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Biology, data science and the making of precision education

Generating insights into the ways biological and data sciences are becoming new sources of knowledge in technological societies.

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Centre for Early Mathematics Learning

Exploring the cognitive, emotional, social, and environmental factors influencing the development of children’s maths skills.

Practitioner networks and digital inclusion for higher education in sub-Saharan Africa

Creating practitioner networks and digital capacity building for universities in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Data Education in Schools

Developing data literacy and data citizenship skills to learners ages 3-18 years old

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Annual report 2024

Find out about our research community, projects, publications and work with the Edinburgh Futures Institute in 2023-2024

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MSc Digital Education

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How technology, culture, learning and policy intersect within research and practice in digital education.

Events

Colm O’Neill: Ruinous EdTech – higher education and computing's excesses

11 Dec 2025

Seminar

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Using decolonial computing to understand the environmental and political impacts of modern ed-tech.

Araba Sey: Connections and disconnections in technological visions for development in sub-Saharan Africa

22 Jan 2026

Seminar

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Discussing how connections and disconnections in critical ecosystems influence the achievement of technological visions.

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News

3 Dec 2025	Recording available: Exploring hybrid teaching through a lens of choreography	Watch the recording of the seminar "Exploring hybrid teaching through a lens of choreography" with James Lamb, Joe Noteboom and Jen Ross as speakers.
27 Nov 2025	2025 Position Statement on Critical Edtech Studies (ECCES Report)	Read the 2025 Position Statement on Critical EdTech Studies by the organising committee of the European Conference on Critical Edtech Studies (ECCES).
27 Nov 2025	New Children & Technology projects	Discover four new exciting projects led by Professor Andrew Manches.
20 Nov 2025	Call for Contributions: Shaping (Better) Educational and Societal Futures through and with Critical Edtech Research	Colleague Ben Williamson and international colleagues are accepting contributions for the 2026 ECCES Futuring Studio, titled "Shaping (Better) Educational and Societal Futures through and with Critical Edtech Research“ to be held in Hamburg.
20 Nov 2025	Welcoming a Centre Visitor in January: Dr Araba Sey	Dr Araba Sey will visit the Centre for a two-week research stay in January 2026. Her visit will also include a hybrid research seminar in our series.
20 Nov 2025	Call for Studentship Applications: Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing	Applications are open for the 2026 UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Responsible and Trustworthy in-the-world Natural Language Processing studentships.

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The Centre for Research in Digital Education is based in the Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and conducts research, knowledge exchange and consultancy in key areas including digital education pedagogy and policy, open education, children and technology, learning analytics and museum learning.

Engagement

We work with many partner universities as well as policymakers, the cultural heritage sector, schools and other public and private sector organisations. Our partners value us for our critical approach to learning, teaching and technology in formal and informal education, and for the ways in which we combine our research with world-leading practice in digital education.

Research across the Centre