DEMOS

• Web I'm 64 (past) The expansion of the internet has distributed itself unevenly across the generations. Around 70% of people over 65 do not use the internet, compared to 30% of the overall population. Elderly people also experience some extreme forms of social exclusion; for example, 300,000 older people have gone a full month without speaking to family or neighbours.
  
  Will the ‘age based digital divide’ fade away or is it here to stay? The connections between old people‘s digital and social exclusion remain unclear. Exactly what does the internet do for old people? Can it help make for a better old age? Researchers: Celia Hannon Peter Bradwell 3 Bookmarks 10 Themes
• Children of Europa New Europe is not a place, it’s a young person. Committees, constitutions and commissions may hold Europe together as a political project, but it is people that hold it together as a cultural entity. This project will look at the aspirations of geographical Europe’s youngest generation, focusing particular on the way they make and exchange new-media with one another. Researchers: Celia Hannon Charlie Tims 250 BlogPosts 1775 Bookmarks 98 Themes
• User-led service design in Local Authorities (past) We're working with three local authorities: Lewisham, Knowsley and Bristol, to work out how change happens in local authorities. Researchers: Hannah Green Matthew Horne 1 BlogPost 46 Bookmarks 66 Themes
• Social Switchboards Researchers: Catherine Fieschi Charlie Tims 2 BlogPosts 14 Bookmarks 18 Themes
• Demos Projects on the 2012 London Olympics The Olympics are a reflection of the world that creates them - a heady mixture of optimism, unfullfilled expectations and collective global dreams. For cities they represent an unprecedented opportunity to reinvent themselves in buildings, events and social innovations. Researchers: Charlie Tims Joost Beunderman 2 BlogPosts 18 Bookmarks 14 Themes
• Cultural Diplomacy (past) Following the recent public diplomacy review, now seems like a good time to revisit what we mean by cultural diplomacy and the ways in which culture helps to deliver Britain’s foreign, developmental, and sustainability objectives. This project asks what this means for cultural institutions and whether they could play a role in fostering public debate and engagement. It also set out a new and practical framework for policy makers and practitioners in the UK and beyond. Researchers: John Holden Kirsten Bound 11 BlogPosts 4 Bookmarks 26 Themes
• Digital Curriculum - Their Space (past) The way young people use technology outside school is changing and so are the ways they learn. This project, funded by the NCSL, aims to explore how schools should respond to children's informal learning with digital media such as games consoles, the internet and mobile phones. Researchers: Celia Hannon Hannah Green 20 BlogPosts 100 Bookmarks 38 Themes

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