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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/

On 7-8 May 2026, the international workshop 'Accessing Data with the Data Act' took place at the beautiful Poblenou campus of the Universitat Pompeu FabraLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window in Barcelona. During this interdisciplinary event, participants with diverse backgrounds in law, computer science, data visualisation and social studies of technology came together to learn about the EU's Data Act and to explore how it can be deployed to investigate and intervene in digital societies

Prof Helwig Hauser from University of Bergen will be visiting Warwick on 5 June 2026 and will be giving a talk titled "Visual Data Science for rich simulation data". The talk will be a hybrid event and will take place physically at the Faculty of Arts Building in the room FAB 2.31. The talk will start at 1:15pm and we have reserved 90 minutes including the discussions.

The 2026 RISCS Impact Prize was awarded to Matt Spencer for his policy analysis on the future of cyber security product assurance and the socio-technical factors involved in the implementation of the National Cyber Security Centre's Principles Based Assurance regime.

A new article by Raymond Hyma (Monash GPSC; Warwick PAIS) and Javier García Martínez (Warwick CIM; Monash School of Social Sciences) has been published in Action ResearchLink opens in a new window.

Titled “Still in the Thick of it: A Duoethnographic Account Navigating and Challenging the Institutional PhD Through Participatory and Action-Oriented Research”, the article reflects on what it means to pursue participatory and action-oriented research from within the institutional context of the PhD.

Using a duoethnographic approach, the authors write from the middle of their doctoral journeys rather than looking back retrospectively. The article explores the possibilities, tensions, compromises, and forms of support that emerge when participatory commitments encounter the structures of doctoral education; including ethics review, authorship conventions, supervisory relationships, institutional timelines, and the challenge of sustaining relational research practices within academic constraints.

In doing so, the paper contributes to wider conversations about how doctoral research might be reimagined as a space for collective learning, methodological experimentation, and institutional transformation.

Hyma, R., & García Martínez, J. (2026). Still in the thick of it: A duoethnographic account navigating and challenging the institutional PhD through participatory and action-oriented research. Action Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/14767503261443972.

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.