Kate Wright is Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Edinburgh. Her research explores how journalism, digital media, and AI intersect with politics and IR. She specialises in comparative studies, focusing on political economy, public diplomacy, media governance, and journalism production practice. These interests arose from her previous experience of producing Scottish, UK, and international news for the BBC, as well as investigative documentaries.

Her research publications have won several awards, including from the International Studies Association, the International Communication Association, and the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association. Her work is regularly featured in quality media, including ABC (Australia), Associated Press, Deutsche Welle, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair.

She is the founder of the 80-strong interdisciplinary research cluster in Media and Communications at Edinburgh Futures Institute, a Fellow of the Generative AI Laboratory, and a research associate of the Centre for Governance and Human Rights at the University of Cambridge. She also sits on the editorial boards of two of the 'top five' communications journals, Digital Journalism and the International Journal of Press/Politics, and served on an expert research assessment panel for the Observatory on Information and Democracy, which advises policymakers in 50 countries.

Biographical details correct as of 06.09.26