Aleks Krotoski is an academic and journalist who writes about and studies technology and interactivity. In addition to writing a column for The Guardian’s Technology section and presenting The Guardian’s weekly technology podcast, she blogs on Guardian Unlimited and is currently working towards a PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Surrey, examining the social networks of cyberspace.

Aleks writes about the social dimensions of interactive entertainment, emerging community experiences in virtual worlds and other aspects of social software. She also writes policy, government and industry reports covering media regulation, technological forecasting, demographics, age ratings, education and game industry regulation; she regularly speaks about interpersonal processes in online communities with financial, telecommunications and governmental organisations.