Threats to Openness in the Digital World
CCN+ members may be interested in attending this conference organised by Northumbria University: Threats to Openness in the Digital World 24th – 25th November 2015 This conference will consider and...
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Sans Duty: Making Tax Visible
The final report for the CCN+ seed project ‘Sans Duty: Making Tax Visible‘ is now available to read on our website. “The initial aim of the project was to co-produce design fictions with a community to...
View ArticleHeat or Eat?
The full report for the CCN+ pilot study ‘Heat or Eat: Food and Austerity in Rural England‘ is now available to read on the website. This research project explores the theme of food and austerity...
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Paradoxes of Digital dis/engagement
Image source: http://www.boredpanda.com/the-death-of-conversation/ “Today’s digital economy ties citizen engagement to digital and mobile communication technologies, with efforts and funds directed...
View ArticleSocial Media & Austerity: Next Stage Findings
“The original ‘Social Media and Austerity’ pilot project focused on the role that social media can play in shaping mental health communities in a culture of austerity. This project aimed to identify...
View ArticleMeCCSA 2016 Conference – Call for Papers
Canterbury Christ Church University, 6-8th January 2016 Canterbury Christ Church University Theme: Communities Revised deadline for proposals: 22 September 2015 We are pleased to invite you to submit...
View ArticleFunding call: ITaaU Network+/Food Standards Agency pilot studies
Applicants are invited to apply for short-term pilot research study funding from the “IT as a Utility Network+”, set up as a priority challenge area by the RCUK Digital Economy Theme (DE). These pilot...
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Digital Media Labs 2015
Digital Media Labs 2015, co-funded by the CCN+ as part of our Inhabiting the Hack series, is the third in an ongoing series of research and development labs for artists working with technology to apply...
View ArticleRural Crafting Communities in the Digital Age
The final report for this CCN+ seed project is now available as part of the CCN+ series.
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Digital Culture and its Dis/contents
Over the last two weeks (2-19th Oct 2015) Dr. Helen Thornham has been leading a team of scholars in Mexico on a collaborative project entitled ‘Digital Culture and its Dis/Contents’. The visit to...
View ArticleCCN+ in the news
CCN+ funded research by academics at Robert Gordon University was recently published on the Democratic Audit – Scotland website at bit.ly/1OZVIE8. Here, Graeme Baxter, Elizabeth Tait, Peter McLaverty,...
View ArticleRewriting the Hack
21st to 22nd November The Core, Newcastle, UK Rewriting the Hack is a Female Only Hackathon exploring the theme of ‘Industrial and Post Industrial North East’. The two day event will examine the...
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Digital storytelling for urban redevelopment
The starting point for the CCN+ Storytelling for Development pilot study was a challenge and opportunity related to participatory design of the built environment. In a recent report on architecture...
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Women rewriting the city
Some impromptu soldering at ‘Rewriting the Hack’ The CCN+ women-only event ‘Rewriting the Hack‘ took place at the Core, Newcastle on the 21st and 22nd November. Against a backdrop of post-industrial...
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The ethics of digital innovation in health and care
January 13 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Digital innovation is heralded as the panacea for modern health and social care – creating more efficient and effective services, enabling patients to take more control...
View ArticleFully Funded Ph.D. Scholarships in Media and Arts Technology (MAT)
Available for September 2016 intake EPSRC/AHRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Media and Arts Technology School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Queen Mary University of London The PhD in...
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Public Health 2.0
Hosted by mHabitat and the Communities and Culture Network+ at the School of Media and Communications at the University of Leeds, Public Health 2.0 was a half day workshop in which we heard about...
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Communities at the Margins
Dr Helen Thornham and Prof. Claire Wallace led a plenary session with Dr Leah Bassel (New Blood Senior Lecturer at University of Leicester) at the MeCCSA conference, this month. Dr Thornham’s...
View ArticleGiving Social Action a Voice
Reframing Communication as Social Action “In recent times the social action agenda has started to recognise young people’s role as active citizens with the potential to drive social change in a...
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Dignity in a digital world
Victoria Betton’s latest blog post outlines the discussions which took place at last week’s workshop, ‘Public Health 2.0’, held in collaboration with mHabitat. The workshop was led by Victoria, along...
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