Timothy Graham

Dr Timothy Graham is an Associate Professor in Digital Media at the School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), where he combines computational methods with social theory to study online networks and platforms. His research focuses on bots and trolls, disinformation, and online ratings and rankings devices.

• Positions: Associate Professor in Digital Media
• Institution: QUT, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice
• Email: timothy.graham@qut.edu.au

His work includes developing open-source software tools for social media data analysis and has been published in journals like Information, Communication & Society, Big Data & Society, and Social Media + Society. In 2021, he received an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for his project Combating Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour on Social Media.

Recent publications analyze coordinated behavior in #AUKUS discussions, bots and moral panic in political contexts, and the exploitation of social movements by conspiracy theorists. His research emphasizes the intersection of computational analysis and sociological theory to address digital media challenges.

Scientific Awards:

• ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2021)

He actively contributes to public policy debates through submissions to government committees and collaborations with international research groups. His supervision topics include digital publics and computational communication studies.