University of Leeds

The Centre for Digital Citizenship (CdC) is an interdisciplinary research centre based in the Institute of Communication Studies at the University of Leeds. The Centre's unique task is to consolidate research in both social scientific and technological domains, seeking to translate and integrate concepts, methods and styles that have been traditionally isolated within disciplinary silos.

The specific aims of the Centre are to:

• conduct research into the changing nature of citizenship and governance in a networked society;
• question the broad range of theoretical and rhetorical claims made by proponents of e-governance and e-citizenship;
• contribute to the design and development of social technologies that have the potential to support public communication;
• engage with policy-makers in the UK, Europe and globally to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities of citizenship in the digital era;
• work with communities and social movements to explore the democratic potential of digital media.

Building on the reputation of the Institute of Communication Studies as a forerunner in the social and political study of modern communication and technology, the centre conducts, facilitates and promotes collaborative research in digital citizenship.

• Macintosh, Ann

• Mikroyannidis, Alexander
• Coleman, Stephen
• Englefield, Lisa
• Macintosh, Ann
• Moss, Giles

• Deliberation