Follow how our research has unfolded from 2020 to 2023 and gain an snapshot of our findings across the play, data and innovation research streams.
By Kruakae Pothong & Sonia Livingstone Children’s life these days are almost digital by default. With moves towards the metaverse, the digital and physical worlds »
By Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong Whether tiny start-ups or global players make digital products used by children, there’s a minefield of standards and regulations »
By Emma Day, Kruakae Pothong, Sonia Livingstone and Ayça Atabey In a new open-access journal article, we examine the governance of data processed from children »
By Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong The year 2022 has been an eventful year for the DFC! As the year is coming to an end, »
The Digital Futures Commission launched its essay collection entitled Education Data Futures: Critical, Regulatory and Practical Reflections on the 21st of November 2022. This essay »
By Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone The Digital Futures Commission has identified many wrongs with data collection and processing in educational settings in its 2022 »
By Sonia Livingstone, Kruakae Pothong and Ayça Atabey In the UK government’s recently published policy paper, ‘Establishing a pro-innovation approach to regulating AI’, the government »
By Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong What do UK children think of the EdTech products they use at school? Have they been informed about the »
By Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone Just before the summer break, the Digital Futures Commission went to schools! We wished to consult children about how »
by Ayça Atabey How can children’s expectations be addressed through embedding ‘fairness’ and children’s best interests when designing value-sensitive and child-rights respecting digital technologies? What »
By Louise Hooper, Kruakae Pothong, Sonia Livingstone The Digital Futures Commission launched its report on Problems with Data Governance in UK Schools: the cases of »
New report published today by the Digital Futures Commission uncovers how digital classrooms – including Google Classroom and ClassDojo – are failing to comply with data protection regulation and leaving school children vulnerable to commercial exploitation as a consequence. These new findings come as the Danish government has banned schools from using Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education in their Helsingør Municipality. »
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