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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 9d

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 9d

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 9d

Beyond the AI Act. Implementation challenges in EU AI regulation

🗣️ @flogsell.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 19 November
🕰️ 4pm-5pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/beyon...

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 9d

Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge? (OECD report)

🗣️ Marguerita Lane, Tera Allas CBE, Ian O’Donnell MBE, Prof. Ödül Bozkurt, and Prof. Mark Stuart (Chair)
📆 5 November
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/gener...

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 9d

AI in Retail: What unions need to know

🗣️ Dr Rachel Verdin, @steverolf.bsky.social, and Dr Wil Hunt
📆 Wednesday 22 October
🕰️ 12.30pm-2pm (BST)
🔗 Register: digit-research.org/events/ai-in...

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 9d

📣 Registration is live for our autumn 2025 #DigitDebates series

Join us from Wednesday 22 October, for three excellent talks on how digital technologies are changing work.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 12d

📄 A new Perspectives Paper capturing key takeaways will be released soon.

🔗 Read more about the CoLab: digit-research.org/news/industr...

ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 12d

One message came through loud and clear:

🗣️ More diverse voices are needed in the rooms where decisions about digitalisation and work are being made.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 12d

We explored a central question:

💡 How can we build a more inclusive digital work ecosystem—one where the benefits of digital transformation are widely shared?

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 12d

Co-convened with @futuredotnow.bsky.social and @ifow.org, and chaired by Liz Williams MBE, the CoLab marks the start of Digit’s next five-year programme. A huge thank you to Eversheds Sutherland for hosting.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 12d

Last Friday, we launched the first-ever Digit CoLab Forum, a new space for shaping inclusive research on the digital transformation of work. Industry, government, and civil society voices joined us to kick off this exciting journey.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks also to Eversheds Sutherland for hosting us - and to everyone who joined the conversation.

We’re excited to keep building together over the next five years!

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 19d

Grateful to our partners @futuredotnow.bsky.social and @ifow.org for collaborating with us – and to Liz Williams MBE for hosting with such warmth and clarity.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 19d

A fuller write-up is coming soon – sign up to our newsletter so you don’t miss it: mailchi.mp/0e9ef3095609...

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 19d

We brought together voices from across the digital work ecosystem to help shape our new five-year research programme.

Your insights will guide our work as we explore the challenges and opportunities ahead.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 19d

Huge thanks to everyone from government, industry, charities, and trade unions who joined us today for the first #DigitCoLab.

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Aug 27

In today’s digitalised #workplace, many workers are #hyperconnected, extending work time to all hours of the day & night.

Emma Russell & Becky Faith @sussex.ac.uk discuss the consequences of this & present four principles for “decent work connectivity” @lsebr.bsky.social @digitcentre.bsky.social

The always-on work culture and its consequences - LSE Business Review

Some workers are always connected, day and night, but others can’t even request annual leave or view their payslips for lack of digital access.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · 29d

Digit Project Co-Leads Emma Russell and Becky Faith have had a blog, ‘The always-on work culture and its consequences’, published by LSE Business Review.

LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Aug 27

In today’s digitalised #workplace, many workers are #hyperconnected, extending work time to all hours of the day & night.

Emma Russell & Becky Faith @sussex.ac.uk discuss the consequences of this & present four principles for “decent work connectivity” @lsebr.bsky.social @digitcentre.bsky.social

The always-on work culture and its consequences - LSE Business Review

Some workers are always connected, day and night, but others can’t even request annual leave or view their payslips for lack of digital access.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · Aug 22

Voting closes this Sunday!

ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · Aug 18

🤖 Tired of seeing AI visualised as neon brains and creepy cyborgs? Us too.

So, alongside Anything is Possible Media and Jagged Edge AI, we've proposed a #SXSWEDU 2026 talk to rethink how AI is visualised.

🗳️ Talks are partly chosen by public vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · Aug 20

🔍 NHS teams should monitor indifference as a red flag; adapting work arrangements may be necessary once it’s detected.

🎓 Managerial training could help spot and support disengaged staff, reducing risk and promoting healthier work cultures.

Read the report: www.nhsemployers.org/publications...

ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · Aug 20

🧑‍⚕️ Staff who closely identify with their roles are more vulnerable to burnout when indifference is at a higher level.

➡️ When colleagues are trained to recognise indifference, they are more likely to signpost staff towards internal support resources.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · Aug 20

The report highlights that:

😐 Indifference, more than other expressions, triggers stronger negative reactions (withhold empathy and support) from colleagues.

⚠️ Indifference can signal late-stage burnout, especially the ‘depersonalisation’ phase where emotional detachment sets in.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · Aug 20

A long-running partnership between NHS Employers and @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social‬, agiLab helps NHS managers develop agile working practices that improve service delivery and access to good work. It is led by Dr Russell.

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣 ‪‪NHS Employers‬ have published a report, ‘Work indifference: a sign of burnout for agile workers that reduces staff support and empathy’, authored by Dr Emma Russell, Dr Smadar Cohen-Chen and Deepali D’Mello, as part of @agilabsussex.bsky.social

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ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social · Aug 18

🤖 Tired of seeing AI visualised as neon brains and creepy cyborgs? Us too.

So, alongside Anything is Possible Media and Jagged Edge AI, we've proposed a #SXSWEDU 2026 talk to rethink how AI is visualised.

🗳️ Talks are partly chosen by public vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...