To share our activity, progress and successes
Welcome to the Horizon CDT student blogsite. We hope you enjoy reading about our thoughts and experiences of being a Horizon CDT PhD student and would welcome your comments and feedback.
Please take a look at our Research Highlights page which provides an overview of all student cohorts backdating to 2011.
The Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Creating Our Lives in Data is based at the University of Nottingham and is supported by a multi million pound investment from UK Research and Innovation, University of Nottingham and over 40 industry partners. The CDT focuses on digital identity, personal data and data creativity within the global digital economy, and is affiliated with the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute.
post by Lucy Hitcham (2023 cohort) An introduction to the Digital Good I first became aware of the Digital Good Network shortly before the start of my PhD in 2023, the same year the Network was set up. Their vision for understanding how digital technologies shape our worlds and how we can work towards a …
Continue reading “Reflecting on the Digital Good: Reflections from the 2025 Summer School”
We’re delighted to share a new blog post from Horizon CDT student Angela Higgins, who has just returned from a month-long research exchange at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Hosted by Professor Kristina (Kia) Höök, Angie spent late October to late November immersing herself in the lab’s work on embodied interaction design and …
Continue reading “Angela Higgins’ Research Exchange at KTH: Reflections from Stockholm”
post by Lucy Hitcham (2023 cohort) *Trigger warning: Mentions of self-harm Technologies have vast potential to improve our mental health and wellbeing and tackle the rising youth mental health crisis. With increasing rates of young people suffering from mental health disorders and engaging in self-harm, the Digital Youth research programme is focused on understanding the …
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