Dr Clare Llewellyn

Clare is Lecturer in Governance, Data and Technology at the School of Social and Political Science and Edinburgh Futures Institute at the University of Edinburgh.

Clare is highly experienced in computational social science, specifically transdisciplinary expertise in the computational methods of analysing digital media. In her high-impact research, she is adept at describing and engaging with technological detail at the highest levels and making digital media analysis engaging and accessible. Her research has reached both policymakers and the public at large raising awareness on the use and misuse of social media in political campaigning. She was cited in a House of Commons Research Briefing (2017), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace briefing (2018), and the British Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament into allegations of Russian interference in British politics (2020) and multiple news and media stories.