Research funding available on the theme of 'Building the digital good' ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/5a42111cb9f1/esrc-digital-good-network-news-nov-12762783?e=f757e5c1e2> [image: Logo] <https://digitalgood.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f3e36a64057be578590b3d0b&id=3fae141af6&e=f757e5c1e2> Building a research community focused on what a good digital society looks like and how we get there. 11 March 2025 *Call for applications **Digital Good Research Fund, Round 3: ‘Building the digital good’* <https://digitalgood.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f3e36a64057be578590b3d0b&id=cf6e8361a1&e=f757e5c1e2> The aim of the ESRC Digital Good Network is to enhance our collective understanding of what a good digital society looks like and how we get there. Our research fund is now open for applications, on the theme of ‘Building the digital good’ <https://digitalgood.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f3e36a64057be578590b3d0b&id=95b5912952&e=f757e5c1e2>. Proposed projects may do one or more of the following: - generate or rework digital technologies with the intention of achieving the digital good - explore how the digital good might be built in to specific technologies, contexts and domains - consider the role of diverse communities, sectors and organisations in building the digital good - test methodological innovations for building the digital good. Proposals should also build on our research <https://digitalgood.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f3e36a64057be578590b3d0b&id=bf256fb833&e=f757e5c1e2> and work on evaluating the digital good <https://digitalgood.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f3e36a64057be578590b3d0b&id=f46fd31bc4&e=f757e5c1e2> . 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All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: University of Sheffield Northumberland Rd Sheffield, England S10 2TU United Kingdom Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://digitalgood.us21.list-manage.com/profile?u=6f3e36a64057be578590b3d0b&id=b5bcd79ffa&e=f757e5c1e2&c=ccdaf1443b> or unsubscribe <https://digitalgood.us21.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=6f3e36a64057be578590b3d0b&id=b5bcd79ffa&t=b&e=f757e5c1e2&c=ccdaf1443b> -- Professor Helen Kennedy FBA FAcSS Professor of Digital Society, University of Sheffield, @hmtk, @hmtk@scholar.social, she/her Director of: ESRC Digital Good Network <https://digitalgood.net/> (@digitalgoodnet) + Living With Data <https://livingwithdata.org/> (@Living_WithData) + Public Voices in AI <https://digitalgood.net/dg-research/public-voices-in-ai/> *New publication: * Kennedy, H., Aiello, G., Annabell, T. & Anderson, C.W. (2025) Generic visuals in the news as public images: Activating emotions, experiences and identities. *European Journal of Cultural Studies*. https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494241310675 *Recent publications:* Kennedy, H., Ditchfield, H., Oman, S., Bates, J., Perea, I. M., Fratczak, M., & Taylor, M. (2024). How people connect fairness and equity when they talk about data uses. *Big Data & Society*, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517241303162 Ditchfield, H., Oman, S., Kennedy, H., Frątczak, M., Bates, J., Taylor, M., & Medina-Perea, I. (2024). 'What ifs: The role of imagining in people’s reflections on data uses', *Convergence*. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565241300898 The Digital Good Network (2024) 'What do we mean when we talk about a good digital society?' in British Academy (ed) *What are the Possibilities of a Good Digital Society? * http://doi.org/10.5871/digital-society/9780856726934.001 <http://doi.org/10.5871/digital-society/9780856726934.001> Taylor, M., Kennedy, H., and Oman, S. (2023) ‘Challenging assumptions about the relationship between awareness and attitudes to data uses amongst the UK public’, *The Information Society*, 40(1): 32-53, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01972243.2023.2283729. Bates, J., Kennedy, H., Medina-Perea, I., Oman, S. and Pinney, L. (2023) ‘Socially meaningful transparency in data-based systems: reflections and proposals from practice’, *Journal of Documentation*, DOI: 10.1108/JD-01-2023-0006.