Jorge Pereira Campos

About

Dr Jorge Pereira Campos is a researcher and writer working at the intersection of developmental psychology and intelligent systems. His work focuses on how young people form identity, agency, and emotional regulation inside the digital and algorithmic environments that increasingly shape their development — particularly in contexts of learning, support, and everyday decision-making. He holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews on Human Behaviour and Intelligent Systems, an MSc in Health Psychology (Distinction) from the University of Strathclyde, and an MSc in Consumer Analytics from the University of Leeds. The arc of his training reflects a deliberate attempt to bring the rigour of developmental and clinical psychology to questions that the technology field has tended to treat as engineering problems — what it means for a young person to think, choose, and feel inside a system that is itself learning from them. His peer-reviewed work has appeared in Studies in Higher Education, Surveillance & Society, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, and journals on Human-Computer Interaction. Recent publications include studies on continuous location-sharing among college-age users, the social negotiation of privacy boundaries in higher education, and the dynamics of family surveillance and digital resilience among parents and adolescents. His doctoral thesis examined privacy risk and mobility data in smart-city contexts. Alongside research and writing, he leads A&J Education, the coaching and educational programme that supports families and young people. In 2024 the programme was recognised by King Charles III for its contribution in this field — a recognition that spoke to the substance of the work rather than its profile. Beyond his applied work, he writes long-form essays on what is happening to children's interior lives now that those lives are also data, and a book project on the same subject is underway. He gives invited lectures and keynotes for education conferences, parent organisations, professional bodies, and product and policy audiences working with young people, and has spoken at venues including Cornell University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Dr Pereira Campos divides his time between London, Porto, and Vilnius, working with universities, research institutes, and applied teams across the UK, Europe, and the United States.