The pandemic’s effect on ‘offline’ academic research has been palpable. Many researchers have had to reevaluate and realign their research methods for our new socially distanced reality. The obvious choice for some was to digitise their data collecting processes, however for scholars not well acquainted with the world of digital Read more…
A new research cluster was launched at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Data, Culture & Society recently. The Digital Social Science Cluster is a methods lab led by MSc Digital Society co-coordinator Dr Karen Gregory, lecturer in Data & Society Dr Morgan Currie and TRAIN@ED postdoctoral fellow Dr Kate Read more…
The MSc in Digital Society programme at The University of Edinburgh grows everyday. We are really excited that Kate Wright will be teaching a new course on digital activism.
A growing proportion of criminal activity is conducted in and mediated through online markets and digital platforms, some hidden, some more open. Developments in social media, micro-work platforms, cryptocurrencies and anonymising technologies have change the structure of criminal opportunity online. There is a growing financialisation of cybercrime and an expanding Read more…