Rosie Graham

Rosie Graham

I research search engines, digital culture and games.

I’m an Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham. My work looks at how digital systems shape knowledge and everyday life, through writing, teaching and interactive projects.

Search engines, Digital culture, Interactive research, Games and play

Selected work

SEASON identity: green lettering and a hand-drawn search line on cream

Research network and identity

SEASON

An international research network examining search engines and society. I co-founded SEASON and designed its visual identity.

Games, teaching and interactive work

Solo role-playing games

Solo RPG Influence Map

An interactive project on solo role-playing games, with a source-aware map, timeline and comparison tools for teaching and research.

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Now · September 2026

Search and the generated answer.

I am working on a state-of-the-field article about search and generative AI. It asks how questions of editorial judgement, commercial power and representation change when a system presents a generated answer.

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Selected writing

Books, articles and collective work.

  1. Investigating Google’s Search EngineBook · 2023
  2. The ethical dimensions of Google autocompleteArticle · 2023
  3. #FreeWebSearch Charter: Search for the Common GoodCo-author · 2025

About

Research across search, culture and play.

I’m Associate Professor in Contemporary Literature and the Digital at the University of Birmingham. My research examines search engines and the ways digital systems organise knowledge.

I teach and research games and interactivity, with a special interest in solo TTRPGs, queer and trans* gaming, and non-traditional forms.

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I welcome research collaborations, talks, media enquiries and relevant advisory work.

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