards include the prestigious ERC Consolidator Award.

Carey has advised numerous interdisciplinary projects and led grants from major funders. Her work is affiliated with UCL Knowledge Lab and the InTouch initiative, focusing on collaborative social science and innovative digital methodologies.