Four cross-cutting strands – each with dedicated resources – transect the Missions to draw together and implement good practice in co-production, co-creation and impact at scale across academia, industry, policy and third sector
Strand Researchers: Marvin Ramokapane, Partha Das Chowdhury, Josie Curtis, Habiba Farzand, Madhav Manohar Gopal, Hannah Hutton, Ayesha Iftikhar, Claudia Peersman
Design & Engagement
Academic Lead: Danaë Stanton Fraser
Engaging diverse publics with questions and considerations of data protection, privacy and online harm is challenging. Users are often over-whelmed by the expected level of knowledge required to make informed decisions. This strand will utilise creative and design-led approaches to co-design with citizens (through a standing panel, in-the-wild studies, Citizens Data Agency) approaches / tools to make sense of complex data ecosystems and take control of their own data in tangible, playful and provocative ways.
Adoption & Adoptability
Academic Lead: Bettina Nissen
A number of factors influence the adoption of new technologies by different consumer groups, including perceptions of benefits and risks, ease of use, attitudes and social norms, and the influence of mass media. Through ethnographies, workshops, action research and participatory design, this strand will seek to understand potential drivers and barriers to adoption of PETs and online harm reduction interventions at both the organisation and citizen level – feeding requirements into projects and bringing their results to stakeholders’ attention.
Responsible, Inclusive & Ethical Innovation
Academic Lead: Richard Owen
This strand reflects the importance of collective stewardship to encourage cultures of accountability and responsibility. It will work to embed Responsible Innovation practices across all projects, i.e., anticipating potential impacts of new technologies through upstream participatory public engagement and foresight activities; reflexivity in being open to one’s assumptions and limitations of current knowledge; inclusion of a range of diverse voices; and being responsive to changing directions, values and circumstances within society.