Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF)

Interdisciplinary collaborative ESRC research centre that interrogates sociodigital futures in the making in order to support fair and sustainable ways of life

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📢 Get your tickets! 📢

Nowism - the CenSoF summer exhibition - take places at Watershed 11-28 June.

Explore this interactive exhibition of artworks and installations created by our artists in residence.

Book now 👉 https://t.co/C5MAZ96TJ1

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📢 New briefing paper! 📢

Matt Dowse and Martin Parker have done a deep dive into Community Technology.

How does this practice prioritise social justice, inclusion and collective action?

Find out 👉 https://t.co/HjvvAeDUz5

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📢 Our latest newsletter is out now! 📢

Read about 👇

📄Briefing papers on AI in child welfare and futures of education
🚣 Report on small boat crossings
🏅 OBE news
🌍 Lots of blogs

... and more besides!

Read here ▶️ https://t.co/bqmnQPWvLJ

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New briefing paper!

The future of education is a contested topic - which trends should we listening to?

This new paper from @C__Valladares and colleagues explores 12 organisations using technologies to work with communities.

https://t.co/0ImSSu7Kg8

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Listen to our second podcast on ‘Claiming Tomorrow – Sociodigital Futures in the Making’, as we explore the ‘how’.

Susan Halford is joined by Jessica Pykett, Debbie Watson, Paul Clarke and Beckie Coleman.

Listen 👂 https://t.co/8XDjU80GUn

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New podcast! Claiming Tomorrow - Sociodigital Futures in the Making.

What sociodigital futures are being claimed?

Hear from Debbie Watson, David Evans, Bridget Anderson and Rich Hemming in this fascinating episode: https://t.co/0I0F7hY71y

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Public Lecture: Community Technology in Detroit with Mother Cyborg 🤖

Diana Nucera, aka Mother Cyborg, is a Detroit-based multimedia artist who will share the breadth of her work in this hybrid lecture.

Book now: https://t.co/xJO0hO3U2s

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What comes to mind if someone asks you to draw some fruit? Or a fridge?

Emma Atkins, PhD student at CenSoF researching fridge design and food waste, has written a fascinating blog from a recent food research workshop

👉https://t.co/VccjX8cOKh

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Day 4 of the RC33 conference saw another stream of conference papers, as well as a presentation on LLMs from Susan Halford & Les Carr, and a session on 'Qualitative Multimodal Approaches' where Beckie Coleman presented a paper.

Thank you for all the high calibre contributions👋

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At day 2 of the RC33 conference we presented a stream of papers on ‘Methodological Challenges and Approaches for Sociodigital Research’.

Thank you to everyone who contributed and offered a such interesting insights 👏

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We're attending the RC33 International Conference in Naples and have kicked things off with a workshop from @jessogden and Les Carr on 'Sociological Engagements with Large Language Models.'

Next up is a stream of conference papers on methods 🙌

#RC33

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Deadline this Friday! ⏰

Don't miss your chance to apply for a creative residency with us 👩‍🎨

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How is AgeTech and smart-home technology assisting the older generation? 🤖

Visiting fellow Miguel Gomez Hernandez from Monash University explores this and more in his new guest blog
👉https://t.co/8ZV2F2wSA1

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Charisse Louw @goflow42, researcher @StellenboschUni will be hosting two webinars this autumn with the British Sociological Association:

📍6 October seminar: 👉 https://t.co/63T21dgB9i
📍 27 October workshop: 👉 https://t.co/ffceR1sRIH

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How do we think about the future in a world of overlapping crises?

🎧Listen as Sarah Pink and Susan Halford explore how futures anthropology can offer new ways of understanding the polycrisis.

https://t.co/SerkxquMDh

#sociodigitalfutures #polycrisis

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What kind of future is being promised for education?

This paper feels more relevant than ever. We explore how tech visions are used to frame change in education — and who they serve.

📄Read more: https://t.co/lIZLNdoXCl

#EdTech #Sociodigitalfutures

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📱 As parenting moves online, many aren't burning out from parenting - but from managing it through screens.
In our new blog, @cmoyanodavila unpacks the emotional toll of WhatsApp school groups & constant digital demands.

Read:https://t.co/yjN9v6c4GI

@ufinisterrae

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Keri Facer and Arathi Sriprakash recently joined partners @UNESCO to discuss a new Futures of Education Observatory. In our latest blog, Keri reflects on questions the observatory may address.

https://t.co/iSVjSmA0nk

#sociodigitalfutures