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Read the first report from this programme of work, Epistemic Security 2029: Fortifying the UK’s information supply chain to tackle the democratic emergency. 2024 was dubbed the “year of democracy”, a super election year in which, by some counts, half the...
In Summer 2023, JRF’s innovative new Insight Infrastructure team commissioned CASM, the digital research unit at the cross-party think tank Demos, to complete an exploratory project examining how people with lived experiences of financial hardship are talking about their experiences...
We’ve tried something new. At JRF we are exploring how to make greater contributions to the generation of better and timely insights on poverty, social and economic inequalities, by adopting an ‘infrastructure’ mindset. One of the key aspects of our...
What have you done today? You have (probably) woken up, eaten breakfast, and got ready for work – taking a quick look at your calendar to see what’s ahead. You might have checked the news, and you’ll almost certainly have seen...
Multi-award winning journalist and author James Ball has joined Britain’s leading cross-party think tank Demos as a Fellow. James has worked as the global editor of TBIJ, a special correspondent at BuzzFeed UK and special projects editor at The Guardian,...
Strengthening Information Environments 2023 This programme looks at how we can build a more healthy, resilient and sustainable information environment for citizens in support of their democratic and digital rights. It is led by CASM at Demos. Digitalisation and the...
This is a time of existential change, and technology has a role in it all. Climate change is accelerating, while blockchain technologies outstrip the carbon footprint of entire countries. Global violence is fuelled by disinformation online, from the Russian attacks...
With the publication of the Online Safety Bill, it has been a landmark few weeks for platform regulation. What is stated in the Bill now is supposed to keep us safe not just on the internet as we know it,...
‘Data’ is everywhere. A day doesn’t go by without a news story of how it is changing our lives: new businesses, new ways of working, new products, new crime. But despite the data revolution, it’s easy to feel detached. The...
