The Digital Organisation and Society (DOS) Research Centre is an interdisciplinary group of researchers whose work focuses on developing a critical and insightful understanding of the implications of digital technologies for work, organisations and society and interactions between them.
Our principles are:
- Inclusivity; bringing together researchers at different stages in their careers and from different departments and disciplines, diverse ethnicity, gender, race and age
- Impact; focusing on impactful work in terms of organisations, industries and societies to solve real-world problems
Our aims:
- To facilitate academic research on the role and impact of digital technologies on innovation and entrepreneurship, human resources, marketing, accounting and other business operations
- To encourage a critical perspective on digital technologies and their impact on organisations and wider society
- To enable knowledge exchange and foster collaborations within SBM and beyond, including our national and international partners
- To develop and support a community of researchers within SBM and play a key role within the RHUL ‘Digital’ Catalyst
- To promote academic/industry engagement to solve real-world problems
Research Clusters
Researchers in the DOS area have a wide range of interests in relation to Digital Organisation and Society, however, these are organised into four broad clusters.
Cluster leads: Dr Yu Zheng and Dr Chris Chan
- digital communications and connectivity at work
- new meanings, forms and places of work and collaboration
- virtual communities and virtual organisation
- artificial intelligence and algorithmic work
- digital labour in a platform economy
Cluster leads: Dr Najmeh Hafezieh and Dr Anabel Gutierrez Mendoza
- digital public services (e.g. e-government, e-health, e-learning)
- business and social values of digital platforms
- open innovation and development (e.g. open data, open science, open education etc.)
- big data and business intelligence
- digital innovation for a sustainable economy
Cluster leads: Dr Vera Hoelscher and Dr Rebecca Bolt
- technocapitalism and neoliberalism in a digital age
- gender and digital technologies
- online social movements
- digital ethics (e.g. privacy, surveillance, net neutrality)
- social inclusion/exclusion and inequality in digital societies
- ICT for Development
Cluster leads: Dr Elizabeth Quaglia
• technology design and human interaction
• security and privacy in the digital society
• design narratives and narratives of security
• user experience and advanced digital technologies
• accountability and ethics in the digital experience
Cluster leads: Dr Yang Yang and Dr Xingyu Huang
• technology design and human interaction
• security and privacy in the digital society
• design narratives and narratives of security
• user experience and advanced digital technologies
• accountability and ethics in the digital experience
Cluster leads: Dr The Khoa Do, Bin and Dr Yuanyuan Lai
• Service robots and intelligent virtual agents
• AI algorithms in online services Human enhancement technology-HET (e.g., cyborgs)
• AI in healthcare
• New generations of AI
- DOS secretary: Tippayanet Sorosrungruang
- DOS PhD Representative: Aaradhana Sharma Jyawali
- DOS social media management: Caroline Neriamparamphil
- DOS website coordinator: Cevdet Bulut