Speakers
Dr Scott A. Hale is Director, Associate Professor, and Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, where he leads the Equitable Access to Quality Information Lab (eaqilab). His research develops and applies computational and social science methods to understand how digital technologies, such as social media, large language models, and algorithmic systems shape society, focusing on how people discover, evaluate, and use information online to make important life decisions.
Scott is also Director of Research at Meedan, a nonprofit technology organisation developing tools to support digital literacy and civic engagement. He has worked internationally, including in Japan, and is committed to mentoring early-career researchers. In 2022, he received a Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Oxford’s Social Sciences Division, recognizing his outstanding contributions to teaching and supervision.