Democratic futures
We examine how changes in automation, interaction and data-sharing can affect free and equal public spaces for work, play and learning.
Our research covers a number of areas:
We examine how changes in automation, interaction and data-sharing can affect free and equal public spaces for work, play and learning.
This focuses on how today's digital transformations are shaping the future, and how we might intervene in these processes to support an inclusive and productive outlook for all.
We investigate issues around protecting people's privacy and security online, and explore fair and trustworthy ways of data sharing.
We examine AI techniques, how to address social problems through AI, and managing the disruptive effects of AI on social infrastructure.
We explore opportunities to develop phone and social networking technologies as health interventions.
We take an interdisciplinary approach to working with digital data. Our robust methodologies make it useful for researchers, government, industry and civil society.
We research areas such as AI and immersive media, the cultural history of the Web and AI, and AI art and musical improvisation algorithms as social machines.
Exploring the aspect of trustworthiness in relation to AI and automated decision-making (ADM).