The DCitizens project successfully built research and innovation capacity in the field of Digital Civics in Lisbon. The project established a collaborative network among IST-ID, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, the Italian Institute of Technologies, and the University of Siegen to foster scientific excellence. Major outcomes DCitizens achieved the three major outcomes: 1) Enhanced scientific…
The DCitizens project recently concluded it’s final lab retreat in Newcastle, UK from November 19 to 20, 2025. This lab retreat corresponded to the DCitizens wrap-up consortium meeting, and it was co-located with the Early Stage Researcher training. Moreover, it featured two invited presentations from community partners that commissioned research projects: Aga Khan Foundation and…
DCitizens is delighted to host its wrap-up ESR event in Newcastle. This programme brings together a series of hybrid events designed to: Participants can engage in a variety of formats — from presentations and workshops to reading groups, showcases, and seminars. Each session can be joined in person or online, with flexible ways to participate: you may present, facilitate, contribute a paper or demo, or simply…
Day 1: Building Communities, Breaking (and Making) Collaborations The day began with a warm welcome to the week from Prof Hugo Nicolau and Prof Kyle Montague and a fast-paced round of introductions. Through quick talks and informal conversations, we started getting to know one another — our backgrounds, interests, and motivations for being here. These…
We had the pleasure of hosting an exciting and energising event that brought together emerging researchers and world-class mentors for a day of exchange, reflection, and growth. We welcomed 10 exceptional PhD researchers from four leading institutions and countries—Lisbon, Northumbria, Carnegie Mellon, and Siegen—representing a broad spectrum of backgrounds and research stages, from pre-PhD researchers to those in their third year…
Speaker Ana Henriques is currently a PhD student at the Interactive Technologies Institute/LARSyS, at the University of Lisbon, advised by Hugo Nicolau and Angelika Strohmayer. Ana has focused their research on the intersections of ethics, feminist HCI and community-based work while exploring what community-led ethics could look like as a process of feminist ethical frameworking…
Speaker Clara Crivellaro is a Reader in Digital social justice at the School of Computing’s Open Lab, with expertise in Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Civics, Human-Centred Design, Participatory Design, and co-creation. Her research explores how the careful design of new and emergent technologies and socio-technical processes can help support democratic practices and advance equity and social…
Speaker Anna Carter is a Research Fellow at Northumbria University she has extensive experience in designing technologies for local council regeneration programs, her work focuses on creating accessible digital experiences in a variety of contexts using human-centred methods and participatory design. She works on building Digital Civics research capacities of early career researchers as part…
Speaker Matt is a Professor of Global Development and Dean of Research Culture at Northumbria University. His research interests focus on the relationships between civil society, citizenship and development in the global South, with a particular focus on volunteering in humanitarian and development settings, and on young people as development actors. He is Principal Investigator…
???????? Versão em Português DCitizens opened a call for Collaborative projects that should use digital technologies to promote positive social change. DCitizens is funded by the European Commission and promotes Digital Civics research and innovation in Lisbon. Digital Civics posits using technology to empower citizens and non-state actors to co-create, take an active role in…