New £4 million Digital Good Network Aims to Ensure Technologies are Good for Societies

11/3/22 • Oxford Internet Institute

University of Oxford has joined a new £4 million research network, the Digital Good Network (DGN), to explore how to ensure that digital tech is a for good in society and the economy.

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The Oxford Internet Institute has joined a new £4 million research network to explore how to ensure digital technology is good both for society and the economy. The ‘Digital Good Network’ will look at how digital technologies can be used to positively benefit people, society and the economy.

The Digital Good Network (DGN) will be hosted by the University of Sheffield and led by a consortium of universities and cross-sector stakeholders including the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford, the BBC and Birmingham Museums Trust.

Funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Digital Good Network will bring researchers together across disciplines and sectors to generate new insights into ‘digital good’, providing digital technology developers, companies and policymakers with the know-how to ensure technologies contribute to the public good.