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15th Newsletter – November
DIGIT Lab's December Newsletter 🎄
December 2022
🎄 DIGIT Lab’s 12 Days of Christmas
As the festivities approach, we send you season's greetings along with this interactive showcase featuring some of our recent activities at DIGIT Lab. 🟢 See our ‘12 Days of Christmas’
🎉 New Members
Boyeun Lee: Boyeun will be researching data-driven design and innovation
Hugh F. Williamson: Hugh will be researching responsible innovation
Beth Kewell: Beth will be researching risk and ethics for digital innovation
Lina Arenas: Lina is our new administrator
“This is an important time for digital leadership, when understanding the impact of the fast-moving digital economy on organisations, culture, government, and the environment presents one of the very biggest challenges facing our society.”
📣 Announcements
Change in Director
As of 1 August 2022, we welcome Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen as Director of DIGIT Lab, taking over from Professor Alan Brown. We are continuing to work closely with Alan, and we thank him for his work on DIGIT Lab.
Recent Appointments
Professor Gerard Parr has joined EPSRC's Digital Security & Resilience advisory group
Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen and Professor Gerard Parr are both on EPSRC's ICT Strategic advisory team (SAT)
Professor Mark Thompson has joined the advisory board for Digital Leaders. Mark has chaired Digital Leaders’ main annual conference for several years, saying “Digital Leaders has a great track record of bringing talented people together to discuss and share their learning on these issues."
Recent publications from our researchers
Batolas D, White L (2022, 13–15 June). Technostress and attitudes towards digital transformation [Paper presentation], Competitive Advantage in the Digital Economy (CADE 2022), Venice, Italy. DOI.
Batolas D, Perkovic S, Mitkidis P (2022). Psychological and Hierarchical Closeness as Opposing Factors in Whistleblowing: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Business and Psychology. DOI.
Kazantsev N, Stalker ID, Mehandjiev N, Sampaio P (2022). Ontology-based Collaborative Assembly in the Low-Volume High-Variability Manufacturing. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 55(10), 2707-2712. DOI.
Romanov D, Molokanov V, Kazantsev N, Jha AK (2022). Removing order effects from human-classified datasets: A machine learning method to improve decision making systems. Decision Support Systems, 113891. DOI.
Sayuti NAA, Sommer B, Ahmed-Kristensen S (2022). Biomaterials in Everyday Design: Understanding Perceptions of Designers and Non-Designers. Proceedings of the Design Society, 2, 2025–2034. DOI.See a full list of publications
➡️ With Our Partners
Digital Leaders Innovation Week
Watch the recordings
A virtual summit to share case studies, know-how and proven methodologies to help you innovate in your organisation and beyond.
Watch our five informative talks, packed with actionable insights. DIGIT Lab is a strategic partner at Digital Leaders Innovation Week. The event will showcase a huge range of expert opinions and opportunity to network (cross-sector) with its online community of 170,000 leaders of which 6,000 are academics.
Research Perspectives on the Future of Digital Innovation: A View from the DIGIT Lab, with Professor Alan Brown Watch the recording
Experiences with Data Exchanges for Sharing Public and Private Data: Research Perspectives on the Future of Digital Innovation, with Professor Roger Maull Watch the recording
Designing the future of work: digital transformation, decision making and job crafting: Research Perspectives on the Future of Digital Innovation, with Professor Leroy White Watch the recording
How much better, how much less? 2010-2022 A Retrospective on UK Government Digital, with Professor Mark Thompson Watch the recording
What’s Next for Digital Twins? Research Perspectives on the Future of Digital Innovation, with Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen Watch the recording
📅 Dates for your Diary