Feasibility studies
Co-producing and Implementing a ‘place-based’ Coding Club Framework for Underserved Communities
The team behind this study has been working with Bradford Council to prioritise the development of digital skills to enable children and young people …
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Fellowships
Leeds Digital Volunteering
This fellowship involves working closely with strategic partners across Leeds to develop and test the feasibility of enabling tech sector businesses to share their …
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The risks and opportunities associated with chatbots using generative AI for children
This Fellowship involved independent research into the risks and opportunities associated with chatbots using generative AI for children. The aim was to understand children’s …
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Criteria for Age-Appropriate Design
Mapping problematic practices and defining criteria for (non) compliance with data protection, online safety and digital service regulation for children 5Rights Foundation has played …
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Exploratory Projects
Rapid response projects which embrace an element of risk or experimentation
AI in Everyday Life
Empowering ethnic minority women through food, skills & digital confidence The goal is to build digital confidence and close a growing gap in AI …
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Youth Voice
Creating inclusive online wellbeing services in rural Devon Space Youth Services has been managing a regular online youth centre using the Discord platform since …
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Mapping IN+ Principles across the network
The aim of this project is to carry out an analysis and refinement of the IN+ Principles, which were developed by the IN+ Team …
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Digital Youth Work is Infrastructure
This experimental project seeks to highlight the role of youth workers as digital inclusion leaders within non-formal educational spaces. It will document the everyday …
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The process of giving smart phones to people seeking asylum
This project will be a rapid response to the urgent need of smart phones for people with new asylum claims and without a smart …
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Research hubs
Digital Youth Work Research Hub
The Digital Youth Work Research Network is hosted by the University of Leeds within the INCLUDE+ Network. DYWR.HUB aims to explore the intersections of …
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IN+ ART Iterations Programme
IN+ ART Iterations explores digital equity and the implications of our INCLUDE+ Principles. In 2023 and 2024, we are collaborating with artists and communities …
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Horizon scanning studies
Exploring emerging and long-term practices and challenges
Emerging Technologies
Lead Investigator: Matt Jones The pandemic has opened up the possibility of imagining and building a future that takes different core values and practices …
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Civic Participation
What is and what isn’t civic participation? What is the role of digital equity in civic participation? Our aim was to co-explore these questions …
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