Didem Ozkul

Dr Didem Ozkul is a Lecturer in Digital Media & Society at the Department of Culture, Communication and Media within the UCL Institute of Education. Her research explores the ethical and societal implications of digital technologies, including mobile communication, algorithmic decision-making, and surveillance. She supervises PhD students in areas such as digital ethics, political economy of mobile media, and sociology of space.

• Educated at the University of Westminster (PhD) and University College London (HEA Fellowship)
• Current roles: Lecturer at UCL Knowledge Lab, Honorary Associate Professor at UCL-CCM

Her research focuses on mobile media's impact on spatial practices, locative technologies, and algorithmic governance. Recent works analyze sensor-mediated communication, temporalities of mobile technologies, and predictive analytics in urban spaces.

Key trends in her publications include locative media, digital ethics, algorithmic profiling, and surveillance. She investigates how mobile technologies reshape privacy, time perception, and place-making in hybrid environments.

Scientific awards include:

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

As Programme Leader of MA Digital Media: Critical Studies, she leads modules in Digital Media Theory and Mobile Media & Place. She advises PhD students on topics related to algorithmic politics, digital surveillance, and spatial sociology.

She works at the UCL Knowledge Lab, advancing research on digital transformations in cultural and media organizations.