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The Digital Futures Commission
The Digital Futures Commission (DFC) is an exciting research collaboration of unique
organisations that invites innovators, policymakers, regulators, academics and civil
society to unlock digital innovation in the interests of children and young people. It seeks
to put the needs of children and young people into the minds and workplans of digital
innovators, business, regulators and governments. It calls for a critical examination of
how children’s lives are being reconfigured by innovation to reimagine the digital world
in value-sensitive ways that uphold rights and take practical steps to meet children’s
needs.
The DFC research team, led by Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE, has three work
streams: play in a digital world, beneficial uses of education data, and guidance for
innovators. Each is informed by the voices of children and underpinned by research and
outputs geared toward real-world change for children.
Commissioners
David Halpern, Chief Executive, Behavioural Insights Team
Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE, Founder and Chair, 5Rights Foundation
Ansgar Koene, Global Al Ethics and Regulatory Leader, EY
Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Helen Margetts OBE, The Alan Turing Institute
Professor Mark Mon-Williams, University of Leeds
Professor Dorothy Monekosso, Durham University
Professor Brian O’Neill, Technological University Dublin
Michael Preston, Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center, Sesame Workshop
Anna Rafferty, Vice President, Digital Consumer Engagement, The LEGO Group
Dee Saigal, Co-Founder and CEO, Erase All Kittens
Farida Shaheed, Shirkat Gah, Women’s Resource Centre
Roger Taylor, Open Data Partners
Adrian Woolard, Head of BBC’s Research & Development |