ESRC Digital Good Network
@digitalgoodnet.bsky.social
An ESRC-funded, £4 million research network building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there.
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Thank you to everyone who has engaged with the Digital Good Network this year! We will now be taking now be taking a break over the festive period, and will return on the 5th January.
We look forward to seeing you in the new year!
We look forward to seeing you in the new year!
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thank you to everyone who has engaged with the Digital Good Network this year! We will now be taking now be taking a break over the festive period, and will return on the 5th January.
We look forward to seeing you in the new year!
We look forward to seeing you in the new year!
Call for papers: ICT4D conference, Kathmandu, 25-27 May.
ifip94.ku.edu.np
The IFIP WG 9.4 Conference gathers scholars and practitioners dealing with how ICT affects social development, providing a platform for rigorous discourse and innovative solutions.
@ifip.bsky.social
Deadline: 7 Jan
ifip94.ku.edu.np
The IFIP WG 9.4 Conference gathers scholars and practitioners dealing with how ICT affects social development, providing a platform for rigorous discourse and innovative solutions.
@ifip.bsky.social
Deadline: 7 Jan
IFIP | KU 2026
ifip94.ku.edu.np
December 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Call for papers: ICT4D conference, Kathmandu, 25-27 May.
ifip94.ku.edu.np
The IFIP WG 9.4 Conference gathers scholars and practitioners dealing with how ICT affects social development, providing a platform for rigorous discourse and innovative solutions.
@ifip.bsky.social
Deadline: 7 Jan
ifip94.ku.edu.np
The IFIP WG 9.4 Conference gathers scholars and practitioners dealing with how ICT affects social development, providing a platform for rigorous discourse and innovative solutions.
@ifip.bsky.social
Deadline: 7 Jan
We are asking individuals or small teams to produce blueprints, exploring what a good digital society looks like, focusing on an aspect of social life or societal institution (eg a family, museum, a practice like health tracking).
Learn more about our research fund: digitalgood.net/call-for-app...
Learn more about our research fund: digitalgood.net/call-for-app...
December 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We are asking individuals or small teams to produce blueprints, exploring what a good digital society looks like, focusing on an aspect of social life or societal institution (eg a family, museum, a practice like health tracking).
Learn more about our research fund: digitalgood.net/call-for-app...
Learn more about our research fund: digitalgood.net/call-for-app...
The Cooperativa Digital project asked how digital commons scholarship could be applied to tools and platforms for NGOs and local communities.
This blog discusses the impact and positive change the work has had following the project.
digitalgood.net/research-to-...
This blog discusses the impact and positive change the work has had following the project.
digitalgood.net/research-to-...
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The Cooperativa Digital project asked how digital commons scholarship could be applied to tools and platforms for NGOs and local communities.
This blog discusses the impact and positive change the work has had following the project.
digitalgood.net/research-to-...
This blog discusses the impact and positive change the work has had following the project.
digitalgood.net/research-to-...
Join us for a webinar that goes beyond frameworks and technical fixes, sharing emerging insights on data stewardship and AI governance, developed in partnership with @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social and @civicdatacoop.bsky.social
14 January, 14:00-15:30
digitalgood.net/systems-stor...
14 January, 14:00-15:30
digitalgood.net/systems-stor...
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Join us for a webinar that goes beyond frameworks and technical fixes, sharing emerging insights on data stewardship and AI governance, developed in partnership with @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social and @civicdatacoop.bsky.social
14 January, 14:00-15:30
digitalgood.net/systems-stor...
14 January, 14:00-15:30
digitalgood.net/systems-stor...
A new report presents findings from 'Digitising identity: navigating the digital immigration system and migrant experiences' and makes recommendations to the Home Office.
@deryaozkul.bsky.social @migrantvoice.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
digitalgood.net/dg-outputs/e...
@deryaozkul.bsky.social @migrantvoice.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
digitalgood.net/dg-outputs/e...
Exclusion by design: digital identification and the hostile environment for migrants - ESRC Digital Good Network
How has the digitalisation of immigration status affected migrants in the UK? This report presents findings from the Digitising identity: navigating the digital immigration system […]
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December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A new report presents findings from 'Digitising identity: navigating the digital immigration system and migrant experiences' and makes recommendations to the Home Office.
@deryaozkul.bsky.social @migrantvoice.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
digitalgood.net/dg-outputs/e...
@deryaozkul.bsky.social @migrantvoice.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
digitalgood.net/dg-outputs/e...
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Applications for our research fund are open, focusing on aspects of social life or societal institutions (eg a family, a museum, a practice like health tracking) and how they contribute to a good digital society.
Deadline: 12 February. Max project duration: 6 months
digitalgood.net/blueprints-f...
Deadline: 12 February. Max project duration: 6 months
digitalgood.net/blueprints-f...
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Applications for our research fund are open, focusing on aspects of social life or societal institutions (eg a family, a museum, a practice like health tracking) and how they contribute to a good digital society.
Deadline: 12 February. Max project duration: 6 months
digitalgood.net/blueprints-f...
Deadline: 12 February. Max project duration: 6 months
digitalgood.net/blueprints-f...
Applications for our research fund are open, focusing on aspects of social life or societal institutions (eg a family, a museum, a practice like health tracking) and how they contribute to a good digital society.
Deadline: 12 February. Max project duration: 6 months
digitalgood.net/blueprints-f...
Deadline: 12 February. Max project duration: 6 months
digitalgood.net/blueprints-f...
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Applications for our research fund are open, focusing on aspects of social life or societal institutions (eg a family, a museum, a practice like health tracking) and how they contribute to a good digital society.
Deadline: 12 February. Max project duration: 6 months
digitalgood.net/blueprints-f...
Deadline: 12 February. Max project duration: 6 months
digitalgood.net/blueprints-f...
Our next webinar is on Wednesday, looking at good digital living in the Global South.
Register to join us here: luma.com/1c36hjly
You can also watch our previous webinars, including our recent discussion around a community-run mobile app in Brazil, on our website: digitalgood.net/digital-good...
Register to join us here: luma.com/1c36hjly
You can also watch our previous webinars, including our recent discussion around a community-run mobile app in Brazil, on our website: digitalgood.net/digital-good...
Digital good from the South · Zoom · Luma
This event brings into conversation Digital Good Network fellows to debate visions of the digital good from the perspective of the Global South. Drawing from…
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November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our next webinar is on Wednesday, looking at good digital living in the Global South.
Register to join us here: luma.com/1c36hjly
You can also watch our previous webinars, including our recent discussion around a community-run mobile app in Brazil, on our website: digitalgood.net/digital-good...
Register to join us here: luma.com/1c36hjly
You can also watch our previous webinars, including our recent discussion around a community-run mobile app in Brazil, on our website: digitalgood.net/digital-good...
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Call for papers is still open for our workshop New Technology, AI and Equality 15 April 2026. #equality #law #ai @unisouthampton.bsky.social @gain-centre.bsky.social @sotonphilosophy.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social www.southampton.ac.uk/law/news/eve...
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Call for papers is still open for our workshop New Technology, AI and Equality 15 April 2026. #equality #law #ai @unisouthampton.bsky.social @gain-centre.bsky.social @sotonphilosophy.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social www.southampton.ac.uk/law/news/eve...
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📣We're hiring! The Research Portfolio Lead will embed oversight and quality assurance into every stage of our work.
The role will ensure our research is conducted with integrity, and within a culture of care and support.
Deadline: 1st December 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/research...
The role will ensure our research is conducted with integrity, and within a culture of care and support.
Deadline: 1st December 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/research...
Research Portfolio Lead
The Ada Lovelace Institute is recruiting a Research Portfolio Lead to ensure that research is conducted with integrity and within a culture of care.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📣We're hiring! The Research Portfolio Lead will embed oversight and quality assurance into every stage of our work.
The role will ensure our research is conducted with integrity, and within a culture of care and support.
Deadline: 1st December 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/research...
The role will ensure our research is conducted with integrity, and within a culture of care and support.
Deadline: 1st December 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/research...
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2nd great day of @rajapinta.co activities in the Towards Socially Sustainable Platforms seminar, in hybrid mode. Thank you for the keynotes @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social and Helen Kennedy from @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social and all the organizers! Ending the week with some radical alternatives in mind! 🌶️
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
2nd great day of @rajapinta.co activities in the Towards Socially Sustainable Platforms seminar, in hybrid mode. Thank you for the keynotes @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social and Helen Kennedy from @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social and all the organizers! Ending the week with some radical alternatives in mind! 🌶️
Our next webinar will focus on digital good in the Global South.
The speakers will compare and contrast non-Western and indigenous frameworks of good digital living and engage with debates about how to apply decolonial theories and methodologies in their knowledge creation.
luma.com/1c36hjly
The speakers will compare and contrast non-Western and indigenous frameworks of good digital living and engage with debates about how to apply decolonial theories and methodologies in their knowledge creation.
luma.com/1c36hjly
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our next webinar will focus on digital good in the Global South.
The speakers will compare and contrast non-Western and indigenous frameworks of good digital living and engage with debates about how to apply decolonial theories and methodologies in their knowledge creation.
luma.com/1c36hjly
The speakers will compare and contrast non-Western and indigenous frameworks of good digital living and engage with debates about how to apply decolonial theories and methodologies in their knowledge creation.
luma.com/1c36hjly
Last week, our Research Assistant Katie O’Brien presented her research as part of an undergraduate research showcase.
Katie's work considered the public's views on the convenience of AI tools, which you can read more about in her blog for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Katie's work considered the public's views on the convenience of AI tools, which you can read more about in her blog for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Last week, our Research Assistant Katie O’Brien presented her research as part of an undergraduate research showcase.
Katie's work considered the public's views on the convenience of AI tools, which you can read more about in her blog for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Katie's work considered the public's views on the convenience of AI tools, which you can read more about in her blog for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Jonathan Gray, one of our Digital Good Research Fund project leads, has recently published a new book looking at the practices and cultures of how data is made public in the age of the Internet.
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Public Data Cultures is out today on @politybooks.bsky.social! 📗🎊 jonathangray.org/2025/10/23/p...
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Jonathan Gray, one of our Digital Good Research Fund project leads, has recently published a new book looking at the practices and cultures of how data is made public in the age of the Internet.
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I couldn't make this event but it's great to see pictures of more sheep-making and my lovely colleagues talking to people about our Speculative Woolgathering project!
We enjoyed our time at the Festival of Social Science in Sheffield, where we asked questions about future technologies in industries like agriculture, and encouraged people to share positive messages from loved ones to explore the role that digital communication plays in our relationships.
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I couldn't make this event but it's great to see pictures of more sheep-making and my lovely colleagues talking to people about our Speculative Woolgathering project!
We enjoyed our time at the Festival of Social Science in Sheffield, where we asked questions about future technologies in industries like agriculture, and encouraged people to share positive messages from loved ones to explore the role that digital communication plays in our relationships.
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We enjoyed our time at the Festival of Social Science in Sheffield, where we asked questions about future technologies in industries like agriculture, and encouraged people to share positive messages from loved ones to explore the role that digital communication plays in our relationships.
The Universities Policy Engagement Network are hosting an online speed networking event for researchers, policymakers and professionals working in the field of AI.
19 November, 12:00
Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/speed-netw...
19 November, 12:00
Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/speed-netw...
Speed Networking: Artificial Intelligence
A dedicated networking session for researchers, policymakers and professionals working in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Universities Policy Engagement Network are hosting an online speed networking event for researchers, policymakers and professionals working in the field of AI.
19 November, 12:00
Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/speed-netw...
19 November, 12:00
Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/speed-netw...
We are pleased that @sophiaaknight.bsky.social has joined the network as a Visiting Researcher, bringing her expertise in digital technologies and the ways they support and shape civic and democratic participation.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We are pleased that @sophiaaknight.bsky.social has joined the network as a Visiting Researcher, bringing her expertise in digital technologies and the ways they support and shape civic and democratic participation.
Through our Digital Good Research Fund, we have funded six new research projects focused on ‘Building the digital good’.
Read more about the projects here: digitalgood.net/six-new-rese...
Read more about the projects here: digitalgood.net/six-new-rese...
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Through our Digital Good Research Fund, we have funded six new research projects focused on ‘Building the digital good’.
Read more about the projects here: digitalgood.net/six-new-rese...
Read more about the projects here: digitalgood.net/six-new-rese...
Today, we are launching our new directory, where you can find expertise across disciplines and institutions, all focused around our central question: what makes a good digital society and how do we get there?
digitalgood.net/launching-ou...
digitalgood.net/launching-ou...
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today, we are launching our new directory, where you can find expertise across disciplines and institutions, all focused around our central question: what makes a good digital society and how do we get there?
digitalgood.net/launching-ou...
digitalgood.net/launching-ou...
This week we'll be at the Festival of Social Science.
Join us for conversations about the social and environmental impacts of innovation, or reflect on how we show our affection for others through texts.
31 Oct - 2 Nov, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/resea...
Join us for conversations about the social and environmental impacts of innovation, or reflect on how we show our affection for others through texts.
31 Oct - 2 Nov, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/resea...
Research Arcade | The University of Sheffield Player
An interactive exhibition exploring the social sciences
player.sheffield.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This week we'll be at the Festival of Social Science.
Join us for conversations about the social and environmental impacts of innovation, or reflect on how we show our affection for others through texts.
31 Oct - 2 Nov, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/resea...
Join us for conversations about the social and environmental impacts of innovation, or reflect on how we show our affection for others through texts.
31 Oct - 2 Nov, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/resea...
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📚 The Responsible Innovation Centre for Public Media Future's six-part scoping report series is out now! 📚
We've drawn on insights of over 100 experts to set out some of the biggest challenges & opportunities for public media in digital technology and innovation, including...
We've drawn on insights of over 100 experts to set out some of the biggest challenges & opportunities for public media in digital technology and innovation, including...
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📚 The Responsible Innovation Centre for Public Media Future's six-part scoping report series is out now! 📚
We've drawn on insights of over 100 experts to set out some of the biggest challenges & opportunities for public media in digital technology and innovation, including...
We've drawn on insights of over 100 experts to set out some of the biggest challenges & opportunities for public media in digital technology and innovation, including...
Join Rosendy Galabo to hear more about community-run mobile app, Cooperativa digital.
The project stands as an example of how community-led design and governance can create lasting positive change in underserved communities.
14:00, Wednesday 22 October, online
Register here: luma.com/nl9amem9
The project stands as an example of how community-led design and governance can create lasting positive change in underserved communities.
14:00, Wednesday 22 October, online
Register here: luma.com/nl9amem9
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Join Rosendy Galabo to hear more about community-run mobile app, Cooperativa digital.
The project stands as an example of how community-led design and governance can create lasting positive change in underserved communities.
14:00, Wednesday 22 October, online
Register here: luma.com/nl9amem9
The project stands as an example of how community-led design and governance can create lasting positive change in underserved communities.
14:00, Wednesday 22 October, online
Register here: luma.com/nl9amem9
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Do a funded PhD with me! We are looking for projects at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary enquiry into AI and inequalities!
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
Power and Difference in the time of responsible AI at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com | Susan Oman
Do a funded PhD with me! We are looking for projects at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary enquiry into AI and inequalities!
"Your doctoral research project will be designed by you to respond to...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Do a funded PhD with me! We are looking for projects at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary enquiry into AI and inequalities!
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...