Research on sociodigital futures: claims and affordances in evidence

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Susan Halford and Dale Southerton, researchers and professors at the University of Bristol, share the coordination of the Centre for Research on Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF), created in 2022 with funding of £10 million from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). This is an initiative that brings together researchers from different areas of knowledge from twelve UK universities, five other international universities (in Italy, Norway, Australia, the United States and South Africa), as well as non-academic organisational partners such as the UK Department for Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UNESCO, British Telecomm, The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), among others. 

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Priscila Gonsales, University of Campinas, Brazil

Master in Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Impacts on Education from PUC-SP (2022). PhD candidate in Languages and Technologies at the Institute of Language Studies (IEL) at the University of Campinas, visiting fellow at the Centre for Sociodigital Futures Research at the University of Bristol. UNESCO consultant on open education, professor of extension and postgraduate courses. Email: prigon@educadigital.org.br

Susan Halford, University of Bristol, England

PhD in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom (1991). Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and since 2022, co-director of the Centre for Sociodigital Futures Research (funded by the Economic and Social Research Council - ESRC). She was director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. In 2019, she co-founded and co-directed the Institute for Digital Futures at the University of Bristol. Email: susan.halford@bristol.ac.uk

Dale Southerton, University of Bristol, England

PhD in Sociology from Lancaster University, United Kingdom (1999). Professor of Consumer Sociology at the University of Bristol Business School, and since 2022, co-director of the Centre for Sociodigital Futures Research at the University of Bristol (supported by the Economic and Social Research Council - ESRC). He was the director of the Sustainable Consumption Institute and the Sustainable Practices Research Group at the University of Manchester. Email: dale.southerton@bristol.ac.uk

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2024-10-24

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Gonsales, P., Halford, S., & Southerton, D. (2024). Research on sociodigital futures: claims and affordances in evidence. Linhas Críticas, 30, e54168. https://doi.org/10.26512/lc30202454168

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Vol. 30 (2024)

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