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LOVE MACHINE: EDINBURGH FUTURES INSTITUTE LAUNCHES PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR SPRING 2023

31st January 2023

Edinburgh Futures Institute is delighted to announce the opening of “Love Machine” – our second season of events running from 6 March to May 2023.

Using Performance to Demystify Emotional Recognition Technology

20th January 2023

Beverley Hood and her team are using creative methods to support a better understanding of AI and emotional recognition technology within the public.

What we can expect from the Edinburgh Futures Institute

9th January 2023

In this podcast, Edinburgh Futures Institute Director Chris Speed talks about the plans for the building and the work which will take place within it.

Interview with Professor Melissa Terras on feminist digitisation practices and the future of our digital cultural heritage

6th January 2023

We talked to Prof Melissa Terras, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage (CAHSS) and Research Director at EFI, about her recent publication ‘Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected Writings’.

ONLINE GAME WORLD FOUNDED BY EFI STUDENT WINS $50K GRANT

19th December 2022

Plot Twisters, an online game world founded by Edinburgh Futures Institute student Jenny Liu Zhang, has been awarded $50K in OpenIDEO’s Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge.

Designing Disinformation

16th December 2022

Anna Kallen Talley, EFI affiliate, is carrying out cross-disciplinary research into how communication design shapes how disinformation is produced and mediated.

DDI goes from ramp-up to delivery

9th December 2022

The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University’s Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative has published its first annual review, highlighting progress across a range of exciting projects.

Edinburgh Professors to lead multidisciplinary AHRC Programme on AI

7th December 2022

Two Edinburgh researchers will lead a project to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) and data are used responsibly and ethically across society and industry.

Reimagining Regeneration – Supporting local acceleration through data-driven participatory engagement

29th November 2022

Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Granton project team are working with the City of Edinburgh Council, community organisations and other stakeholders to help imagine futures which address local needs, using data-driven technology.

A Space to Breathe: Reflections on First Breath

28th November 2022

Yemurai Chaza looks back at an event led by the Scottish Black and People of Colour (BPOC) Writers Network held in October 2022 as part of our Autumn 2022 inaugural event season.

EFI student photography competition: Celebration and Exhibition

11th November 2022

Join us as we reveal the winners of the EFI Student Photography Competition and view a selection of submitted photographs. Image credit: Gintare Kulyte

Tourism staffing crisis could be eased by use of AI

8th November 2022

A major new report finds that Robotics and AI could be a win-win for the hard-hit tourism and hospitality sector.

EFI Chancellor’s Fellow Dr Chiara Bonacchi awarded prestigious leverhulme prize

8th November 2022

Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Chancellor’s Fellow, Dr Chiara Bonacchi, is one of thirty exceptional researchers announced as winners of the 2022 Philip Leverhulme Prize.

Data for Children Collaborative research team key to Unicef’s high-profile report on impact of heatwaves

31st October 2022

Data for Children Collaborative’s report with UNICEF on impact of heatwaves generates global attention. (Photo credit: © UNICEF/UN0290924/Llaurado)

EFI call for innovative student projects now open

14th October 2022

We are excited to announce the annual call for EFI’s Student Research Awards. If you have an interesting and innovative idea for a research project, we want to hear it.

Reparation and Equality: Edinburgh Futures Conversations kick off First Breath season

12th October 2022

The first Edinburgh Futures Conversations event on ‘The Future of Climate Justice’ took place at the Playfair Library Hall on 10 October, kicking off the Edinburgh Futures Insitute’s First Breath: Autumn 2022 event season.

EFI welcomes first postgraduate students

27th September 2022

We welcomed over 150 new postgraduate students to Edinburgh Futures Institute last week as students arrived on campus and in our digital spaces to take up places on six new futures programmes. As the University …

Statistics by Stealth – Bringing Data Analysis to Life Using Creative Teaching Tools

26th September 2022

At EFI, we support projects which use creative and innovative approaches to tackling the challenges and opportunities posed by an increasingly data-driven world. EFI champions approaches to teaching about data which are engaging, exciting and …

First Breath: Edinburgh Futures Institute Launches Programme of Events for Autumn 2022

7th September 2022

Edinburgh Futures Institute is delighted to announce the opening of First Breath – our first season of events running from 10 October to 2 December. The season was officially launched on 6 September at Inspace, where …

Creative Informatics research envisions digital futures for festivals in 2030

15th August 2022

A research team at The University of Edinburgh has launched a fictional, speculative magazine, set in 2030, which explores possible futures for the development of digital technologies and data-driven innovation with festivals in Edinburgh and …