Net Gains?

Technological advances happen at a rate never before seen in human history. How can our societies keep up?

In Net Gains? Our experts discuss some of the challenges of living well with technology: showing what we can learn from a long history of technological innovation as well as addressing the challenges of our current age.

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30 June 2025

When Health Misinformation Kills: Social Media, Visibility, and the Crisis of Regulation

Dr Rachael Kent, Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy & Society Education, discusses the need for…

29 November 2023

Face to interface

How could the latest lip-syncing software transform animated film? Dr Christopher Holliday discusses…

16 November 2023

Beyond silos: Why AI Regulation calls for an Interdisciplinary Approach

Are we facing an information apocalypse due to unregulated AI? What damage has already been done to…

7 November 2023

Staying healthy in a digital world

AI and social media are becoming more integrated into our lives, but how often do we stop and think…

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17 May 2024

COMMENT: Why it's a mistake to dismiss Bridgerton as fluffy period drama

A couple of years ago, I was chatting to a friend about our recent television consumption. She was…

How do we live well with technology?

The Digital Futures Institute brings together expertise from across all disciplines at King’s to forge a better relationship between the individual and technology - through combining technological expertise with a deep understanding of human needs, cultures and behaviours, and by addressing questions of ethics, bias, transparency and responsibility.

Through our research programmes, our educational courses and our external engagement activities we reframe what are usually thought of as purely technical challenges – to be solved through technical fixes – as human and social challenges, that require innovative ways of knowing, responding and making.

We help build a future that is more conducive to living well with technology.