An expert on mobile technology, social networking and sociable robotics, her research as an MIT Professor puts her at the forefront of understanding the growing impact of technology on human relations.

Founding Director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self as well as a licensed clinical psychologist, Turkle explores our relationship with digital technology and how it is affecting the way we behave and interact with one another. A specialist in technology and society, her latest book Alone Together was published in 2011.