Hello all The ESRC Digital Good Network <https://digitalgood.net/> asks what a good digital society looks like and how we get there. We are inviting applications from individuals (or small teams) to produce blueprints as part of a series on what a good digital society looks like. Each one will focus on an aspect of social life or societal institution (eg a family, a museum, a practice like health tracking). Funding recipients will also produce a briefing document making targeted recommendations, with our support. We will fund up to 15 in the series, and ask applicants to identify the aspect of social life or societal institution on which they will focus in their application. Application deadline: Thursday 12 February 2026 16.00 UK time Maximum project duration: 6 months (in the period of June 2026-January 2027) The maximum level of funding that each project can apply for is £15,000 (£12,000 at 80% fEC). We will distribute £215,000 (£172,000 at 80% fEC). Further information can be found on this webpage: https://digitalgood.net/blueprints-for-a-good-digital-society-call-for-appli... The opportunity can be shared via this LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/digital-good-network_our-research-fund-applic... Best wishes Helen -- 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/> *Recent publications:* 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 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>