Registration is now open for Generated/-ive Futures, the DIGSUM Symposium, taking place 6–7 October 2026 at Umeå University. Join Sarah Pink, Helen Kennedy, Gabriele de Seta and around thirty other speakers for two days of discussions on generative AI and societal futures.

DIGSUM welcomes you back to the seminar series celebrating a decade of interdisciplinary digital scholarship at Umeå University. Throughout the year, DIGSUM will host monthly seminars, starting off the semester with two interesting seminars in September.

Call for Papers for the 2027 edition of the Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries (DHNB) conference, hosted by Umeå University, March 1–5, 2027.

On Monday the 7th of September, Humlab will host a talk on “Imagining Companionship: AI, Robots, and the Future of Intimacy in Japan” held by Hirofumi Katsuno, Doshisha University.

On Thursday the 28th of May DIGSUM will host the final seminar for this semester. In this seminar Daniela Jaramillo-Dent, University of Zürich, will talk about “Platformed visual (Im)mobilities”.

DIGSUM is pleased to announce its 2026 symposium, Generated/-ive Futures, taking place at Umeå University on 6–7 October 2026. The symposium forms part of the centre's tenth anniversary programme, marking a decade of interdisciplinary research on digital technology and society at Umeå University.

We are seeking contributions to a special issue of JDSR (Journal of Digital Social Research, jdsr.io) on the topic of digital darkside.

DIGSUM researcher Samuel Merrill is featured in a new Umeå University article on how Sweden's international image is being reshaped in digital environments ahead of the 2026 general election.

On Thursday the 23rd of April DIGSUM will host a seminar as part of the new seminar series. In this seminar Paul Schmidt, Umeå University, will talk about “Quantity, Repetition and Affect - The Making of Security on Social Media”.

On Thursday the 26th of March the Centre for Digital Social Research (DIGSUM) will host the second seminar in a new seminar series. In the second seminar Silvia Caretta, Uppsala University, will talk about “Inside Europe’s shift in platform governance”.

On Thursday the 26th of February the Centre for Digital Social Research (DIGSUM) will host the first seminar in a new seminar series. In the first seminar Belma Isakovic, Örebro University, will talk about “Technology-facilitated sexual violence against adolescent and young-adult women”.

On Thursday the 5th of March, Humlab and the Department of Education at Umeå University will host a talk on “Rethinking inclusive (digital) education through convivial technologies: lessons from the pandemic” held by Julie Allan, University of Birmingham.

To celebrate the ten year anniversary of DIGSUM, the research centre will throughout the year host monthly seminars featuring leading researchers, emerging scholars, and invited speakers working at the intersection of digital technology and society.

DIGSUM’s research group in Digital Sociology has recently appointed Marina Shturmina as a new PhD student.

DIGSUM researcher Moa Eriksson Krutrök recently participated in an expert workshop organized by the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT) at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Sevilla.

Earlier this autumn, DIGSUM held its yearly symposium. This year’s theme was Digital Darkside: Crime and Control in Online Spaces.

DIGSUM director Simon Lindgren will speak this week at the regional digitalisation conference Mötesplats Digitala Västerbotten where he will discuss why organisations and communities need to build a more critical dialogue around digitalisation and AI.

On the 3rd of December the EC2U Think Tank will take place at Umeå University bringing together academia, citizens, Umeå Kommun, Folkuniversitetet Umeå, and other key actors in discussions about Equitable and Universal Access to Education.

We are looking for a new PhD student to join our research group in Digital Sociology. The project focuses on how digital technologies – especially social media and artificial intelligence – affect the conditions for political communication, mobilisation and power in today's society.

The DIGSUM Centre for Digital Social Research at Umeå University, in collaboration with the Swedish Research Council (VR), invites everyone interested to a 2-day symposium on 18-19 September 2025 to explore how crime and control are reshaped in a digital society.