Dr Ellie Colegate

Assistant Professor in Law, University of Nottingham's School of Law

2026

Dr Ellie Colegate is an Assistant Professor in Law at the University of Nottingham's School of Law, specialising in online platforms governance and regulation. Her expertise includes the Online Safety Act 2023, regulation of harmful user-generated content, and children's experiences as active online participants on social media. She has recently completed her multidisciplinary PhD, which explored the everyday, unprompted interactions of children with potentially harmful content online and engaged directly with children to understand their experiences with both platforms and content. Additionally, she is interested in exploring the role of ‘trusted adults’ in online safety, focusing on how educational staff are trained and supported to engage with children regarding harmful interactions online. Her work has been published in IT law journals, she regularly contributes to conferences, sharing her work with various stakeholders, and she also regularly responds to policy consultations and calls in the area of UK online safety policy.