College of Social Sciences

Digital Society & Economy (2021-24)

Past Events

Minimum Digital Living Standard Workshop

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:49:00 GMT

This workshop will introduce and explore the first study to develop a Minimum Digital Living Standard (MDLS) for households with children across the UK, creating a benchmark for digital inclusion.

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Purpose in Business Launch Event

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:49:00 GMT

The Digital Society and Economy IRT, The Scottish Productivity Forum, Prosper and Peer Works are delighted to invite to the launch of the ESRC/TPI funded project: Purpose in business: empowering employees and enhancing productivity.

Innovative Methods Seminar – Relief Maps

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:40:00 GMT

Digital Society & Economy IRT hosts a series of innovative methods seminars. This session focuses on Relief Maps, new visual and digital methods for data collection, analysis and visualization of intersecting inequalities.

Virtual Reality Research Workshop

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:53:00 GMT

A coming together of researchers in social science and computer science to discuss the future of virtual reality research.

Innovative Methods Seminar – Using Games as/for Research

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:40:00 GMT

Digital Society & Economy IRT hosts a series of innovative methods seminars. This session focuses on the use of games in research, with a spotlight on the University of Glasgow's Games Lab.

Innovative Methods Seminar: Participatory Investigations - Workers as Futurist

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:52:00 BST

Innovative methods seminar series: this session will explore The Worker as Futurist project, supporting rank-and-file Amazon workers to write and publish short, speculative fiction stories about “the world after Amazon.”

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Innovation districts, partnerships and communities of innovation

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:03:00 GMT

To conclude the Scottish programme of National Productivity Week, join the Scotland Productivity Forum and the IRT Digital Society and Economy at the University of Glasgow for an illuminating and insightful conference event: “Innovation, place and communities: innovation districts, partnerships and communities of innovation”.

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New Perspectives on Productivity: Scale Deep, Crowdfunding and Purposeful Business

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:03:00 GMT

To celebrate the National Productivity Week, join The Productivity Institute Forum and the IRT Digital Society and Economy at the University of Glasgow for an illuminating and insightful conference event: “New Perspectives on Productivity: Scale Deep, Crowdfunding and Purposeful Business”.

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Customers, Consumers and End-users as FinTech innovators?

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:03:00 GMT

To celebrate the National Productivity Week, The Productivity Institute Forum and the IRT Digital Society and Economy at the University of Glasgow have teamed up to bring you an event on "Customers, consumers and end-users as FinTech innovators? Reflections on the Consumer Duty".

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The Triple Bottom Line and AI: New ways of thinking about productivity

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:03:00 GMT

Join us at this Gaitherin as we explore a growing trend that redefines productivity in today's ever-evolving economic, social, and environmental landscape.

Innovative Methods Seminar: Data-driven Investigations – The Algorithmic Audit

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:52:00 BST

Innovative methods seminar series: this session will explore a journalist's perspective how we can systematically investigate technology

Equity in a sustainable energy transition: the importance of people & place

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:52:00 BST

Join us to explore what an equitable and sustainable energy transition could look like.

Wealth building for communities

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:27:00 BST

A partnership event to discuss the role of third sector organisations and purposeful businesses.

Living well in a digital world: economic, social and cultural challenges

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:52:00 BST

Join us to explore what a just, inclusive society looks like, and how we live well in the post-digital age.

Innovative Research Methodologies for a Digital Society (IRMDS) 2020-2021 Workshop Series

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:56:33 GMT

The Innovative Research Methodologies for a Digital Society 2020-2021 workshop series introduced and explored new and pioneering ways of collecting, processing and investigating digital data, paying particular attention to the interplay of ongoing changes and challenges in our digital world.

Innovative Research Methodologies for a Digital Society (IRMDS): Workshop 2

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:57:00 GMT

This session introduces a guided roleplay method designed to help participants imagine and explore alternative futures. ‘The future’ cannot be studied directly, yet it affects everyday life through expectations and anticipation.

Innovative Research Methodologies for a Digital Society (IRMDS): Co-teaching as a Form of Co-design for Educational Technology

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:27:00 GMT

In this talk, Rebecca Nicolson (University of Newcastle) will explore methods used in her PhD work and consider the potential of co-teaching as a form of co-design aimed specifically at the design and evaluation of educational technologies. Rebecca will outline the methodology, explore three technologies designed using this method and finally consider the potential benefits and challenges of using co-teaching as a design practice.

Innovative Research Methodologies for a Digital Society (IRMDS) 2022-23: Workshop 1

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:22:00 GMT

After a successful series of methods workshops, the Digital Society & Economy IRT invites you to a new series of online workshops on exciting, innovative and cutting edge digital methods and methodologies.

Research Insights workshop: Socially shaping connected homes

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:44:00 BST

Join us in person for a two hour workshop looking at the interplay of household practices and technologies in "smart" or connected homes. Research Insights workshops are designed to share findings from previous or ongoing research, and to generate new ideas and collaborations.

Research Insights workshop: How can robots improve educational and social outcomes?

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:52:00 BST

Join us in person for a two hour workshop looking at the role of robots in education. Research Insights workshops are designed to share findings from previous or ongoing research, and to generate new ideas and collaborations.

The future of digital platforms: ownership, access and acocuntability

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:52:00 BST

Join us in person for a two hour workshop looking at the future of digital platforms, followed by a networking lunch. Research Insights workshops are designed to share findings from previous or ongoing research, and to generate new ideas and collaborations.

The Gaitherin: inclusive productivity

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:52:00 BST

Join us for breakfast at this in-person networking event, bringing together researchers and businesses.

The Past, Present and Future of Ethnography: Evolving Participant Observation for the Digital Era

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:52:00 GMT

Join us online for the latest workshop on Innovative Methods for a Digital Society, exploring the history of ethnography and its future in an increasingly digitised world.

Ethics and artificial intelligence in the interdisciplinary collaborations of smart care

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:52:00 GMT

Join us online for the latest workshop on Innovative Methods for a Digital Society, exploring ethics and artificial intelligence in smart care

Using the Capabilities Approach to address social and health inequalities

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:30:00 BST

This seminar aims to bring together Glasgow researchers who are or may be interested in using Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach to understand and address inequalities.

Winter School: Innovative Research Methodologies for Collective Action and Empowerment

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:13:00 GMT

In this Winter School for PhD students and post-Doctoral researchers we will provide an opportunity to learn from experts in some of the innovative research methodologies for generating collective action.