Meet the experts who form our Advisory Panel. Nominet extend their thanks to our Advisory Panel for their contribution to designing the Digital Youth Index 2022. You can find out more about the panel and their expertise below.
Senior Digital Strategy Officer, Manchester City Council
Kira is the Senior Digital Strategy Officer for Manchester City Council, and she has a professional research background in anthropology, focusing on centering lived experience in tackling digital inequality.
Director of Partnerships, Catch22
Kat builds digital skills and online safety services. She is a Fellow with the Data Poverty Lab and a Digital Poverty Alliance Ambassador.
Programme Manager, Childnet
Danielle leads the Childnet Digital Leaders Programme and champions Childnet’s work in equality and diversity, youth empowerment and participation, and impact evaluation.
Director of Evidence and Engagement, Good Things Foundation
Emma leads research, comms and engagement at the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, delivering programmes and advocating to fix the digital divide alongside community partners.
Policy and Research Officer, Good Things Foundation
In a supporting role to Emma Stone, Tom coordinates the Data Poverty Lab and fellowship scheme at Good Things Foundation, helping to design solutions for more affordable internet access.
Research and Development Director, ParentZone
As R&D director at ParentZone, Cliff is exploring ways to improve outcomes for children in a connected world through more effective support for families and turn to professionals.
Strategy Lead, PUBLIC
Ram is an experienced researcher on emerging technologies and public services. At PUBLIC, he leads on commercial strategy and advises organisations on online safety.
Director, Unthinkable
A digital strategist working in education and culture at Unthinkable, Justin is passionate about how the right technology can improve human connection, learning and creativity.
Policy and Government Relations Consultant
Maeve Walsh is an experienced policymaker and government relations expert who, as a Carnegie UK Associate, has worked extensively on online harms and online safety.
Opinium is an award-winning, full-service research agency with a global reach.
Nominet partnered with Opinium to collect the data. Exploratory qualitative research with young people, parents, secondary school teachers, youth workers and social workers fed into the design of the Digital Youth Index. We then then surveyed 2,000 8 – 25 year olds to robustly measure what it feels like to be a young person growing up in a digital world.
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