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.
The Digital Civics Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) is a £4.7m EPSRC-funded project. We set out to train a minimum of 55 PhD researchers over five cohorts between 2014 - 2024 across a range of various academic disciplines such as computing, education, public health, politics and sociology.
Our CDT students and graduates are contributing world-class research to the emerging field of Digital Civics , exploring how digital technologies can empower citizens and communities, as well as creating real-world impact for the partners they work with.
“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