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Digital Civics | Digital Civics at Open Lab
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Digital Civics | Digital Civics at Open Lab
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Description
Digital Civics is a long-term research initiative led by Open Lab, Newcastle University that is exploring how digital technologies can empower citizens and communities.
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| site_name | Digital Civics |
| type | website |
| title | Digital Civics | Digital Civics at Open Lab |
| description | Digital Civics is a long-term research initiative led by Open Lab, Newcastle University that is exploring how digital technologies can empower citizens and communities. |
| url | https://digitalcivics.io/ |
| image | https://digitalcivics.io/content/images/2023/05/urban-sciences-building-2.jpg |
| image:width | 1200 |
| image:height | 848 |
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- [H1] Creating digital technologies for participatory citizenship.
- [H1] What is Digital Civics?
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- [H1] Case studies
- [H1] Using technology to improve collaborative learning for hundreds of schoolchildren
- [H1] Diversifying Community Radio: the creation of the Later Life Audio and Radio Co-operative
- [H1] Improving diversity in the HCI research community
- [H1] Changing the narrative around refugee research
- [H1] Immersive humanitarian escape room: Disseminating strategy in a new way
- [H1] Working on domestic abuse prevention
- [H1] How collaborative feedback can be used to improve organisations
- [H1] PIP Kit: Using lifelogging to support disability benefit claimants
- [H1] Creating new resources for public health and social care
- [H1] Using the future to change the present
- [H1] Connecting volunteers with community needs in Lebanon
- [H1] The Digital Civics CDT has helped students launch their academic careers and conduct diverse and critical research
- [H1] Student testimonials
- [H1] “I just feel so blessed to have been guided in my research by all these people to create a user design project that is actually relevant to people.” - Arlind Reuter, PhD Graduate
- [H1] “We have maintained a long and successful partnership with Open Lab as we have been consistently able to come up with initiatives that challenged and benefitted us both equally.” - Shaun Hazeldine, Head of Innovation and Foresight at the IFRC
- [H1] “The Digital Civics programme has been useful because it is so multidisciplinary. It brings together sociology, politics and other research areas into HCI.” - Reem Talhouk, PhD Graduate
- [H1] We're powered by brilliant people.
- [H1] Partners
- [H1] Work with Open Lab
- [H1] Explore the site
- [H1] Find us
- [H1] Say hello
- [H2] Scroll to learn more
- [H2] Publications
- [H2] Awards
- [H2] Students
- [H2] Case Study
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- [H2] Rachel Pattinson, CDT Manager
- [H2] Meet our incredible
- [H2] Get in touch with the Open Lab team to find out more about collaboration opportunities.
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| https://openlab.ncl.ac.uk | External | Passing Juice |
| Website by E. Jenkins | External | Passing Juice |
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Domain : digitalcivics.io
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