Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit)

The Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) aims to advance our understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping work. It examines the impact and interaction of these technologies for employers, employees and their representatives, job seekers and governments.

It will provide theoretically informed, empirically evidenced and policy relevant analysis of the benefits, risks and challenges for companies operating in the UK and abroad. This analysis draws on international, interdisciplinary and innovative mixed methods approaches.

The Digit centre has been established with an investment from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) equivalent to £8m commencing in January 2020 for five years.

The centre is co-directed by Professor Jacqueline O’Reilly (The University of Sussex Business School) and Professor Mark Stuart (Leeds University Business School). Additional partners include the Universities of Aberdeen, Cambridge and Manchester in the UK and Monash in Australia.

Alongside academic partners, a range of commercial and not-for-profit organisations will be engaged and advise on the coproduction of research outputs to inform academic knowledge, business practice and policy reform. See Knowledge Exchange Partners.

The Digital Futures at Work Research Centre aims to provide a compelling empirical base that will allow policy makers to move beyond current levels of speculation, while contributing intellectually with empirical evidence to contemporary debates on the future of work.