Research and Innovation

School of Health and Society

Digital Society

With scholars from fields including sociology, criminology, and health, our focus is to interpret and creatively respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing digitisation of industry, governance, and everyday life. Expertise in this theme relates to digital culture and (non)consumption, digital economies, digital games, digital health, digital methods, digital sports, the digitisation of work and theories of the digital society. Our members are involved in many international research networks relating to digital society and internet research, and have worked closely with numerous industry partners, which have included Salford City Council, the BBC, Purple Wifi, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Imperial War Museums, Camden Market, Alexandra Palace, the Royal Academy of Arts, and numerous others.

Click below to view research projects related to this research theme:

Sex, humor and risk in social media – the NSFW project


COVID Sex Lives



The Employment Dosage: how much work is needed for health and wellbeing? (2018-2020)
Digital Skills Passport


Exploring Social Media Preferences Among the Inflammatory Bowel Disease
SoMe Skills X – The learning of the future

Inclusive volunteering





 The Moral Maze of Food Bank Use




 Does local still matter? An evaluation of the importance of geographical locality for the delivery of remote support for older people in Salford
 Neoliberal welfare reforms and emergency food aid in the UK
 Poverty Premiums: Cost of Being Poor
 The Rural Diary Project