BT Group is the UK’s leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. They also provide managed telecommunications, security and network and IT infrastructure services to customers across 180 countries. Their partnership with the Centre for Sociodigital Futures offers BT Group an exciting opportunity to collaborate on developing best practice in shaping the digital future in a way that considers social and economic equality, supporting their research agenda. 

“This Centre is a unique proposition and marks a critical shift forward to recognise both social and technical processes of technology development” Carol Fletcher, Head of Academic and Research Partnerships, BT.

HM Government’s Department for Environmental and Rural Affairs is responsible for improving and protecting the environment and aims to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities.

“Sociodigital questions are pervasive across our work and it is strategically critical for Defra to become futures literate in this area. The Centre for Sociodigital Futures brings together theory, methods, substantive expertise and practice, across disciplines and sectors, and will enable us to shift away from the stubborn focus on technology alone to recognise the embedding of social and technical processes. Working as your partner is a decisive and exciting move for Defra, giving us a forefooted position in influencing how the sociodigital interfolds with the ecological” Phil Tovey, Head of Futures, Defra

Locality supports local community organisations to be strong and successful, offering specialist advice, peer learning opportunities and campaigning with members for a fairer society.

"Through our work with members and their beneficiaries, we see the incredible benefits of digital technology in bringing communities together. However, we also see the real-life impact on those left behind by digital advances. We are acutely aware that the fairer society we want can only be achieved if we find ways to bridge the digital divide and create sociodigital futures that are accessible and welcoming to all. Our partnership with ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures puts us at the forefront of the fight for a fairer sociodigital future”. Tony Armstrong, Chief Executive, Locality

Maybe* is a social media analytics company, that works with organisations to support engagement with customers, clients, and the public.

“The Centre for Sociodigital Futures will support the development of our methodologies and drive informed debate about how to use (and avoid the mis-use) of social media data for robust, and increasingly important social insights, with far-reaching benefits. This will be of significant value to Maybe*” Polly Barnfield OBE, Director

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is commited to helping to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.