Posts by maxdalda

AI, mental health and ethics: a conversation with Angie and Mike

A conversation with Angie and Mike exploring AI, mental health and ethics, and how we can use technology thoughtfully while keeping human connection and personal values in view.

Can we truly disconnect? Discussing digital detox research with CPCAB

I join Ray Van der Poel and Liz Nicholl at CPCAB to discuss my master’s dissertation on digital detoxes, reflecting on attention, relationships and wellbeing. Includes the video and a link to the dissertation.

Man Down: making space for conversations about men’s mental health

I join Dom Hodges for the first episode of Man Down, a podcast series making space for honest conversations about men’s mental health, masculinity and vulnerability.

How technology shapes our mental health: a conversation on the UCS Podcast

A conversation on the UCS Podcast exploring technology, social media and mental health, alongside the possibilities and challenges of AI in education and everyday life.

Mind Your Mind: The problem is not social media (English podcast)

An English-language conversation with Roxana Parra about my master’s research, our relationship with social media, and finding space for presence and connection.

Mind Your Mind: I swapped my iPhone for a Nokia (Spanish podcast)

A conversation in Spanish with my friend and colleague Roxana Parra about technology, social media and mental health, drawing on my master’s dissertation research.

New Year’s resolutions

New Year’s resolutions

Good morning, world, and a Happy New Year to all! May the start of 2025 find you in good health...

What is addiction? Free Public Lecture at the Iron Mill College

What is addiction? Free Public Lecture at the Iron Mill College

About this event Please join me on this free public lecture, delivered “in the room” and online simultaneously.  I will...

Website Update

Website Update

Watchet, Somerset, UK, 15th February 2011. 22.30 I did recently discover that my website had completely changed following a WordPress...

COVID-19 DIARIES. DAY 74- THIS IS AMERICA

COVID-19 DIARIES. DAY 74- THIS IS AMERICA

Watchet, Somerset, UK, 4th June 2020. 20:30 Like most people, I watched in horror the images of George Floyd being...