He is Professor of Political Communication at Loughborough University, where he is also director of the Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C).
He was also the Founder and co-Director, with Professor Ben O'Loughlin, of the New Political Communication Unit based at Royal Holloway.
In 2014 Chadwick was one of eight Commissioners on the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement,[3] launched in response to concerns raised regarding the UK Government's proposed Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.
Chadwick has contributed to, amongst others, The Independent, BBC Radio 4 (Today, World at One and Moral Maze[4]), and The Daily Telegraph.
[5] In 2012, Chadwick was invited to speak at the Holberg Prize Symposium, where he delivered an address on the hybrid media system.