权益分类	功能权益	普通用户	{{item.name}}会员
{{category.name}}	{{benefitItem.name}}

ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures

ESRC 社会数字未来中心

基本信息

批准号：
ES/W002639/1
负责人：
Susan Halford
金额：
$ 985.06万
依托单位：
University of Bristol
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW002639%2F1
关键词：
ESRC Centre Sociodigital Futures

项目摘要

Digital technologies, devices and data are now woven into the fabric of contemporary societies. To describe this, we can say that we live in a 'sociodigital' world. This has become especially visible during the COVID-19 pandemic, during which we have seen rapid shifts to online education, healthcare and work, the extension of algorithmic decision making by government (e.g. A' Level results), and changes to shopping habits that may transform the high street for ever. Social Science provides excellent resources for understanding the changes that have taken place to date. The question remains: what will our sociodigital futures look like? What kinds of futures are in the making? Who or what is shaping possible futures and what will this mean for currently widening social and economic inequalities and for the climate change crisis? These are challenging questions. We know, from the past, that we cannot make deterministic assumptions about new technologies or predict sociodigital futures with any certainty. However, this does not mean that we should abandon attention to the future. To the contrary, the stakes have never been higher. With a global recession looming, widening socio-economic inequalities and an underlying climate crisis, it is essential that we establish a new approach, one that will create actionable knowledge for reflexive, inclusive and sustainable sociodigital futures. The ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures begins from the premise that while the future is unknowable, how the future is enacted in the present - discursively, materially and by whom - matters enormously. This shifts the focus of attention towards the social relations of future making in the present: what claims are made about sociodigital futures, how do these drive investments, policies and expectations? What futures do these open up, and close down? And which of these start to shape 'actual futures', through the changing practices of communities, businesses, policy makers and others? Answering these questions presents an ambitious agenda, and a unique proposition for UK and international Social Science. To address this agenda we will deliver a distinctive programme of high impact empirical research and capacity building, by drawing together four distinct forms of expertise: (i) expertise in specific domains of everyday life - caring, consuming, learning, moving and organizing; (ii) expertise in the theories, methodologies and practices of future making; (iii) technical expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Virtual/Alternative Realities, Robotics and High Performance Networks; and (iv) co-production expertise to drive participatory, inclusive and sustainable future-making. The Centre has been designed and will be implemented with strategic partners well-placed to deliver on the creation of inclusive and sustainable sociodigital futures. Our partners have a significant influence on the environment (UK Department for Farming, Environment and Rural Affairs), digital service delivery (British Telecom -serving 170 countries), security (the National Cybersecurity Centre), community (Locality - 1300 members support 307,000+ people/week), education and culture (the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization - supporting peace through international cooperation, and leaders of the UN Foresight Network). Working with these partners, we will build the capacity to engage with sociodigital futures-in-the-making, to anticipate possible risks and opportunities, and tip the balance towards more positive futures.

数字技术、设备和数据现在已融入当代社会的结构。为了描述这一点，我们可以说我们生活在一个“社会数字”的世界。在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，这一点尤为明显，在此期间，我们看到了在线教育、医疗保健和工作的快速转变，政府对算法决策的扩展（例如A' Level成绩），以及购物习惯的变化，这些变化可能永远改变商业街。社会科学为理解迄今为止所发生的变化提供了极好的资源。问题仍然存在：我们的社会数字未来会是什么样子？什么样的未来正在形成？谁或什么正在塑造可能的未来，这对目前日益扩大的社会和经济不平等以及气候变化危机意味着什么？这些都是具有挑战性的问题。从过去的经验来看，我们知道我们不能对新技术做出决定性的假设，也不能肯定地预测社会数字的未来。然而，这并不意味着我们应该放弃对未来的关注。相反，风险从未如此之高。全球经济衰退迫在眉睫，社会经济不平等日益扩大，气候危机迫在眉睫，我们必须建立一种新的方法，为自反性、包容性和可持续的社会数字未来创造可操作的知识。ESRC社会数字未来研究中心的出发点是这样一个前提：尽管未来是不可知的，但未来如何在当下实现——话语上、物质上以及由谁来实现——至关重要。这就把人们的注意力转移到了未来的社会关系上：人们对社会数字的未来提出了什么主张，这些主张如何推动投资、政策和期望？它们开启了什么样的未来，又关闭了什么样的未来？通过社区、企业、政策制定者和其他人不断变化的做法，这些因素中哪一个开始塑造“实际的未来”？回答这些问题提出了一个雄心勃勃的议程，也是英国和国际社会科学的一个独特命题。为了解决这一议程，我们将通过汇集四种不同形式的专业知识，提供一个独特的高影响力实证研究和能力建设项目：(i)日常生活中特定领域的专业知识——关怀、消费、学习、移动和组织；（ii）在理论、方法和实践方面的专业知识；（iii）人工智能、虚拟/替代现实、机器人和高性能网络方面的技术专长；（四）合作制作专业知识，推动参与性、包容性和可持续的未来创造。该中心已被设计并将与战略合作伙伴一起实施，以实现包容性和可持续的社会数字未来。我们的合作伙伴在环境（英国农业、环境和农村事务部）、数字服务交付（英国电信——为170个国家提供服务）、安全（国家网络安全中心）、社区（当地——1300名成员每周支持30.7万多人）、教育和文化（联合国教育、科学及文化组织——通过国际合作支持和平，以及联合国远见网络的领导者）方面具有重大影响。通过与这些合作伙伴的合作，我们将建立参与正在形成的社会数字未来的能力，预测可能的风险和机遇，并将平衡推向更积极的未来。