Inclusive Digital Societies Research Excellence Group
People / organizations involved:
University of Brighton
Locations:
Brighton, United Kingdom
The Inclusive Digital Societies Research Excellence Group focuses on digital media technologies in contexts of society and health, connecting a network of researchers and artists who share expertise in society's responses and adaptations of technology. Members focus on how we, as a society, co-create and interact with our digital worlds, and how this impacts our lives. This includes, but is not limited to, how digital technologies affect our health, our social and psychological wellbeing, and our learning processes. Our work also tackles digital inequalities: we actively mobilise creativity and innovation to build an inclusive digital society. The interdisciplinary nature of this work means that it includes experts in social sciences, humanities, education, technology, arts, and more. As a result, we draw on a diverse range of methodologies and promote trans-disciplinary collaboration and critical enquiry. We believe that investigating and innovating our digital worlds is best achieved through collaborative innovation with communities, user groups in human-centred design processes and stakeholders in co-design methods. We work with an extensive network of partners, including public sector organisations, community and activist groups, arts organisations, and creative and digital industry partners. Our conversations are currently focused around three themes, cutting across those themes is our shared interest in inclusive practice and digital inequalities: Human-centred AI; Digital health and wellbeing; and Digital learning.
Duration: 01.01.2011 - ongoing