

Digital Society Research Group
Led by: Adi Kuntsman and Daniel Joseph
Digital Society (DISC) was formally launched in 2021, when we officially became a research group, bringing together research activities and conversations between staff members in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and across Manchester Metropolitan University. Drawing on the “Digital Transformations” research group established by Adi Kuntsman in 2015, and developing the work carried out by Tom Brock and Adi Kuntsman to promote digital sociology in 2016-2020, in 2021 DISC has received a substantial support from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities to bring together “all things digital” and showcase social science research on digital technologies.
In the last few years, the group has grown substantially from a handful of staff to a vibrant cohort of early career and established researchers and international collaborators. Each year, DISC offers a wealth of activities, welcomes visiting Research Fellows, and is home to the annual online Postgraduate Summer School in Digital Politics. Our researchers take part in pioneering work on platform governance, visual social media research, game studies, health informatics, digital fashion, digital harms, digital environmental sustainability, and AI literacy.

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AI Literacy
The AI Literacy working group brings together DISC members from across disciplinary and thematic fields, and consolidates our expertise to develop pioneering social research, real-life impact, and stakeholder engagement.


Pioneering research, world-class publications
DISC members are producing exciting research on a range of topics related to digital society, culture and politics. Below you can see some of the latest work by our members. Please check our members’ profiles for the full list of each person’s publications
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Latest News

Welcome to our 2024-25 Visiting Fellow, Dr Katie MacKinnon
Katie MacKinnon is a postdoctoral fellow on the ERC funded project, “Data Loss (DALOSS): the politics…

New Book! Digital Technologies, Smart Cities and the Environment: in the Ruins of Broken Promises by Adi Kuntsman
We are delighted to announce the release of Digital Technologies, Smart Cities and the Environment:…

New Book! Introduction to Healthcare Knowledge and Library Services by Geoff Walton
We are delighted to announce the release of Introduction to Healthcare Knowledge and Library Services…