Professor of Society and the Internet and Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. Adviser to UK Government Digital Service (Cabinet Office) and international organizations including OECD. Author of books, including: Digital Era Governance (2008); Paradoxes of Modernization (2010); Chaotic Pluralism: Social Media and Collective Action (2014). International expert on digital era government and politics, developing new models of governance and citizen mobilization arising from widespread use of the Internet and related technologies, using big data, experiments and qualitative research.