Hi all, This year, the UK’s ESRC Festival of Social Science has themed events focussing on ‘Our Digital Lives’, exploring the relationship between humans and technology. Several staff from the relatively new Digital Society Research Theme, in the Centre for Research on Inclusive Society here at the University of Salford are running events. The events reach out to different public audiences – children, families, professionals, cover a wide range of topics including health, money, sex and leisure and involve collaborations nationally and internationally. Digital After Dark: Let's Talk...About Sex and Dating Dr Lisa Garwood-Cross and I, the Co-Leads of the Digital Society Research Theme, are hosting an event on the 24 October - 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Drawing on our UK survey of online dating, we are hosting an interactive quiz night exploring how digital media, dating and hookup apps, are shaping (or not) some of our most intimate experiences. The survey, which also includes Dr Rachel Katz, includes a diverse demographic base, current and historical users and non-users. It considers alternate technologies deployed, contexts and experiences of use, including the arrangement of non-normative sexual practices, notions of convenience, appetite for premium features, sexual ethics and matters concerning health for example. Also joining us are Professor Susanna Paasonen (University of Turku, Finland) and Professor Kath Albury, (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) who will also be sharing their thinking with the audience during what we hope will be an engaging and worthwhile event. Please do forward to anyone you think might be interested both within and outside of academia. This is free event, but you do need to book as places are limited. Also due to the nature of some subject matter, only adults (18+) may attend. You can book here via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-after-dark-lets-talkabout-sex-and-dat... Very best wishes, and if we don’t see you at the event, hopefully we will see you the week after in Sheffield! Ben Light and Lisa Garwood Cross Professor Ben Light (He/Him) Professor of Digital Society Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology / Centre for Research on Inclusive Society School of Health and Society / University of Salford, Salford, M6 6PU, UK. Open access research: https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/person/1169307/ben-light