Equitable and Just Digital Society: Developing Interdisciplinary Skills and Knowledge

Welcome to Equitable and Just Digital Society: Developing Interdisciplinary Skills and Knowledge - a CIVIS postgraduate
micro-programme focused on the social challenges of digital and technological transformations.

In taking modules in the micro-programme you will develop critical knowledge and practical skills to become interactional
experts in research for an equitable and just digital society. The micro-programme is interdisciplinary and open to students
from all disciplines.

You will be taught by leading experts from world-leading universities:

• University of Glasgow (UK),
• University of Tubingen (Germany),
• Stockholm University (Sweden)
• Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain),
• University of Witwatersrand (South Africa).

Goal

The aims of the course are to enable students to become ‘interactional experts’ - people who can work in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary ways to address the challenges of ensuring that digital tools and services are developed in equitable and just ways for the communities they aim to support.

This includes developing students' understanding of the technical capabilities and limitations of digital technology while also having the skills and knowledge to take human behaviour, social interactions, and social and cultural contexts into account.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, the students will be able to:

• independently identify areas for research in digital society related topic areas, their significance and importance to knowledge development and the end-users of digital services;
• think carefully and rigorously about the ethics of research and how to consider ethics in the design and development of a digital service;
• analyse and synthesise cross-sectoral learning strategies to collaboratively design, develop and produce digital tools and services;
• demonstrate the ability to evaluate and formulate digital transformations, involving new approaches to learning, collaboration, and participation within diverse social contexts.