We coordinate the University of Southampton’s globally recognised expertise on the development and social impact of Web technologies, offering analysis, tools, data and advice to government, business and civil society.
By building a vibrant network of partners in government, business and industry, establishing and maintaining an international profile through active engagement with the Web community and standards and governance bodies, we can achieve greater levels of visibility nationally and internationally for research, education, enterprise and policy in Web Science, Data Science and AI for the Future of Society at Southampton.
Working with the Web Science Institute offers an opportunity to collaborate with students and academic staff working on leading edge research, in a range of Web Science topics from a socio-technical perspective.
Our experts can provide insight and intelligence on:
BBC | British Library | Build Peace | Business South | Cabinet Office | Cambridge Education Group | Chronotis Ltd | CleanWeb UK | Comic Relief | Ctrl-Shift | Data Science Institute, Imperial College | Department for Business | Department for Communities & Local Government | Deutsche Bank | Digital Catapult | DSTL | Elsevier | Enterprise & Industrial Strategy | Facebook | Fawley Waterside | FutureLearn | Google | Government Digital Service | Hampshire Constabulary | Haymarket Publishing | Health Foundation | Home Office | IBM | Instagram | Interpol | Irwin Mitchell | Lester Aldridge Solicitors | Microsoft Research | Ministry of Sound | National Crime Agency | Nuffield Southampton Theatres | Office for National Statistics | National University of Singapore | Open Data Institute | Open Society Foundations | Ordnance Survey | Parliamentary Digital Service | PLMR | Privitar | Roke Manor Research | Solent Local Enterprise Partnership | South East Regional Organised Crime Unit | Southampton City Council | Spotify | Switch Concepts | Takeout | Tech City UK | Tesco | The Alan Turing Institute | The National Crime Archive | Tsinghua University | Universal UK | Verizon | Web Science Trust | WEDINOS | Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) | W3C.
The WSI and CDT offer a range of collaborative opportunities that focus on key research areas and our students’ academic and professional development.
Find out more about some of the ways you can get involved.
Web Science Institute: Susan Davies, Coordination Manager at sdd1@soton.ac.uk.
Centre for Doctoral Training: Dr Mark Weal, CDT Director, or Alison Tebbutt, CDT Programme Manager at websciencecdt@southampton.ac.uk.
Partner organisations may run small scale pilot projects which involve our students carrying out research or implementing activities to deliver outcomes.
These are specialist keynote sessions, seminars or workshops featuring a topic relevant to Web Science.
Team up with us to run a joint workshop to provide collaborative opportunities for both academics and students.
Use our extensive research expertise and collaborate with interdisciplinary researchers across the University of Southampton.
Groups of students and academics engage with industry-relevant problems raised by partners, and over a period of a week or a month they deliver insights against the initial brief.
The CDT’s Advisory Board aims to provide a strategic overview and comprises the CDT Management team, representatives from partner organisations, the EPSRC and the student body.
Students may undertake a full or part-time internship at an external organisation at any point during their studies. You can read more about some of the internships our students have undertaken here.
The CDT welcomes any support in the form of sponsored events and operational activities, for example sponsored prizes, training packages, or co-funding a one-day event, mini-conference or research visit.