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Talk with Dr Regehr

An Evening with Dr Kaitlyn Regehr - Author of Smartphone Nation

13 November 2025

We were delighted to host an evening in school for all our families  

  • Improving family digital nutrition for better mental health 
  • Gaming your algorithm
  • Teaching your kids to spot and tackle "microdosing” misinformation 
  • Navigating the attention economy, which prioritises engagement at any cost
  • Doing a digital spring clean your online viewing experience

Dr Kaitlyn Regehr is an Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at University College London, whose research is focused on digital and AI literacy. She has informed legislation on online safety, most recently feeding into the Online Safety Act and has provided consultation in the House of Lords, and to Members of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police, The Children’s Commissioner, The Scottish Government and Prevent. Dr Regehr is committed to the public dissemination of algorithmic and AI literacy through broadcasting and writing. She has been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey for the Oprah Podcast and has appeared across a spectrum of US Media including CNN and USA Today.

More locally, she is a regular contributor on ITV’s This Morning, BBC News, The Today Programme, BBC Women’s Hour, BBC Bitesize and as an Op-Ed writer for The Guardian. Dr Regehr is also the author of the international bestseller, Smartphone Nation

 

Smart Phone Nation: Why We are all Addicted to Screens and What You and Your Family Can Do About It 

Available from all good bookshops and  Amazon   and on  Spotify