Kate Orton-Johnson is a Senior Lecturer in sociology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests relate to intersections between technology, culture and everyday life. She has conducted research and published work on student use of digital technologies and social media in HE, decentralised social media, digital leisure, and social media and parenting. She is a convenor of the British Sociological Association Digital Sociology study group and is currently Director of Education at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.