Digital Politics Research Group
Hosted by POLSIS, the Digital Politics Research Group aims to bring together members across the College of Social Sciences and beyond with a research interest in areas of digital politics.
We understand ‘Digital Politics’ to cover a wide range of topics related to, for example, digital technologies, social media, everyday politics of the digital, political participation, contestation and other digital practices, new modes of surveillance, dis- and misinformation, and digital communities.
In particular, our aim is to establish an interdisciplinary, methodologically pluralist research group which will provide researchers with a space for collaborative exploration, networking, and sharing of best practices and challenges when it comes to methodology in this developing field of research.
Activities
Activities
We organise seminars, talks and reading groups of published and works in progress for internal and external audiences. Please get in touch with ideas if you are interested in presenting your work.
Previous events
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20.05.2026: Panel on 'Digital Politics in the Everyday' (co-organised with Prof Nicole Curato, DPAP), School of Government Research Conference
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05.05.2026: Practitioner talk with Dr Dima Saber (Executive Director Meedan), 'Digital Tools for the Public Interest'
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19.11.2025: Reading group meeting
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14.05.2025: Panel on 'Digital Politics', School of Government Research Conference
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26.03.2025: Group member presentations of work-in-progress on digital privacy on WhatsApp and critical AI studies
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29.10.2024: Informal Kick-off meeting
Convenors:
- Dr Lipika Kamra (Assistant Professor, POLSIS)
- Dr Verena K Brändle (Assistant Professor, POLSIS)
For more information, or to join the research group, please contact l.kamra@bham.ac.uk or v.k.brandle@bham.ac.uk