L to R: Dr Flavia H. Santos, UCD School of Psychology; Professor Pádraig Cunningham, School of Computer Science and Chair of the University Strategic Theme 'Transforming Through Digital Technology'; Professor Deirdre Raftery, UCD School of Education; Professor Dympna Devine, Vice Principal for Research, Innovation and Impact in UCD College of Social Sciences and Law; Cian Hogan, CUPHAT; Professor Colin Scott, Principal of UCD College of Social Sciences and Law and Dean of Social Sciences; Dr Eileen Bowman, UCD School of Education.
UCD College of Social Sciences and Law hosted 'Advancing and Transforming Society Through Digital Technologies', a research showcase of Social Science perspectives, on Wednesday 26th April 2023, in the Sutherland School of Law, UCD.
This CoSSL Research Showcase highlighted ongoing research on the University Strategic Theme of ‘Transforming through Digital Technology’. Research across the College demonstrates that digital technologies, as they themselves transform rapidly, are powerful tools for transforming society.
The research presentations addressing this theme included, amongst others, the following topics:
• Design of digital technology
• Ethical issues
• Health impact
• Societal impact
• Policy impact
• Environmental impact
• Behavioural implications
• Artificial intelligence and machine-learning
• Advances of research methodologies through digital technology
• Digital tools for social science research and archiving
• Educational impact
• Digital content and storytelling
• Digital materialities
• Social media and big data
Download the full list of topics and speakers' abstracts in the showcase brochure here.
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Front Row L to R: Professor Pádraig Cunningham, UCD School of Computer Science; Dr Lai Ma, UCD School of Information and Communication Studies; Lisa Madsen, UCD College of Social Sciences & Law; Professor Dympna Devine, Vice Principal for Research, Innovation and Impact in UCD College of Social Sciences and Law.
Back Row L to R: Professor Deirdre Raftery, UCD School of Education; Dr Stephen Davis, UCD School of Archaeology; Dr James Steinhoff, UCD School of Information and Communication Studies.