Projects
The Centre for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences encompasses many projects from across the University of Liverpool.
Take a closer look at just some of the projects we've been working on recently.
Digital Panopticon
The Digital Panopticon project traces the lives of 90,000 people sentenced to transportation to Australia from Britain between 1841 and 1911, with the information freely available on a public website.
Online Froissart
Digitising the works of Jean Froissart, a prominent late-medieval chronicler, author and poet. The project provides a valuable resource for scholars of the period, bringing together previously scattered materials in a single online resource.
Tracing the Past
Drs Alex Buchanan, Senior Lecturer in Archive Studies, and Nick Webb, Lecturer in the School of Architecture, use the latest digital scanning technologies to unlock the secrets of medieval architects and stone masons.
Nineteenth-Century Criminal Tattoos
This British Academy-funded project seeks to better understand the remarkable increase in tattooing among convicts in the nineteenth century by analysing tattoos on 60,700 convicts in Britain and Australia from 1788 to 1925.
Photogrammetry
The photogrammetry team is a student-centred research group based at the Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology department.
Me and My Big Data
Led by Professor Simeon Yates, this project aims to understand levels and variations in UK citizens' data literacy, and to develop policy and educational materials to support improving this
Defence Data Research Centre UK
An interdisciplinary team with a shared interest in digital innovation, working on several exciting projects throughout 2023.
ESRC Digital Footprints Strategic Advice Team
Supporting thriving interdisciplinary digital footprint data communities.
Developing a minimum digital living standard for households with children
Capturing the minimum basket of digital goods, skills and services households need in order to have an adequate quality of life and participate in society.
Digital Inclusion Policy & Research Conference 2021
This conference reviewed the current state of the art in digital inclusion policy and practice, with special reference to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ways of Being in a Digital Age
The University, with other partner organisations and universities, is leading the ESRC review on ‘Ways of Being in a Digital Age'. This will provide a view of how digital technology mediates our lives.
Digital Inclusion Policy & Research Conference 2022
Exploring the challenges of and possible solutions to digital exclusion across multiple areas of society
Digital inclusion for survivors of modern slavery
Providing survivors of trafficking with access to online support services to help them recover and reintegrate into society.
GMCA Digital inclusion social housing project
The project will link up 5,000 households, across five social housing providers with five Internet Service Providers.
Reuse of IT for social good
Identifying the barriers that prevent the recycling of IT equipment for reuse for social good.
Digital Inclusion and Digital Literacy Policy Projects
Guiding policy and practical interventions aimed at reducing digital inequalities in the UK.
Being Alone Together: Developing Fake News Immunity
This collaborative project between the Universities of Liverpool and Dundee aims to help citizens critically understand and engage with the information manipulations they encounter online, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.
NewsWise in Primary Education
Exploring the impact of a news and digital literacy project.
Healthcare communications and information distortion in crisis situations: The case of COVID-19 in Merseyside
Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on communities in Merseyside.
#Lads on Social Media: Investigating Young Networked Masculinities
Exploring how young men use social media to form and develop their masculinised identifications, connections and networks, particularly those that centre around ‘laddish’ identities.
The Centre for Architecture and Visual Arts (CAVA)
CAVA supports researchers interested in exploring the representation of and engagement with architectural and urban forms, narratives and practices, especially in areas such as film, photography, city branding and the digital and physical space.