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

Events

Signe Sophus Lai: Brokers of Digital Sovereignty - Infrastructural Dependencies in the AI-enabled Welfare State

10 Dec 2026

Seminar

Examining how local suppliers of public AI systems act as brokers between welfare states and Big Tech.

Masoumeh Iran Mansouri and David Bailey: The 'inevitable' socio-ecological damage of AI – and what we can do about it

1 Jan 2027

Seminar

***Please note the final date and venue for this talk will be posted shortly.*** Mapping the growing anti-AI movement to look beyond the 'inevitability narrative'.

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News

14 Oct 2026	Recording available: Governing AI in Higher Education	Exploring how human rights can meaningfully shape AI governance in higher education and research.
8 Oct 2026	Prof Sian Bayne on the Futures Conversations podcast	Listen to Prof Sian Bayne discuss transformation, challenges, and opportunities of digital technologies in the education landscape.
2 Sep 2026	Judy Robertson and Ben Williamson discuss the current research on GenAI in Education	Professor Judy Robertson and Dr Ben Williamson discuss the current research on generative AI in education.
31 Aug 2026	Mastercard Foundation Scholarship programme 2027/28	Prospective students from African countries are invited to apply for the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship programme to join our Digital Education MSc or PGDip.
25 Aug 2026	Future University events programme at Edinburgh Futures Institute	Join Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Future University events programme, a bold exploration of how universities can evolve to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
22 Jul 2026	Recording available: Professor Jen Ross's Inaugural Lecture	The recording of Jen Ross's Inaugural Lecture can now be streamed.

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The Centre for Research in Digital Education is based in the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Moray House School of Education and Sport at The University of Edinburgh. We research, teach and conduct knowledge exchange in areas relating to digital education including policy, practice, artificial intelligence and education futures.

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