Looking forward to this event on social justice in tabletop games. Come see/play some games (inc Billionaires and Guillotines, Daybreak, Molly House) and explore the topic, it would be cool to see you there (London 14/11) www.tickettailor.com/events/kings... #gamedesign #gamesresearch

Suspect this New Statesman deep dive into the Tony Blair Institute makes the case that the correct "Economist descriptor" for the TBI is now "Oracle dealership" rather than "think tank" www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

This time next week I will be officially unemployed (although I could still describe myself as a part-time PhD student). Taking a bit of time to regroup and then looking for something 2/3 days a week around community engagement, knowledge exchange, project management, or storytelling

For ICT4S 2024 we hosted a zine jam to make a space for ideas and work about tech and sustainability. The result was Liminal Excavations. We've uploaded to itch.io (oliverbates.itch.io/liminal-exca...) and HCommons (works.hcommons.org/records/fh0v...). #zine #sustainability #ict4s #tech #academia

DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026. The 2026 conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures. digra.org/digra-2026-h...

What the women stationed in a base in Antartica told Kim Stanley Robinson when he asked them about the possibility of relationships with men there: “The odds are good — but the goods are odd.”

🎓 PhD Studentship Alert 💰 Want to do a fully funded PhD in serious games? 🕹️ We have a studentship open at Imperial on using service design to create games for undergraduate science curricula. Apply by August 17, UK home students only. Full details 👉 bit.ly/games-phd-25 @ & DM open, pls share!

AI fulfils its potential

A workshop at DIS25 on Saturday the 5th of July exploring the temporalities of speculation. Submissions open now! See here: www.sixdegreesworkshop.com

novaramedia.com/2025/06/04/k... Data centres will not create the thousands of jobs gov would like us to think they will.

If you're attending ACM #DIS2025, consider applying to our workshop on Expanding Historical Approaches to Speculative Design! We welcome participation from folks interested in history, design, and speculation. Short position papers due June 13, more info here: sites.google.com/view/histori...

Across continents the world is fading from green to grey. #ShowYourStripes for #BiodiversityDay Download and share here: biodiversitystripes.info/global

Noticing a surge in interest around games as approach to futures so posting this old DRS paper for inspiration dl.designresearchsociety.org/cgi/viewcont...

DL just around the corner! Apply by May 15 if you're interested in advancing research on theory translation and games

Colleagues of mine are seeking to commission a graphic novel that captures their research project's findings. Commission value £24,000, application deadline 7th May To apply: Send CV and portfolio to [email protected] Further details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nuri-k...

Only two more weeks to take this survey, please help us out by filling it in and spreading the word. Especially #artdirector #gameart #worldbuilding #gamedesign 🙏🏼

✨Very excited to share details of our British Academy-funded one-day symposium at Lancaster University in July: SPECULATIVE MACHINES AND US: HISTORIES AND FUTURES OF AI. ✨💥Featuring @ohalpern.bsky.social @mbfazi.bsky.social @aleenachia.bsky.social and more💥 tinyurl.com/bde6x7ub Please share widely!

Part fiction (and a little parody) this paper posits that 'smart' devices sould not focus on alleviating us of some mundane task (solutionism) but as a way of managing repair and maintainance of connected devices to turn right to repair into capacity to repair. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Love tinkering with tech? Care about peeps and our planet? Check out our #sustainablefutures activities Fri 11th in Morecambe + Sat 12th in Lancaster for #LancasterUniversity's #CampusInTheCity event 🤖🎨🌿 #RePlay #ROBBEtheRobot #RepairLand #EnergyMaster #TheMakingRooms @imaginationlanc.bsky.social

Generative AI seems to generate new AI experts at a prestigious rate

This week I defended my PhD - “Imagining Otherwise. A Speculative Feminist Design Approach to Interspecies Kinship - a reflective account of other ways of knowing, thinking and being with and in the world.” At @imaginationlanc.bsky.social

All PhD vivas should be this fun

PLAY THIS (archaeology) GAME! Katrine Haydock, one of our brilliant undergraduates has developed a video game for her dissertation to understand the impact of archaeological methods on gameplay. Please play it and take the survey. 🏺 katrinehaydock.itch.io

We have 2 fully funded PhDs which include Fees and Stipend (at UK rates) in areas related to technology and creative practice. Personally, I am interested in any proposals bringing solar punk ideas into design fiction artefact creation :) imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/funde...

We have a rare opportunity for two fully-funded (fees and stipend) PhDs in @imaginationlanc.bsky.social! A wide range of EPSRC related themes including 'Digital Worlds and Worldbuilding'. Do get in touch if you have an idea for a proposal imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/funde...

We have two fully-funded (fees and stipend) PhD positions being advertised over here at Imagination. Themes include sustainability and regenerative systems, robotics and AI, biomaterials, digital worlds and world-building. Is this you? Say hi! imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/funde...

We have 2 funded creative PhD student ships available for 2025 covering a wide range of potential topics and approaches. See here for more details imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/funde...

That time when I wrote this seven and one half years ago

I wrote about the fast rise of Dark Mode in apps and websites. Programmers have always preferred dark screens because they stare at them all day and night. Now all of us stare at screens all day and night. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

To complement our Design Management course, we’re thrilled to announce our new MA in Design Futures! Now taking applications for 2025 to explore innovative futures-oriented methods to tackle emergent issues and design for a world of complex challenges tinyurl.com/59n3s52j

When people sa flying to Barcelona must be a great gig. I’m in this trip my luggage got lost in both directions. I lost my passport. My flight home was cancelled and rebooked via Heathrow ( hence second lost baggage). Ended up in Glasgow to get train home which was just cancelled 😭

A thought-provoking and creative session that pushed the boundaries of design and stretched the limits of our imagination. Thanks, Paul, for sharing such an original and transformative approach to speculative design. And thanks, @gsancornelio.bsky.social and Mediaccions for such an amazing event.

The second day of “Expanding the Margins” kicked off with an inspiring keynote by @proftriviality.bsky.social, professor at the School of Design at Lancaster University. His talk explored design fiction, futures beyond the human, and speculative artifacts to challenge and expand our imagination.

Sunny start to expanding the margins conference in Barcelona but I seem to be onl person not wearing winter coat and scarf! Must be from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

shout out to the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social #conference next year #professional #practice #phd really exciting #opportunity ukcge.ac.uk/events/9th-i...

The holy trinity of essential living 😂

Next week I’m in Barcelona to keynote at the Expanding the Margins design conference. My talk is Futures at the Margins: adopting more-than-human perspectives. If your about do say hi designconferenceuoc.net/ponencias/