Research

After Money

If you change the representation of value, does it change the values that you can represent?

AfterMoney

BLING Mid-term Conference

BLING partners from Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland and Sweden present their latest use cases around blockchain. This conference is moderated by Hannah Rudman, researcher and blockchain expert at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC).

Block Exchange

Explore the future of value beyond money in a dynamic workshop activity, run by you! Design Informatics and Design In Action has created a workshop toolkit for anyone interested in exploring the rapidly developing area of Blockchain and DLTs

Blockchain City

Blockchain Technology and International Development workshop

Oxchain workshop on Blockchain and The Global South

CariCrop

CariCrop looks at the potential of blockchain technologies to support regional food production and trade in the Caribbean.

Chain Re:Action

A knowledge exchange day discussing feminist thinking and community economies with blockchain technologies

Chatty Factories

Our vision for the manufacturing factory of the future is to embrace the rapid growth of Internet-connected products via embedded sensors producing massive volumes of data, and transform these traditionally discrete activities into one seamless process that is capable of real-time continuous product refinement.

Chatty factory research press releases

Crypto-Knitting

Crypto-Knitting is a new collaboration between artist Ailie Rutherford and researcher Bettina Nissen exploring the potential of digital currencies in feminist economies

DAOWO Summit UK

DAOWO (Distributed Autonomous Organisations With Others) Summit UK facilitates cross-sector engagement with leading researchers and key artworld actors to discuss the current state of play and opportunities available for working with blockchain technologies in the arts.

Data Pipe Dreams: Glimpses of a Near Future

Glimpses of a Near Future

Data Play: Festival 2019

summer activities part of Edinburgh Fringe

DECaDE

DECaDE recognises this position and asks what can we do to transform this emerging future economy into one that is fair, that has appropriate governance, and maximises opportunites for everyone to create value. How can decentralised platforms enabled by emerging data-centric technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Ledgers and Blockchain transform our future economy – and the way we work, interact and create value.

DECaDE at Design Informatics | A 2021 update

Design Informatics Webinar – Blockchain NGO Panel

DI Webinar – Martijn de Waal

Geocoin Workshop

GeoPact

Huge benefits in transportation can be gained if Intelligent Transportation Systems such as automated vehicles are enabled to communicate between each other, and their surrounding infrastructure in ways that are simple, reliable, and widely acceptable for human operators. At the same time, it is imperative that the security and privacy of such communications are considered. This project will demonstrate the potential of distributed ledgers such as blockchain as a method of securing the integrity of such systems.

HCI for Blockchain

IoT in the Home: Writing and Acting the Future of Autonomous Energy Devices

Focus group

KASH Cups

Modern Human Presents Pizza Block

Pizza Block workshop with Decentralized Design Meet-up

Moneylab

One Day Workshop on Blockchain, Trust and Global Challenges

OxChain

Ox-Chain is a major research project between the Universities of Edinburgh, Northumbria and Lancaster, and research partners Oxfam, Zero Waste Scotland, Volunteer Scotland and WHALE Arts, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. It brings together experts in digital design, cryptography, business and international development. Through collaborative research, we will design a Blockchain for Oxfam to better support the circulation and re-circulation of valuable items within its business model – hence ‘Ox-Chain’.

Oxchain – Blockchain & the Global South symposium round up

Round up of the day's activities at the Blockchain and the Global South conference

Oxchain Workbooks

Research Seminar: Jonathan Rankin, Design Informatics

Jonathan Rankin from Design Informatics will talk about designing for speculative future visions.

Research Webinar – Marcus O’Dair

Research Webinar – Martin Kornberger

Smart Donations – OxChain Showcase

Smart Energy Wales: Consumer of the Future

Smart Energy GB is the campaign for a smarter Britain. It’s our task to help everyone in Great Britain understand smart meters, the national rollout and how to use their new meters to be cleaner and greener with their energy use.

Smart Transactions in Public Spaces

From communicating with loved ones to organising our finances, IoT technology enables us to perform an increasingly wide range of tasks on the move, and in a variety of public spaces.

Story blocks

Telling Tales of Engagement open until 23 February

Poetic expressions of smart donations with Oxfam