Research areas
Our research spans a variety of contexts with projects that respond to the needs of our partner organisations. We serve as a capacity for local and international organisations to pursue innovation and engage in mutual learning – producing knowledge and world-class publications.
Digital Civics
How we can infrastructure participatory citizenship to support engagement in the design and delivery of education, public health and social care.
Digital Wellbeing
How digital technologies can be designed to understand and improve mental, physical, social and emotional health in all parts of society.
Digital Justice
How digital spaces can be included and appropriately configured to address administration of justice and the inequalities therein.
Interaction Design
How to design interactive digital experiences or services that are meaningful to users through new methods, tools and processes.
Participatory Media
How to support and coordinate non-expert communities in the production and use of media for advocacy, monitoring and collective action.
Social Computing
How communities participate with online spaces. We particularly focus on leveraging the existing fabric of communication technologies as a design material.