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The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization (Diverse CDT) is a pioneering, fully funded four-year PhD programme jointly delivered by City St George’s, University of London and the University of Warwick.

Applications for PhD studentships with Diverse CDT are now open for 2026 entry.

We have rolling deadlines across several months and the first deadline for submitting an application is 4pm, GMT on 30th January 2026.

Further details here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/apply-to-study/phd-programmes/diverse-cdt/

Science Granting Councils (SGCs) are pivotal boundary organisations in African research and innovation systems, mediating between government, academia and industry. This brief explores experiences of SGCs in 15 sub-Saharan African countries.

New paper by Robert Fletcher (Department of History, University of Missouri) and Greg McInerny (CIM, University of Warwick).

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02637758251406487

CIM's Matt Spencer has published two new open access papers exploring interdisciplinarity in cyber security.

The embeddedness of security: Theorising quality uncertainty in markets for secure software

Critical interdisciplinary cybersecurity: Thinking through securing, thinking through fixing

The first, in the conference proceedings for the New Security Paradigms Workshop (NSPW), explores opportunities to bring a sociological framing to bear on security economics; the second, in Information, Communication and Society introduces a Special Issue focused on 'the fix' as a trope for interdisciplinary cyber security.

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Join us for a research talk by Prof Simone StumpfLink opens in a new window from University of Glasgow with the title "Why we can’t have nice things – the important role of Responsible AI" on Tuesday, January 13^th 2026, 4pm - 5:30pm at the Social Sciences Building, Room S0.13.

Here is a brief abstract of the talk:

Many AI technologies are now being integrated into everyday life. However, how can we ensure that AI is ‘responsible’? In this talk, I will review current efforts at developing responsible AI, focusing on transparency, fairness and auditing, and offer suggestions at how we can improve approaches in this area.