Tom Chatfield


Tom Chatfield (@TomChatfield) is a British writer and commentator. The author of five books exploring digital culture – most recently How to Thrive in the Digital Age (Pan Macmillan) and Netymology (Quercus). He also creates and designs content for games, apps and interactive media, including the award-winning game The End. Tom is interested in improving our experiences of digital technology, and in better understanding its use in policy, education and engagement. Past collaborators include Google, the BBC, Channel 4 Education, and Mind Candy. Tom speaks and broadcasts around the world on technology, the arts, and media. Appearances include TED Global and the Cannes Lions Festival; authors@Google; the World Congress on Information Technology; the Houses of Parliament; and Aspen Seminars for Leaders. A launch columnist for the BBC’s worldwide technology site, BBC Future, he writes and commentates widely in the international media, as well as guest lecturing at universities in the UK and Europe. Appearances include BBC One Breakfast, BBC Two Newsnight, BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and the World Service, and others ranging from NPR and ABC to Radio New Zealand. He’s an associate editor at Prospect magazine; a faculty member at London’s School of Life; a past guest faculty member at the Said Business School, Oxford; and a senior expert at the Global Governance Institute.

Tom Chatfield
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