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Challenges

These focus on real-world activities that are economically and socially important and have the potential to be transformed by digital technology.

Our selected themes build on existing multidisciplinary strengths at the University.

Themes

  • Digital Health

    Using digital technologies to improve health and (social) care. The goal is to enhance patient care, streamline healthcare processes, and promote preventive health measures.

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  • Digital Environments

    We explore how digital technologies, from sensor networks through to digital twins, are transforming both real and virtual worlds, as well as the lives of those who inhabit them.

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  • Digital Society

    Given our increasing dependence on digital technologies, the issue of whether and how we can trust the systems we use and the people we interact with has become critical.

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  • Digital Economy

    The impact of digital technology on global economic and financial systems, patterns of employment and workplace practices, and its integration in industrial processes.

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  • Digital Cultures

    Digital technology enables new modes of intellectual pursuit, creative expression, and cultural production. We aim to better understand how it’s reshaping our cultural landscapes, past, present and future.

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