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Find out about current research projects and activities taking place within the Centre.

Our research projects and activities range from large empirical projects involving partners and collaborators through to activities designed to enhance our interdisciplinary research community. 

The examples listed below showcase the breadth of our research and give a flavour of work taking place across the Centre for Sociodigital Futures.

These projects are all aligned with our research programme, which you can read more about on our research pages.

An abstract image featuring light blue and green bars and columns. Knowing sociodigital futures

What sociodigital futures are claimed for key technologies, how, with what consequences?

A close-up view of a swarm of robots on a white surface. The robots are each about 5 centimetres across. They are cylindrical and stand on three thin wire legs. Blue lights are visible on many of the robots. Sociodigital futures lab visits

Building our interdisciplinary research community.  

A bird’s eye view of a network of residential streets in a city. The roofs are red and the gardens behind the houses are filled with greenery. Many cars are parked along the edges of the roads. Community voices in sociodigital research

Pluralising future imaginaries.

A group of people stood in groups in a dark studio space. Bristol immersive futures jam

Experiential futures making with creatives, futurists and technologists.

A top-down view of a row of books. Developing new theories of sociodigital futures, change and time

Cross-centre theory reading groups.

A side view of people in a lecture theatre. The lighting is dark and dramatic. The seats are tiered and everyone is facing an unseen speaker or screen on the left. People are engaged and many of those in the audience have their hands raised. Sociodigital futuring methods in edtech industry and investment

Sociodigital technologies promise seamless borders. What does this mean in practice?

A wide view of the Port of Dover. Lorries and cars are queuing in the foreground. In the distance are two docked ferries. Sociodigital borders: promises, challenges, futures

Examining the methods edtech industry and investors use to construct futures of education.

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