Digital Cultures & Societies Events

During these sessions, a researcher presents a piece they are currently working on, another researcher offers a response, and this is followed by an open discussion among attendees.

These sessions are designed to facilitate connections within our research community and across faculties, for researchers to receive early feedback during the writing process, and/or for researchers to gain experience presenting in a supportive environment.

Prof. Martin Volk explores some current uses of large language models in the Digital Humanities and speculates about future opportunities

This event brings together researchers exploring the relationship between digital platforms and labour, health, and regulation across Asia.

This two-day symposium brings together researchers across multiple institutions to investigate the relationship between work and automation.

Digital Cultures & Societies: Challenging assumptions about the relationship between awareness of and attitudes to data uses amongst the UK public

Digital Cultures & Societies Series - This event brings together researchers exploring the impact of media platforms on cultural production. This session is being held on Friday 9 September.

Digital Cultures & Societies Series - This series of short talks and discussion explores the topic of online hate speech and misinformation from a variety of perspectives. This session is being held on Friday 12 August.

Digital Cultures & Societies Series - A series of talks on topics relating to gender, digital culture, and consent followed by a panel conversation being held on Thursday 14 July.

Please join us on Thursday 28 July for the launch of Digital Cultures & Societies at UQ with a public talk from Professor Frank Pasquale from the Brooklyn Law School who is an expert on the law of AI, algorithms, and machine learning.

In 2021, Researchers from UQ's Digital Cultures & Societies Hub, Centre for Policy Futures, and School of Communication and Arts brought together leading figures of India’s Fintech in conversation with Australian scholars focusing their research on digital transactions in India and the wider international significance of India’s digital agenda.