The University of Edinburgh

Tourism, Technology & Data cluster

Tourism, Technology and Data Cluster Our research expertise lies in the investigation of the adoption and use of a range of technology tools in the tourism sector. Equipped with interdisciplinary research experience spanning multiple areas, such as digital marketing, statistics, big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, we aim to generate impactful research and […]

Centre for Technomoral Futures

Centre for Technomoral Futures The centre’s mission is to unify technical and moral knowledge in new models of research, education, design and engagement that directly serve the goals of sustainable, just and ethical innovation. Our current portfolio of activities, supported by an initial gift from the global investment firm Baillie Gifford, focuses upon the ethical […]

Entrepreneurship and innovation research group

Entrepreneurship and innovation research group Research within the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group focuses on innovative, growth-orientated entrepreneurship and the study of innovation surrounding new information and communication technologies.

Centre for Service Excellence

Centre for Service Excellence The Centre for Service Excellence is concerned with the management of services across the private and public sectors. Its research activity is clustered around four themes: Co-production and the co-creation of value in service delivery Innovation and change in service delivery Accountability and leadership in service businesses Transforming service delivery in […]

Digital Global Development Cluster

Digital Global Development Cluster The Digital Global Development cluster focuses on the role of digital technology in the context of international development and humanitarianism. It aims to build capacity in research collaboration across disciplines at the University of Edinburgh, while generating a fruitful exchange of ideas and research insights internationally. It is part of the Edinburgh […]

Media and Communications cluster

Media and Communications Cluster The Media and Communications cluster, part of Edinburgh Centre for Data Culture & Society,  investigate the rapidly changing role of data in communication, as well as digital media more broadly.

Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster

Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster The Digital Cultural Heritage cluster brings together researchers from across the University of Edinburgh who work on analysing, understanding and developing new approaches to the relationships between data, digital and cultural heritage.

Leadership, Organisations and Society

Leadership, Organisations and Society Research in the University of Edinburgh Business School making distinctive contributions to the debates on: Equality and inclusion Innovation and the future of work The creative industries Collective action and public life Strategic resilience

Centre for Research in Digital Education

Centre for Research in Digital Education The centre studies how technology, culture, learning and policy intersect within research and practice in digital education; focusing on four themes: Digital cultures, children and technology; data society; and data education in schools.

Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies

Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies Research in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) on social studies of information and communication technologies examines how ways of knowing and organising are transformed through the creation of infrastructures of computer-mediated communication and data-based decision making, and how society, organisations and individuals respond to these transformations.