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. digitalgood.net/research-to-...

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 digitalgood.net/systems-stor...

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 digitalgood.net/dg-outputs/e...

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...

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...

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...

📣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 blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Jonathan Gray, one of our Digital Good Research Fund project leads, has recently published a new book looking at the practices and cultures of how data is made public in the age of the Internet. 👇👇

I couldn't make this event but it's great to see pictures of more sheep-making and my lovely colleagues talking to people about our Speculative Woolgathering project!

We enjoyed our time at the Festival of Social Science in Sheffield, where we asked questions about future technologies in industries like agriculture, and encouraged people to share positive messages from loved ones to explore the role that digital communication plays in our relationships.

The Universities Policy Engagement Network are hosting an online speed networking event for researchers, policymakers and professionals working in the field of AI. 19 November, 12:00 Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/speed-netw...

We are pleased that @sophiaaknight.bsky.social has joined the network as a Visiting Researcher, bringing her expertise in digital technologies and the ways they support and shape civic and democratic participation.

Through our Digital Good Research Fund, we have funded six new research projects focused on ‘Building the digital good’. Read more about the projects here: digitalgood.net/six-new-rese...

Today, we are launching our new directory, where you can find expertise across disciplines and institutions, all focused around our central question: what makes a good digital society and how do we get there? digitalgood.net/launching-ou...

This week we'll be at the Festival of Social Science. Join us for conversations about the social and environmental impacts of innovation, or reflect on how we show our affection for others through texts. 31 Oct - 2 Nov, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/resea...

📚 The Responsible Innovation Centre for Public Media Future's six-part scoping report series is out now! 📚 We've drawn on insights of over 100 experts to set out some of the biggest challenges & opportunities for public media in digital technology and innovation, including...

Join Rosendy Galabo to hear more about community-run mobile app, Cooperativa digital. The project stands as an example of how community-led design and governance can create lasting positive change in underserved communities. 14:00, Wednesday 22 October, online Register here: luma.com/nl9amem9

Do a funded PhD with me! We are looking for projects at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary enquiry into AI and inequalities! www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...

Network Director Helen Kennedy will be presenting at a one-day seminar hosted by Tampere University, asking the question of what a good digital society looks like and how we get there. Find out more and register:

Learn more about Cooperativa Digital, led by @galabo.bsky.social, in our upcoming webinar next week. 📅 14:00 – 15:00 Wednesday 22 October, online Register here: digitalgood.net/digital-good...

We will be taking part in the Research Arcade as part of the Festival of Social Science. Join us at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield to take a look at our research on what makes good digital societies. 📆 31 October - 2 November

One of our Fellows, Gabriel Brito, has organised a two-day hybrid conference, hosted at Universidad Casa Grande and online. 'Reimagining the Digital Society' will explore topics of digital citizenship, extremism and authorship Find out more: www.casagrande.edu.ec/evento/reima...

At the 2025 Festival of Social Science our interactive exhibitions will explore how emerging technologies could reshape industries like agriculture and beyond, and reflect on how we show affection through texts. 📍31 Oct - 2 Nov, Millenium Gallery festivalofsocialscience.com/events/resea...

When it comes to communicating research around the digital good, can there be a place for generative AI? Our Social Media and Communications Officer, Emma Doyle, looks at the potential considerations around AI imagery. digitalgood.net/is-it-possib...

‘Cooperativa digital’ builds on a digital platform created by a Brazilian social enterprise that allows people to donate a portion of sales tax to non-governmental organisations. This project highlights the importance of understanding the digital good through the lens of commons frameworks.

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PhD student Shaoying Zhang joined other members of the Digital Good Network at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) conference in Seattle, to share insights from her research around the digital good. digitalgood.net/evaluating-t...

DGN Summer School alum Barbara Urrutia-Badilla will be hosting a participatory workshop in Sheffield for Latin Americans living in the UK, as part of her (re)Marking from the South project. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Learn more: www.remarkingfromthesouth.info

Today is International Research Administrator Day, and we would like to celebrate our Network Manager, Ruth Lauener! Ruth is responsible for the operational and administrative aspects of our network, from financial management to project monitoring and more, making sure everything runs smoothly.

Can critique encompass hope and optimism? In this blog, Anuradha Ganapathy offers reflections for “critical” ICT4D. digitalgood.net/remembering-... @anuradhaganapathy.bsky.social

DGN Assistant Researcher, Kathleen O’Brien, wrote about her research on public opinion around AI and convenience for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Funded as part of our 2023 call for the Digital Good Research Fund, research for this project led to a policy white paper and a first-of-its-kind due diligence framework for dual-use and deep tech. Learn more about the project at our upcoming webinar on 8 October: digitalgood.net/digital-good...

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"Every conversation, in workshops, over coffee, and at dinner, contributed to a sense of belonging in a research community committed to the digital good." PhD Researcher @jordanking.bsky.social shares his experience at the 2025 Digital Good Network Summer School. digitalgood.net/remembering-...

If you are applying to your own host as part of our research internships opportunity, the deadline is 29 September. Applications need to be emailed to [email protected] by 16:00 (UK time) digitalgood.net/research-int...

Members of the Digital Good Network will be presenting 'Evaluating the digital good?' on Thursday at the 4S Seattle conference. If we can conceptualise contours of the ‘digital good’, then how are we to know that we have achieved it? docs.google.com/document/d/e... @4sweb.bsky.social #4S2025

Read our latest blog by Kim Snooks, who visited the Designing Interactive Systems Conference in Madeira to learn more about design-based research and present work on ‘good’ digital identities. Read more about Kim's time at the conference here: digitalgood.net/exploringgoo... @acm-dis.bsky.social

A real delight to be involved in today's @bbcaccessall.bsky.social about Sarah and her family. I don't often get to comment on the positive impacts of AI! TEXT: lnkd.in/eCYynpYH PODCAST: lnkd.in/e-WyQywZ

Smart Data Research UK (SDR UK) have launched a new Fellowship funding opportunity to support innovative research that uses smart data to help solve real-world challenges. They will fund up to 10 projects, up to £200,000 (FEC) per project. Deadline 23 September. www.sdruk.ukri.org/2025/07/15/o...

InnovateUK is funding research commercialisation activities as part of their ICURe programme, with the objective of supporting translation and building entrepreneurial skills in academics, researchers, and students who have a Responsible AI element in their work.

The ESRC is looking for members to join a new college to find members for their assessment panels. It will consist of academic members and members of the public and civil society to help the ESRC fund high-quality research with economic and societal impact. www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w...

The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology have opened their Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, with grants to support digitally excluded people in England. Applications are open until 10 September. find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/digit...

The 'Digital good in progress' webinar series is back this autumn. Our researchers will be sharing their findings and reflections on their research. Join us for topics around defence tech, mobile apps, digital good in the Global South, and digital health. Book now: digitalgood.net/digital-good...