Digit – the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre – aims to advance our understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping work, impacting on employers, employees, job seekers and governments. It is led by both University of Sussex Business School and Leeds University Business School with partners from Aberdeen, Cambridge, Manchester and Monash Universities. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Digit Debates
Our Digit Debates webinar series returns in February with six talks from leading thinkers about how digital technologies are changing work.
Topics include the ethics of AI, workplace surveillance and protecting workers in a digital age and AI and equality and employment law.
The talks run online every Wednesday, 1-2pm (GMT) online, from 03 February to 17 March, 2021. Follow the link below to find out more and register.
Latest news
Agile working and working from home – Digit researcher Dr Emma Russell co-edits new book
Dr Emma Russell has co-edited a groundbreaking new book on agile working and working from home, Agile Working and Well-Being in the Digital Age.
Digit Research Fellows write blog around digital exclusion
Digit Research Fellows Becky Faith and Kevin Hernandez have written a blog which looks at the current crisis of digital exclusion in hyper connected times.
Digit PhD Studentships announced!
Digit is offering two studentships, with a stipend & covering fees, starting in 2021, on digital adoption in business or retail.
Forthcoming events
Protecting workers in the digital age
3 March 2021
What to do? Almost everything about us, is happening without us
10 March 2021
Algorithmic workplace surveillance
17 March 2021
Work, Employment and Society Conference 2021
25 August 2021 to 27 August 2021
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