Strategic Research Theme: Technology and Society
Technology and Society is one of the University of Surrey’s strategic research themes which have been defined to support the ambitious objectives for research excellence and impact.
What is the Technology and Society theme?
The Technology and Society theme, is a cutting-edge blend of Surrey research on the societal consequences of new and emerging technologies, critically interrogating the potentials, possibilities, ethics and consequences of technologies in human life.
Our people
Professor Ranjana Das
Theme champion
I am Professor in Media and Communication, in the Department of Sociology, at the University of Surrey. My research interests span families, parenting and parenthood, mental health, digital technologies and media audiences and users. For a flavour of what sort of things I am interested in - have a read of my new, 2022, Open Access paper in New Media and Society on this...
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Brand new from @TechSocSurrey is @CarlaBonina of @SurreyCoDE w her marvelous work on #OpenData #platform ecosystem… https://t.co/kl2u0d4r59
#Sustainable #showers you say? Brand new from @TechSocSurrey we've got @SHTMatSurrey's @ppereiradoel &… https://t.co/wlUKxjFoZq
A new spotlight frm @TechSocSurrey, we have a visiting scholar @Maria_Gretzky writing abt #digitalization… https://t.co/z8h3zUBWHw
Latest blog posts
02.12.21
Cultivating open data platform ecosystems to foster innovation in Latin America
Open data—data released by government in digital format, publicly available for anyone to use—is...
23.11.21
Sustainable showers
An innovative, smart device that provides real-time feedback during showers substantially reduces shower...