Dr. Rachael Kent is a leading researcher, author, consultant, and podcast host, and a Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy & Society in the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London. Her work examines how digital technologies shape mental and physical health.

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BOOK 

Her first book, The Digital Health Self: Wellness, Self-Tracking, and Social Media (Bristol University Press, 2023), provides an analysis of 15 years of research into the tech that shapes our every day life.

 

PODCAST

Dr Kent hosts Digital Health Diagnosed: Your Dose of Tech Wellbeing (produced by Playtime Productions), the first evidence-based podcast to diagnose how technology impacts health and offer practical tools for healthier digital living; it was recently featured on ITV News at 6pm.

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DR. DIGITAL HEALTH 

Dr. Kent founded Dr. Digital Health in 2020, which provides cutting-edge research into evidence-based strategy and training that helps organisations and their people understand how digital technology affects mental and physical health, reduce digital saturation, and address ‘addictive’ patterns—building healthier, more sustainable tech habits across work and life. Clients include the NHS, the UK Government, Vivo Barefoot, Paramount, and CBS.

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Dr. Rachael Kent v Apple Inc. and Apple Distribution International Ltd

She is the first female class representative in UK legal history. In 2025, her collective action against Apple—brought on behalf of 19.6 million UK consumers and valued at £1.5bn—went to trial, becoming the first trial against a tech giant in UK legal history; judgment is currently pending. Further information is available via the Competition Appeal Tribunal and recent press interviews.

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PRESS

Her research and commentary regularly feature across BBC News, Forbes Magazine, Runner’s World, BrainCare, Metro UK, Heat Magazine, Women & Home, the Daily Mail, The Independent, Mixmag, Health & Wellbeing, and Glamour.