Leeds Institute for Societal Futures has welcomed colleagues from Vanderbilt University, USA, to explore new opportunities for international collaboration on some of society's most pressing challenges. By bringing together expertise in public engagement, creativity, science and technology, the partnership aims to develop new research, education and community initiatives that deliver real-world impact. For organisations, policymakers...
Applications are now open for an ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) Associated Studentship based at University of Leeds. Hosted by the ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) in Leeds University Business School, this funded studentship offers an exciting opportunity to explore how digital technologies are reshaping work and employment. The project...
Leeds Institute for Societal Futures is launching a new series of collaborative workshops this May and June, bringing together colleagues from across the University of Leeds with partners from industry, civic organisations and community groups. The first sessions, taking place 12th and 14th May, focus on partnership building – using creative, coaching-led approaches to explore...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being tested and adopted at pace across practically every industry, reshaping the world around us. But behind the hype and disruption of this technological revolution, there are still many serious questions surrounding the ethics of AI and how we, as a society, want it to function. The new MSc in AI,...
A group of Brownies have been inspired to consider careers in engineering after visiting campus to discover robotics, 3D printing labs, and carnival costumes – and earn their Inventors badge. Eighteen Brownies aged between seven and ten years old visited the University to see the manufacturing, robotics and 3D printing labs in the School of Mechanical...
