Professor Kate Dommett

About

I am Professor of Digital Politics in the Department and my research focuses on digital technology and democratic politics, with a particular focus on data use, election campaigns and regulation. I am interested in how politics is being changed by the uptake of digital technology, and how democratic institutions are adapting to use online affordances. My recent research has looked at the use of personal data for political campaigning, political advertising, and the regulation of digital politics. My previous work looked at political parties and how they are viewed by the public.My research and teaching is driven by a desire to solve real world problems, using academic insights to inform policy development and practices around the uptake of digital tools. I have previously been a Special Ad

Selected publications

• Boutopoulou A & Dommett K (2025) Breaking the Platform Barrier: The Struggle for Research Access to Social Media Data. Political Insight, 16(4), 14-16.
• Power S & Dommett K (2025) Why Labour’s elections bill misses the point. Political Insight, 16(3), 28-30. View this article in WRRO
• Zhu J, Dommett K & Stafford T (2025) What makes online political ads unacceptable? Interrogating public attitudes to inform regulatory responses. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12. View this article in WRRO
• Dommett K (2025) The ‘datafication’ of campaigning in British party politics. British Politics. View this article in WRRO
• Dommett K, Luke S & Gordon HC (2025) Making elections more transparent? Lessons from the implementation of digital imprints at the 2024 UK General Election. Policy Studies. View this article in WRRO
• Luke S, Pattie C, Temple L & Dommett K (2025) How does rurality affect campaigning?. Electoral Studies, 95. View this article in WRRO
• Dommett K (2025) Data-driven campaigning. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication Edward Elgar Publishing. View this article in WRRO