Our CFP deadline has been extended to 30th April, please do consider submitting an abstract and do share widely! 🤖🐋⚡️

And yet DOGE and Elon went after anyone who disagreed with them endlessly in public in the most destructive way possible. I hope these videos have been downloaded and mirrored *everywhere*.

I am casting a beady eye at all the UK commentators who, this time last year, wrote clickbaity treatises on the need for a UK DOGE, and note that position lost no important men any credibility, while the reality of the implantation cost many, many lives

Conference CfP Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation Lancaster University, UK 1-2 October 2026 Conference funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BRAID Abstract subm…

We are excited to share the CFP for the two-day AHRC/BRAID-funded conference, 'Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation', at Lancaster University on October 1-2nd 2026! 🌊🤖🌎🐋 Do share!
wp.lancs.ac.uk/animalsintra...

We’re inviting game makers, artists, researchers, manifesto makers, and creatives of all kinds to make zines about sustainability and digital tech “otherwise”. The zine jam is one way we’re bringing diy + critical and divergent perspectives to tech and sustainability.
#zines #games #diy #jam

Fun & Games: Call for Papers for a special issue of New Formations Fun and Games  Call for papers for a special issue of New Formation: a Journal of Culture / Theory / Politics ( New Formations is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that has been publ…

Fun and Games - call for papers for a special issue of @newformations.bsky.social on games, gamification, game culture etc: jeremygilbertwriting.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/f...

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

Gutted to hear of death of Mani as the memory of his base booming out over Spike Island still gives me goosebumps

Calling all designers! Create your own version of a classic Discworld cover... | Terry Pratchett Penguin UK has launched its annual cover design award contest where all UK and Ireland-based designers can submit their own designs for two classic Penguin titles. This year’s focus is fantasy and the...

Are you a UK or Ireland-based designer looking to get started in the industry? Penguin UK has launched its cover design awards and this year, the focus is fantasy – and one of the two titles is Terry Pratchett's Night Watch. More details:
terrypratchett.com/news/calling...

Fully Funded Doctoral Landscape Studentship: NetZero Futures NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape Award is a Fully funded EPSRC scholarship with the RCA.

🍃 Are you a interested in a PhD in NetZero Futures?

The NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape are offering fully funded EPSRC studentships for Royal College of Art PhD students starting in September 2026 and September 2027.

How to apply ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...

DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026

www.digraconference2026.com

#games #gamestudies

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

Inside the Tony Blair Institute Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?

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

Liminal Excavations by oliver bates A zine that explores alternative visions, ideas and critiques on the topic of sustainability and ICT

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 Conference Announcement - DiGRA The DiGRA Executive Board is pleased to announce that DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026.

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.”

Designing applied games for deep conceptual learning in undergraduate science curricula – a service design perspective at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Designing applied games for deep conceptual learning in undergraduate science curricula – a service design perspective at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

🎓 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

Rtd is about the process of design all the tiny decisions you make as designer that get embodied in the design whatever the purpose.

A workshop at DIS25 on Saturday the 5th of July exploring the temporalities of speculation.

Submissions open now! See here: www.sixdegreesworkshop.com

Keir Starmer Used Dodgy Figures to Claim 4,000 New Jobs. In Fact, It’s Only 400 | Novara Media Labour’s plans to kickstart productivity are based on massively inflated numbers from a US private equity giant. Why is the prime minister doing Blackstone's PR? Polly Smythe reports.

novaramedia.com/2025/06/04/k...

Data centres will not create the thousands of jobs gov would like us to think they will.

DIS2025 Workshop Expanding Historical Approaches to Speculative Design

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

Reimagining Research Practices Call for Artists and Creatives! The Reimagining Research Practices project at Lancaster University is commissioning a graphic novel to visually capture key findings on sustainability, ethics and inclusion in research. We're looking for graphic artists, writers and creatives to bring researcher and community stories to life. Commission: £24,000 Deadline: 7th May 2025 Apply now! More details: reimagning@lancaster.ac.uk

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 reimagining@lancaster.ac.uk

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 🙏🏼

Speculative Machines and Us: Histories and Futures of AI We warmly invite colleagues to join us for an in-person one-day symposium on Thursday 17th July 2025. To join, please register using the link below. The event is organised by the Centre for Science…

✨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!