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Gender Inequalities in Digital India: A survey on digital literacy, access, and use
This paper reports the main findings from a survey on gender inequalities in digital literacy, use, and access among youth (18-25 years) in three parts of India – Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. In addition to gender, the survey was attentive to other inequalities too in its enquiry about [...]
Parliamentary Office for Science & Technology cites Digit-funded research
Research into the remote e-working experiences of Disabled and Neurodivergent Workers, supported by Digit's Innovation Fund, has been cited in a new briefing from the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology.
Digitalisation, connectedness and inequalities
This project explores the role of digitalisation in shaping working practices and experiences in two firms located in legal and IT services.
Digital levelling up: starting early to tackle digital poverty
Becky Faith and Emma Daniel look at barriers to digital levelling up in Sussex.
Digit researchers’ report on digital poverty features in new British Academy evidence hub
The report has been published by the British Academy and features in a new evidence hub on Technology and Inequality.
Digital Poverty in the UK
Against the backdrop of the UK’s biggest cost of living increase in decades, this report explores experiences and drivers of digital poverty in the UK, looking in particular at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows the importance of a dual conception of digital poverty: both as the [...]
Disability, neurodivergence and remote working: what employers need to know…
Dr Christine Grant and colleagues outline four steps employers can take to develop truly inclusive remote working practices.
The Digitalisation of Access Work: fiction to policy recommendations
This Innovation Fund project explores how access workers' expertise and practices are changing due to the digitalisation of work.
Digit researchers’ policy brief on Digital Poverty
A new policy brief by Digit researchers highlights that 1 in 10 of England’s poorest households (9 percent) reduce spending on food or clothes to afford phone or home internet.
Digital Poverty in the UK
As every aspect of life – from job seeking to health care – moves online, digital connectivity is a daily necessity, not a luxury. Against the backdrop of the UK’s worst cost of living crisis in 40 years, discussions about fuel and food poverty are now joined by a [...]