Possibilities for a future Pokémon Go
April 12, 2021
By Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone Back in 2016, the number of daily active users of Pokémon Go rocketed close to 45 million users within »
The Digital Futures Commission Updates
Follow how our research unfolds and gain an early view of our findings across the play, data and innovation research streams.
Children’s rights in the digital environment – launching UNCRC General Comment 25
March 29, 2021
by Sonia Livingstone After its formal adoption by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on 4th February, General Comment 25 was launched »
Children’s rights and the Digital Futures Commission
March 22, 2021
By Sonia Livingstone Both policymakers and businesses operating in the digital environment surely wish to respect children’s rights and support children’s wellbeing. But what rights »
Is the gaming world getting more diverse?
March 15, 2021
By Al Mik The first stage of the Digital Futures Commission has focused on rethinking play for a digital world. This is an incredibly broad »
What if… children’s rights were anticipated at the very start of digital innovation?
March 8, 2021
By Sonia Livingstone & Kruakae Pothong Children and young people are increasingly claiming the digital space as their own even though digital infrastructures are rarely »
Reimagining digital play: we want more sociability, hybridity and safety, with fewer tricky freemiums
March 1, 2021
By Kruakae Pothong In our digital play consultation we are hearing from children and young people how they are finding ways to enjoy online the »
The best interests of children in the digital world
February 22, 2021
The Digital Futures Commission is working to put children’s interests at the centre of the design of the digital world. That’s our mission. But what »
Pros and cons of child rights impact assessment for digital decision makers
February 15, 2021
What’s the best way to anticipate the impacts of digital decision-making on children and young people? The Digital Futures Commission is exploring the feasibility of »
Building an internet we can trust
February 9, 2021
By Al Mik On Tuesday, 9 February 2021, we celebrate Safer Internet Day along with many stakeholders worldwide, taking action to make the internet a safer and »
Realising a better digital environment for children: Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) as a tool
February 1, 2021
By Kruakae Pothong More and more children actively engage with the digital environment and from a very young age. This encompasses anything from video-on-demand services »
Why play matters in a digital world
January 25, 2021
By Sonia Livingstone To ask afresh why children’s play matters, and to figure out how to design a better digital world, we have already taken »
Interview with Gerison Lansdown
January 18, 2021
To understand the right to play and how that manifests in the digital world, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Gerison Lansdown, an expert »