“What Counter-Disinformation Funders Got Wrong: Critiques from the Global South”
This new article from Digital Good Network team member Jonathan Corpus Ong, alongside Dean Jackson, looks to critique the operations of colonial power in tech policy spaces.
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Two people stood in front of an outdoor advertising display with a cartoon image from the campaign being shown.
Digital Good Network Associate Researcher Susan Oman has been leading a new national campaign to get the public talking about AI.
Let’s Talk AI brings conversations about the use and impact of artificial intelligence into local communities, via a national media campaign.
www.letstalkai.org.uk
Hear from the team about the Digital Good Index: a set of tools to evaluate whether digital technologies have good societal outcomes.
The team will discuss the process for developing the Index and their reflections on values-based evaluation of digital technologies.
6 May, 14:00
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Online event: Talking to young people about the environmental sustainability of digital technologies
Wednesday 13 May
14:00 - 15:00 BST
Join us online for the next webinar in our series, Digital good in progress, with Susan Lechelt & Neelima Sailaja.
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There's less than a month until our keynote reflecting on policy, young people and digital technologies.
Join us online, or in-person in Birmingham.
Hear from Susan Lechelt and Neelima Sailaja about their experiences of talking to young people about the environmental sustainability of digital technologies, including building repairability into the Internet of Things, and sustainable computing education.
13 May, 14:00
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Government Office for Science internship opportunities: Science and Technology Project Research Officers
Closes 1 April, 23:55
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A new report from Digital Good Network Fellow Catherine Wang investigates the critical success factors for social entrepreneurship through crowdfunding platforms, drawing on interdisciplinary insights and sharing best practice for digital crowdfunding.
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@nancybaym.bsky.social, a member of our College of Experts, has written an argument for renewed approaches to sociotechnical futures amidst growing social media harms, and we are delighted to be mentioned as an example of best practice.
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The Data Interface is a free-to-attend one-day event with talks from leading figures and open discussion exploring the different ways data interface with the social world.
23 June 2026, 10.00 - 17.30, University of York.
To book a place email david.beer@york.ac.uk
Digital technology can overcome barriers to quality healthcare, but it can also create ethical dilemmas. Watch our latest Digital good in progress webinar and hear Bronwyn Harris explore these dilemmas and the research behind them.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcE1...
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CAST job opportunities: We are hiring for a Research Project Manager + Research Fellow to join us at our centre hub, the University of Bath. 📣
Deadlines: 15 & 16 March 2026
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What will mobilise the public to act on AI?
In their next event, @socchangelab.bsky.social will discuss a new study on which AI risks motivate people to move from concern to action.
11 March, 17:00 GMT
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Our webinar on digital health is tomorrow, register here: luma.com/hyzqqprp
Our Marie Jahoda Innovation Fund is open to applications!
We are looking for
🔎innovative research projects, up to a year in length
👩💻aligned with our research programme on the digitalisation of work
🤝keen to see applications including stakeholder engagement
Apply: digit-research.org/marie-jahoda...
Amy will share what she has learnt from providing scientific advice to national government and ways to better understand the needs of different stakeholders to ensure that scientific insights are heard and translated into meaningful change.
The event will take place online and in-person at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, where we will also be hosting a drinks reception from 17:30.
Find more details and register here: luma.com/rurkl6it
Amy Orben (@orbenamy.bsky.social), Research Professor at @cam.ac.uk, will be delivering the keynote lecture at our 2026 summit, exploring the growing interest in the impact of digital technologies on the mental health of young people and the challenges of influencing policy.
30 April, 16:00
There's one week until our next webinar.
Bronwyn Harris, Associate Professor in Public Health at the University of Warwick, will discuss access to healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa and the ethical dilemmas that come with digital technology and health data.
25 February, 14:00
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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
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.
digitalgood.net/should-ai-ge...
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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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.
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.
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.
digitalgood.net/opening_up_a...
