The Digital Futures Commission Updates

To ask afresh why children’s play matters, and to figure out how to design a better digital world, we have already taken three crucial steps: »

As part of our interview series on play in the digital world, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Gerison Lansdown, an expert on children’s »

To gain insights into children’s world and how they use play, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Paul Ramchandani, a Lego Professor at the »

To understand how play is designed in the digital world, Sonia Livingstone OBE and Kate Cowan spoke to Katie Salen Tekinbas, as part of our »

The Digital Futures Commission has launched its first consultation on play in the digital world. The aim is to re-imagine play in the digital world.  We invite you to »

To understand how theories of play can be translated into practice, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Dr Bo Stjerne Thomsen, from the LEGO »

To understand how play is defined and characterised, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Kristiina Kumpulainen, a Professor of Education at the University of Helsinki, as »

Play is a vital way in which children enjoy and express themselves, develop, build relationships and participate in the world. But today society is full of »

Play is an important part of children’s lives, but adults often find defining and understanding play a challenge. Philosophers, psychologists, biologists, anthropologists and educationalists have »

To understand the culture of digital play from a design perspective, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Chris Bateman, a game designer, author, and »

To understand the constraints that the adult world places on play, Sonia Livingstone spoke to Professor Ann Phoenix of the UCL Thomas Coram Research Institute, »