The Digital Organisation and Society (DOS) Research Centre is an interdisciplinary group of researchers whose work focuses on developing a critical understanding of the implications of digital technologies for work, organisations and society. DOS regularly organises seminars, workshops and mini-conferences details of this can be found in the events page.
DOS-BAM Joint Consortium Highlights
On behalf of the organising committee, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to and attended the DOS-BAM Joint Consortium. We look forward to similar events and new opportunities for further impactful research this year. Here are a video and a collection of 100 photos capturing some of the key moments of the event:
Latest Blog Posts
- It Hits Different: Sexualised Deepfake Abuse and Digital Inequality While the term “revenge porn” is perhaps more widely known, it can carry problematic implications of victim blame and obscure the reality that this is a form of abuse, often perpetrated by complete strangers. Such violations also introduce differential vulnerabilities; i.e., even when experiencing the similar circumstances, different populations face different types and degrees of security, privacy, and safety risks with serious consequences to their lives.
- Engineering towards Net-Zero AI: Underwater Data Centres, Ocean Impact and AccountabilityArtificial intelligence is often perceived as intangible — algorithms in the cloud and intelligence embedded in software. In practice, AI demands an immense physical backbone of so-called “AI warehouses”: data centres that consume growing amounts of electricity and water. In the UK, data centre demand is rising sharply alongside ambitions in AI, digital resilience, and high-performance computing. This creates a significant engineering and societal challenge: how can digital progress be aligned with environmental sustainability and social responsibility?
Upcoming Events
4 June 2025, 9:00-17:00pm
Dr Who Consortium: Navigating Academia in the Age of AI
In-person research seminar on ‘Dr Who Consortium: Navigating Academia in the Age of AI’ with several distinguished academics from both internal and external institutions as speakers.