ESRC Digital Good Network
@digitalgoodnet
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.
The Digital Good Network is on LinkedIn! Follow for our latest updates ⬇️ linkedin.com/company/digita…
@ChurchillFship report out today: Developing #algorithmicliteracy for positive #socialmedia engagement. tinyurl.com/algorithmic-li…. UK #curriculum must change to support young people to leave school fully equipped for a life in digital society. 🚨Key recommendations below!
Join our online event: Reflections on the challenges of asking normative questions about the digital society we want, by Helen Kennedy @hmtk & Ros Williams @roswillz #digitalgood digitalgood.net/reflections-an…

Last chance to express your interest! Want to connect with other researchers or relevant stakeholders to form teams for our Digital Good Research Fund? We are holding an optional online research team formation sandpit on 1 April. Apply here: digitalgood.net/digital-good-r…

RESEARCH FUNDING AVAILABLE: APPLY NOW Our research fund is now open for applications, on the theme of ‘Building the digital good’. Find out more here: digitalgood.net/digital-good-r…

New report: Exploring children’s attitudes towards digital good/bad through hybrid arts practice How do children imagine a possible digital future where technology use is ethical, responsible, and inclusive? Research led by Dylan Yamada-Rice Read here 🔗 digitalgood.net/dg-outputs/exp…
To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science we asked @ginasue, @channelswimsue and @HelenMargetts what advice they’d give to someone considering a career in STEM 👇 #WomenInScience
Call for papers: Towards sustainable digital futures, a two-day symposium 📅14–15 May 2025, University of Sheffield, UK 🔗Find out more: digitalgood.net/call-for-paper… Apply by 17 Feb 🌳Hosted by the Imagining Sustainable Digital Futures project led by Minna Vigren @hmtk #digitalgood
(1/3) We’re just five days away from the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium we are co-organising on Feb. 8th at Sciences Po, Paris! There are limited tickets left, get yours here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/participator…
🥁 Exciting news! We’re delighted to announce a further investment of £7 million in two new data services. The Financial Data Service and the Smart Energy Data Service join four services announced last October. Discover more here👇 bit.ly/4gS8pAR
Call for abstracts: Open panel at 4S 2025, ‘Evaluating the digital good?’ We are inviting submissions to our 2025 open panel at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference in Seattle, 3-7 September 2025. #digitalgood Find out more: digitalgood.net/call-for-abstr…
Already feeling nostalgic for our first encounter at the DGN, @tanvi_kanchan🤣 And, Global South folks, you can’t miss this!
Just 6 days left to apply for our fully funded PhD summer school @sheffielduni on the digital good, taking place 23 – 25 June 2025. Find out more and apply: digitalgood.net/opportunities/…… #digitalgood @hmtk @ginasue @roswill @ESRC
Join Nancy Baym, Senior Principle Research Manager at Microsoft Research, for her talk 'Bridging disciplines, academics, and industry: lessons from years of trying' 📅6 March 2025, 15:45 📍 BBC @MediaCityUK or online 🔗Sign up: digitalgood.net/bridging-disci… @hmtk @roswillz @ginasue

Hear from our Director @hmtk at this @responsibleaiuk event to find out how the Public Voices in AI project is putting public voices at the heart of #AI research, development, and policy. 📅 28 January 2025 ⏰ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT 🌐 Register now: bit.ly/PublicVoicesIn…
Read: @jonathan_c_ong and Tim Divon in @techpolicypress on the implications of Meta’s new policy on its trust and safety systems - and the framing of American values against global tech justice and accountability #digitalgood techpolicy.press/tech-bro-power…
Applications have opened for our Digital Good Network Summer School 2025. PhD students have until 27 January to get their applications in! See: digitalgood.net/opportunities/… #digitalgood @hmtk @ginasu @roswillz @sheffielduni @SocStudiesShef @ESRC
Are you an Arts and Humanities researcher looking to engage with policy makers? Join @ProfArleneHH, Prof of Public Policy @durham_uni to hear the benefits and possible routes into academic-policy engagement. eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-pol…