ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit)
@digitcentre.bsky.social
The ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) aims to advance our understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping work.
We are offering another PhD studentship, this one being part of the Economics PhD programme at the University of Sussex Business School:
💻 The Impact of Digital Transformation on Skills, Wages, and Career Trajectories in the United Kingdom
🔗 www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
💻 The Impact of Digital Transformation on Skills, Wages, and Career Trajectories in the United Kingdom
🔗 www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We are offering another PhD studentship, this one being part of the Economics PhD programme at the University of Sussex Business School:
💻 The Impact of Digital Transformation on Skills, Wages, and Career Trajectories in the United Kingdom
🔗 www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
💻 The Impact of Digital Transformation on Skills, Wages, and Career Trajectories in the United Kingdom
🔗 www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
If you missed our final Digit Debates event of the Autumn 2025 series, ‘Beyond the AI Act. Implementation challenges in EU AI regulation’ with @flogsell.bsky.social you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If you missed our final Digit Debates event of the Autumn 2025 series, ‘Beyond the AI Act. Implementation challenges in EU AI regulation’ with @flogsell.bsky.social you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
✍️ NEW BLOG!
‘Five key demands for a worker-friendly rollout of AI in retail’
@steverolf.bsky.social, Rachel Verdin, and Wil Hunt on how trade unions can negotiate for better outcomes for retail workers.
Read the blog: digit-research.org/blog/five-ke...
‘Five key demands for a worker-friendly rollout of AI in retail’
@steverolf.bsky.social, Rachel Verdin, and Wil Hunt on how trade unions can negotiate for better outcomes for retail workers.
Read the blog: digit-research.org/blog/five-ke...
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
✍️ NEW BLOG!
‘Five key demands for a worker-friendly rollout of AI in retail’
@steverolf.bsky.social, Rachel Verdin, and Wil Hunt on how trade unions can negotiate for better outcomes for retail workers.
Read the blog: digit-research.org/blog/five-ke...
‘Five key demands for a worker-friendly rollout of AI in retail’
@steverolf.bsky.social, Rachel Verdin, and Wil Hunt on how trade unions can negotiate for better outcomes for retail workers.
Read the blog: digit-research.org/blog/five-ke...
"Working from home could get people back into work.”
A new House of Lords report urges the UK Government to recognise how remote and hybrid work can support people with disabilities, neurodivergence, and long-term health conditions.
A new House of Lords report urges the UK Government to recognise how remote and hybrid work can support people with disabilities, neurodivergence, and long-term health conditions.
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"Working from home could get people back into work.”
A new House of Lords report urges the UK Government to recognise how remote and hybrid work can support people with disabilities, neurodivergence, and long-term health conditions.
A new House of Lords report urges the UK Government to recognise how remote and hybrid work can support people with disabilities, neurodivergence, and long-term health conditions.
Beyond the AI Act. Implementation challenges in EU AI regulation
🗣️ Speaker: Prof. @flogsell.bsky.social
👥 Discussant: Prof. Simon Deakin
📆 Date: Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ Time: 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
🗣️ Speaker: Prof. @flogsell.bsky.social
👥 Discussant: Prof. Simon Deakin
📆 Date: Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ Time: 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Beyond the AI Act. Implementation challenges in EU AI regulation
🗣️ Speaker: Prof. @flogsell.bsky.social
👥 Discussant: Prof. Simon Deakin
📆 Date: Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ Time: 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
🗣️ Speaker: Prof. @flogsell.bsky.social
👥 Discussant: Prof. Simon Deakin
📆 Date: Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ Time: 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
📣 How are SMEs using generative AI today? Can it help address labour and skill challenges?
If you missed our second Autumn 2025 Digit Debates event, ‘Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge?’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/gener...
If you missed our second Autumn 2025 Digit Debates event, ‘Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge?’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/gener...
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📣 How are SMEs using generative AI today? Can it help address labour and skill challenges?
If you missed our second Autumn 2025 Digit Debates event, ‘Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge?’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/gener...
If you missed our second Autumn 2025 Digit Debates event, ‘Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge?’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/gener...
📣 PhD opportunities!
Digit is offering two PhD studentships with stipends and UK fees covered.
The application deadline for both is 9 January 2026. These studentships are part of the Management Integrated PhD programme at the @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social.
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Digit is offering two PhD studentships with stipends and UK fees covered.
The application deadline for both is 9 January 2026. These studentships are part of the Management Integrated PhD programme at the @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📣 PhD opportunities!
Digit is offering two PhD studentships with stipends and UK fees covered.
The application deadline for both is 9 January 2026. These studentships are part of the Management Integrated PhD programme at the @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social.
🧵👇
Digit is offering two PhD studentships with stipends and UK fees covered.
The application deadline for both is 9 January 2026. These studentships are part of the Management Integrated PhD programme at the @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social.
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📣 How are SMEs using generative AI today? Can it help address labour and skill challenges?
In the second Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 series, Marguerita Lane (OECD), will present findings from a new
@oecdsocial.bsky.social report, Generative AI and the SME Workforce: New Survey Evidence.
In the second Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 series, Marguerita Lane (OECD), will present findings from a new
@oecdsocial.bsky.social report, Generative AI and the SME Workforce: New Survey Evidence.
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📣 How are SMEs using generative AI today? Can it help address labour and skill challenges?
In the second Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 series, Marguerita Lane (OECD), will present findings from a new
@oecdsocial.bsky.social report, Generative AI and the SME Workforce: New Survey Evidence.
In the second Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 series, Marguerita Lane (OECD), will present findings from a new
@oecdsocial.bsky.social report, Generative AI and the SME Workforce: New Survey Evidence.
📣 How is AI affecting workers in the retail sector? And what should Unions be doing about it?
If you missed the first Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 Series, ‘AI in Retail: What unions need to know’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
If you missed the first Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 Series, ‘AI in Retail: What unions need to know’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣 How is AI affecting workers in the retail sector? And what should Unions be doing about it?
If you missed the first Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 Series, ‘AI in Retail: What unions need to know’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
If you missed the first Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 Series, ‘AI in Retail: What unions need to know’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
📣 How is AI affecting workers in the retail sector? And what should Unions be doing about it?
Our first Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 Series will launch a new handbook on AI in retail work for unions operating in the sector.
Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
More info 👇
Our first Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 Series will launch a new handbook on AI in retail work for unions operating in the sector.
Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
More info 👇
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📣 How is AI affecting workers in the retail sector? And what should Unions be doing about it?
Our first Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 Series will launch a new handbook on AI in retail work for unions operating in the sector.
Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
More info 👇
Our first Digit Debates event of our Autumn 2025 Series will launch a new handbook on AI in retail work for unions operating in the sector.
Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
More info 👇
We were thrilled to co-host the second annual DAISY symposium at the University of Sussex on 13 & 14 October.
Find out more: digit-research.org/news/sussex-...
Find out more: digit-research.org/news/sussex-...
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We were thrilled to co-host the second annual DAISY symposium at the University of Sussex on 13 & 14 October.
Find out more: digit-research.org/news/sussex-...
Find out more: digit-research.org/news/sussex-...
Beyond the AI Act. Implementation challenges in EU AI regulation
🗣️ @flogsell.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
🗣️ @flogsell.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
September 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Beyond the AI Act. Implementation challenges in EU AI regulation
🗣️ @flogsell.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
🗣️ @flogsell.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...
Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge? (OECD report)
🗣️ Marguerita Lane, Tera Allas CBE, Ian O’Donnell MBE, Prof. Ödül Bozkurt, and Prof. Mark Stuart (Chair)
📆 5 November
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/gener...
🗣️ Marguerita Lane, Tera Allas CBE, Ian O’Donnell MBE, Prof. Ödül Bozkurt, and Prof. Mark Stuart (Chair)
📆 5 November
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/gener...
September 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge? (OECD report)
🗣️ Marguerita Lane, Tera Allas CBE, Ian O’Donnell MBE, Prof. Ödül Bozkurt, and Prof. Mark Stuart (Chair)
📆 5 November
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/gener...
🗣️ Marguerita Lane, Tera Allas CBE, Ian O’Donnell MBE, Prof. Ödül Bozkurt, and Prof. Mark Stuart (Chair)
📆 5 November
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/gener...
AI in Retail: What unions need to know
🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, @steverolf.bsky.social, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, @steverolf.bsky.social, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
September 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
AI in Retail: What unions need to know
🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, @steverolf.bsky.social, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, @steverolf.bsky.social, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...
📣 Registration is live for our autumn 2025 #DigitDebates series
Join us from Wednesday 22 October, for three excellent talks on how digital technologies are changing work.
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Join us from Wednesday 22 October, for three excellent talks on how digital technologies are changing work.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
📣 Registration is live for our autumn 2025 #DigitDebates series
Join us from Wednesday 22 October, for three excellent talks on how digital technologies are changing work.
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Join us from Wednesday 22 October, for three excellent talks on how digital technologies are changing work.
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📄 A new Perspectives Paper capturing key takeaways will be released soon.
🔗 Read more about the CoLab: digit-research.org/news/industr...
🔗 Read more about the CoLab: digit-research.org/news/industr...
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
📄 A new Perspectives Paper capturing key takeaways will be released soon.
🔗 Read more about the CoLab: digit-research.org/news/industr...
🔗 Read more about the CoLab: digit-research.org/news/industr...
One message came through loud and clear:
🗣️ More diverse voices are needed in the rooms where decisions about digitalisation and work are being made.
🗣️ More diverse voices are needed in the rooms where decisions about digitalisation and work are being made.
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
One message came through loud and clear:
🗣️ More diverse voices are needed in the rooms where decisions about digitalisation and work are being made.
🗣️ More diverse voices are needed in the rooms where decisions about digitalisation and work are being made.
We explored a central question:
💡 How can we build a more inclusive digital work ecosystem—one where the benefits of digital transformation are widely shared?
💡 How can we build a more inclusive digital work ecosystem—one where the benefits of digital transformation are widely shared?
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We explored a central question:
💡 How can we build a more inclusive digital work ecosystem—one where the benefits of digital transformation are widely shared?
💡 How can we build a more inclusive digital work ecosystem—one where the benefits of digital transformation are widely shared?
Co-convened with @futuredotnow.bsky.social and @ifow.org, and chaired by Liz Williams MBE, the CoLab marks the start of Digit’s next five-year programme. A huge thank you to Eversheds Sutherland for hosting.
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Co-convened with @futuredotnow.bsky.social and @ifow.org, and chaired by Liz Williams MBE, the CoLab marks the start of Digit’s next five-year programme. A huge thank you to Eversheds Sutherland for hosting.
Last Friday, we launched the first-ever Digit CoLab Forum, a new space for shaping inclusive research on the digital transformation of work. Industry, government, and civil society voices joined us to kick off this exciting journey.
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Last Friday, we launched the first-ever Digit CoLab Forum, a new space for shaping inclusive research on the digital transformation of work. Industry, government, and civil society voices joined us to kick off this exciting journey.
Huge thanks to everyone from government, industry, charities, and trade unions who joined us today for the first #DigitCoLab.
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September 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Huge thanks to everyone from government, industry, charities, and trade unions who joined us today for the first #DigitCoLab.
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📣 NHS Employers have published a report, ‘Work indifference: a sign of burnout for agile workers that reduces staff support and empathy’, authored by Dr Emma Russell, Dr Smadar Cohen-Chen and Deepali D’Mello, as part of @agilabsussex.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📣 NHS Employers have published a report, ‘Work indifference: a sign of burnout for agile workers that reduces staff support and empathy’, authored by Dr Emma Russell, Dr Smadar Cohen-Chen and Deepali D’Mello, as part of @agilabsussex.bsky.social
🤖 Tired of seeing AI visualised as neon brains and creepy cyborgs? Us too.
So, alongside Anything is Possible Media and Jagged Edge AI, we've proposed a #SXSWEDU 2026 talk to rethink how AI is visualised.
🗳️ Talks are partly chosen by public vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
So, alongside Anything is Possible Media and Jagged Edge AI, we've proposed a #SXSWEDU 2026 talk to rethink how AI is visualised.
🗳️ Talks are partly chosen by public vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
August 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🤖 Tired of seeing AI visualised as neon brains and creepy cyborgs? Us too.
So, alongside Anything is Possible Media and Jagged Edge AI, we've proposed a #SXSWEDU 2026 talk to rethink how AI is visualised.
🗳️ Talks are partly chosen by public vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
So, alongside Anything is Possible Media and Jagged Edge AI, we've proposed a #SXSWEDU 2026 talk to rethink how AI is visualised.
🗳️ Talks are partly chosen by public vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
🎉 Congratulations to Charmaine Wellington (Digit PhD student), who won the Judges’ Award and the People’s Choice Award at the South & East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) Three Minute Thesis Competition!
July 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Charmaine Wellington (Digit PhD student), who won the Judges’ Award and the People’s Choice Award at the South & East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) Three Minute Thesis Competition!
📣 👏 Congratulations to Digit Project Co-Lead Prof. Adrian Smith, whose new book is published by @universitypress.cambridge.org.
Find out more: digit-research.org/news/new-boo...
Find out more: digit-research.org/news/new-boo...
July 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
📣 👏 Congratulations to Digit Project Co-Lead Prof. Adrian Smith, whose new book is published by @universitypress.cambridge.org.
Find out more: digit-research.org/news/new-boo...
Find out more: digit-research.org/news/new-boo...