The arrival of our new intake of Fellows marks an exciting step-change for the Digital Futures Institute. The Fellows we have recruited come from across the disciplines at King’s and will constitute a rich reservoir of research expertise and intellectual possibility, making good the Digital Futures Institute’s ambition to blend technological awareness with a sensitive understanding of human needs, cultures and behaviours.
Professor Steven Connor, Director of Research, Digital Futures Institute
14 April 2025
Digital Futures Institute announces eleven new Fellows for 2025-26
Eleven interdisciplinary projects awarded Fellowships from the Digital Futures Institute for the 2025-26 cohort.
Eleven new projects bringing together expertise in SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy) and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) will be funded by the Digital Futures Institute in the 2025-26 academic year.
Each project is typically led by a Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator (Co-I) who will join the Institute for six months to develop interdisciplinary research and education projects aimed at enhancing our understanding of living well with technology.
This is the third cohort of the Digital Futures Institute Fellows since the inception of the Institute in 2023 – and the largest one to date.
Our new cohort of fellows embodies the mission of the Digital Futures Institute. By developing innovative educational programmes that are able to reach broad audiences of learners from around the globe, the Fellows’ work highlights the tremendous impact that King’s can have in helping people live well with technology in our increasingly digital world.
Dr Michael Marcinkowski, Director of Education, Digital Futures Institute
The projects, set to commence in July 2025, span across various disciplines. They cover a diverse range of topics, including AI in social media research, environmental humanities, data-sharing, digitalisation in maritime transport, digitalisation of leadership, AI and international law, mixed reality technologies, digital childhoods, labour market in the global games industry and managing uncertainty.
Generative Co-Inquiry: Critical Data Practices with GenAI
Principal Investigator: Dr Liliana Bounegru
Co-Investigator: Dr Oana Cocarascu
Certificate in Environmental Humanities: Culture and Criticism from the Industrial Revolution to the Anthropocene
Principal Investigator: Dr Rowan Boyson
Digital Pathways to Inclusive Democracies: Addressing Inequality, Identity, and Trust
Principal Investigator: Professor Amrita Dhillon
Co-Investigator: Dr Grammateia Kotsialou
Imagining and Contesting Digitalised Futures in Maritime Transport
Principal Investigator: Dr Alex Gould
Co-Investigator: Dr Mercedes Bunz
Imagining, Recognising and Predicting Leadership and Gender through Digitalisation
Principal Investigator: Professor Elisabeth Kelan
Co-Investigator: Dr Helen Yannakoudakis
The Praxis-Belief Continuum: Revealing Customary International Law through AI-assisted Analysis
Principal Investigator: Dr Niccolò Ridi
Co-Investigator: Dr Sanjay Modgil
Attention and Perception in XR (XR Literacy Course)
Principal Investigator: Dr Gabriele Salciute Civiliene
Co-Investigator: Dr Maria Elena Stefanou
Game Worker Organising: Analysing labour market dynamics in the global games industry
Principal Investigator: Dr Jamie Woodcock
Co-Investigator: Dr Amanda Coles and Professor Johanna Weststar
Interdisciplinary Approaches for Uncertain Times
Principal Investigator: Professor Lorenzo Zucca
Co-Investigator: Professor Luca Viganò and Dr Flora Smyth Zahra
For more information on the Digital Futures Institute Fellowships, please visit our Institute Fellowships page.
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