Digital Futures

More than 2000 researchers across 30 disciplines | Understanding and driving digital transformation

Engaging with citizens, business and government | Providing thought leadership, shaping the future

Challenges

Digital Health

Using digital technologies to improve health and (social) care. The goal is to enhance patient care, streamline healthcare processes, and promote preventive health measures.

Digital Skills

From enabling individuals to transforming and driving industries, digital skills underpin our 21st century lives.

Digital Environments

We explore how digital technologies, from sensor networks through to digital twins, are transforming both real and virtual worlds, as well as the lives of those who inhabit them.

Digital Society

Given our increasing dependence on digital technologies, the issue of whether and how we can trust the systems we use and the people we interact with has become critical.

Digital Economy

The impact of digital technology on global economic and financial systems, patterns of employment and workplace practices, and its integration in industrial processes.

Digital Cultures

Digital technology enables new modes of intellectual pursuit, creative expression, and cultural production. We aim to better understand how it’s reshaping our cultural landscapes, past, present and future.

Research and Engagement

Data Science and AI

The Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence acts as an access point to the University's expertise in data science.

Digital Trust and Security

As we become increasingly more dependent on digital technology, it's critical to understand whether we can trust the security and resilience of the systems we use and the people we interact with.

Human-Centred Design

Increasingly sophisticated automation means that everything we design, from cars to personal digital assistants, to algorithms, must have human understanding, behaviour and ethics at the centre.

Social Media and Networks

Communication has been revolutionised. The implications of this are profound in many ways, affecting societies, cultures, politics, economics, science and media.

Internet of Things

Internet of Things (IoT) technology plays a crucial role in digital transformation across a range of sectors, providing the link between the physical and digital worlds.

Policy and Innovation

Unlocking the potential of digital transformation across many areas will require changes in public and business policy, regulation and regional investment.