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IGSD flies 39 flags at Faculty Research Showcase

The Faculty of Social Science Research Showcase was an opportunity for researchers across the university to connect with the Faculty’s Schools and interdisciplinary units.

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New project will examine the societal and ecological implications of AI in India and Mexico

Research from the Faculty of Social Sciences will look at the lived experience of communities living amidst the development of AI data centres and the extent to which sustainability features in two countries’ AI policies.
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Film Screening - A Place in the City

IGSD Cities and the Urban Institute co-hosted a screening of the film “A Place in the City” followed by a discussion with the director Gabriel Silvestre (Newcastle University).
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Green Schools in Latin America

IGSD work on biophilic classrooms in green schools was exhibited at the Millenium Gallery as part of the 2025 Festival of Social Sciences
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Water contamination in the Lake Titicaca watershed, Bolivia

The IGSD Cities group welcomed Katherine Illanes and Carmen Herrera from the Instituto de Investigación y Acción para El Desarrollo Integral (IIADI, Bolivia) to present their ongoing action research in our seminar series "Urban Latin America."
Susan Wyche giving a presentation on Human-Centred Design

Co-design of digital innovation in health projects

The IGSD Digital, Data and Innovation group welcomed visiting speaker Susan Wyche (Michigan State University) to give a talk on “Accompaniment in Human-Centered Design: From Digital Interventions to Community and Dialogue”
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Make it Grow Video Toolkit

The Make it Grow Project, led by IGSD Fellow Pamela Richardson with Zimbabwean partners, launched a facilitator toolkit to support community groups with making their own video proposals.
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Keynote for International Summer School

The keynote of this year's Summer School of the ESRC Digital Good Network was given by IGSD Director and Digital Research Theme lead Prof Dorothea Kleine.