Sandpit 2: Digital Vulnerabilities
In July 2021, SPRITE+ hosted its second virtual sandpit focused on 'digital vulnerabilities', which is one of our four challenge themes. Over the course of 5 sessions, spread over 3 weeks, participants formed teams and created projects, which explore digital vulnerabilities from multi-disciplinary and stakeholder perspectives.
FiVu: Using Design Fiction to Identify Future Vulnerabilities in Bio-IOT
Led by Dr Charles Weir (Lancaster University), Dr José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón (Royal Holloway University of London), Professor Lynne Coventry (Northumbria University) and Dr Soteris Demetriou (Imperial College London).
Revealing Young Learners’ Mental Models of Online Sludge
Led by Dr Karen Renaud (University of Strathclyde), Dr Bryan Clift (University of Bath), Dr Ben Morrison (Northumbria University), Dr Kovila Coopamootoo (Newcastle University), Dr Cigdem Sengul (Brunel University), Dr Mark Springett (Middlesex University), and Dr Jacqui Taylor (Bournemouth University).
Footprints to emissions: Exploring near-future digital vulnerabilities with creative methodologies
Led by Dr David Ellis (University of Bath), Dr Iain Reid (University of Portsmouth), Dr Philip Wu (Royal Holloway University of London) and Dr Asad Ali (Ofcom).
Buy Now Pay Later in the UK: Current and emergent digital vulnerabilities
Led by Dr Lindsey Appleyard (Coventry University), Dr Jo Briggs (Northumbria University), Dr Lucia Cervi (Lancaster University), Dr Deepak Padmanabhan (Queen's University Belfast), Dr Gauri Sinha (Royal Holloway University of London) and Dr Tahir Abbas Syed (University of Manchester).
First RespondXR: Digital vulnerability of immersive training for first responders
Led by Dr Leonie Tanczer (University College London), Professor David McIlhatton (Coventry University), Professor Jill Marshall (Royal Holloway University of London), Dr Mark McGill (University of Glasgow) and Dr Lena Podoletz (University of Edinburgh).