ESRC Digital Good Network

Join our next 'Digital good in progress' webinar, exploring digital health and access to quality healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.

25 February, 14:00, online

Find out more: luma.com/hyzqqprp

New resources for thinking critically about technology with 9-13 year olds - ESRC Digital Good Network Are you a teacher, parent or youth worker looking for a fun, engaging way to get young people to think critically about digital technologies? Use […]

This follows Dylan's work as part of a team researching children's attitudes towards digital good/bad. The project developed a number of zines and visual prompts for children to explore the use of AI and other technologies.

Download the zines here: digitalgood.net/new-resource...

In this new blog, Dylan Yamada-Rice discusses the ways in which young people interact with and understand AI imagery.

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PAIRS: Participatory Al Research & Practice Symposium 2026 Susan Oman is speaking at PAIRS 2026 on Responsible Al is participatory - undervalued impacts and symbolic value PAIRS 2026 in New Delhi, India - 18th February 2026 Find out more at www.pairs.site

📢 Introducing: Susan Oman, Senior Lecturer in Data, AI & Society & AI & In/equality Lead for the Centre of Machine Intelligence at The University of Sheffield. She recently completed a secondment as AHRC Policy/Research Fellow in Digital & International Cultures in the UK's DCMS.

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Opening up and archiving qualitative data from research with marginalised/minoritised groups: ethical challenges - ESRC Digital Good Network Part of our online seminar series, ‘Digital good in progress‘ Watch the recording: In recent years, we have witnessed a push to archive research data […]

If you missed our webinar with Łukasz Szulc, you can watch it back here: digitalgood.net/opening_up_a...

Łukasz covered the ethical challenges around archiving data from research with marginalised and minioritised groups, amidst a push to archive research data for re-use.

Resources for thinking critically about technology with 9-13 year olds - ESRC Digital Good Network Use this four-part zine series to support children to think critically about digital technologies. Aimed at 9-13 year olds, the activities encourage young people to […]

And tell us if you use them, we'd love to hear young peoples' reflections - children are often overlooked as emerging digital citizens.

Download the resources here: digitalgood.net/outputs/reso...

A page describing the role of the zine in encouraging children to think critically about gaming.

A page from the zine showing a prompt about what a better phone design may look like

A page showing drawings from the zine

Are you a teacher, parent or youth worker looking for an engaging way to get young people to think critically about digital technologies?

Use our new zine series, which provides arts-based activities and prompts for children to explore the personal, social and environmental impacts of technologies.

Opening up and archiving qualitative data from research with marginalised/minoritised groups: ethical challenges · Zoom · Luma In recent years, we have witnessed a push to archive research data for re-use by researchers and other interested parties. This includes qualitative data, and…

Our next webinar is tomorrow, with Łukasz Szulc, discussing the ethical challenges of archive research data from marginalised and minoritised people.

Register here: luma.com/v4yext2v

Join our next webinar to explore the challenges around the ethical reuse of research data from research with marginalised and minoritised people. Łukasz Szulc will be leading the discussion around research ethics and data stewardship.

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Systems, stories and stewardship - rethinking the mental models behind data and AI - ESRC Digital Good Network Part of our online seminar series, ‘Digital good in progress‘ Watch the recording: This event explored how mental models shape the way institutions and organisations […]

If you missed our discussion on the mental models behind data and AI, you can watch the recording here: digitalgood.net/systems-stor...

Visit our website to find out more about upcoming events, and watch past recordings from across our 'Digital good in progress' series.

Gabriel Belo Pereira dos Reis, Gabriel Bastos Rabelo and André Gabriel Costa Gomes attended WebMedia 2025, sharing their work on the community mobile and web platform Reapp and the importance of trust and communication in digital technologies.

Read more: digitalgood.net/reapp-the-di...

Thanks to those who joined the live Q&A for our latest round of funding on Tuesday. We've updated the FAQ section of our call guidance with answers to some of the key questions asked.

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If your question isn't answered, please get in touch info@digitalgood.net

Systems, stories and stewardship - rethinking the mental models behind data and AI · Zoom · Luma Join us for a webinar that goes beyond frameworks and technical fixes, sharing emerging insights from Elgon Social Research’s research and practice based…

Join our webinar today at 2pm today, looking at rethinking the mental models behind data and AI.

Reema Patel, Jonathan Gray, Silvana Fumega and Emily Rempel will be on the panel, discussing the assumptions, habits and structures that shape how data is stewarded.

Sign up here: luma.com/2b83kgb5

Our first webinar of the new year takes place next Wednesday, sign up here: luma.com/2b83kgb5

There's just over a month until our Digital Good Research Fund closes.

We're looking for individuals (or small teams) to produce blueprints around what a good digital society looks like. Each one will focus on an aspect of social life or societal institution.

digitalgood.net/call-for-app...

winter book events for public data cultures ❄️📗 Looking forward to some winter book events for public data cultures in coming weeks and months. ❄️📗

looking forward to winter book events for public data cultures in coming months ❄️📗💜✨
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including with @digitalmethods.net @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social @internetarchive.eu @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social @cimethods.bsky.social @mctd.bsky.social #dmi26

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!

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

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...

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.

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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

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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 […]

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

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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

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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...

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…

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...

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...

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.

📣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...

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

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

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