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Partnering with DDI
We work with a wide range of partners to help deliver our mission of advancing human dignity in the digital age through rigorous research and principled policy.
Impact through collaboration
Our interdisciplinary research on digital rights, platform governance, and algorithmic accountability is strengthened by partnership. As the Digital Dignity Institute, we bring together perspectives from law, political science, sociology, and ethics to produce work that is both theoretically grounded and policy-relevant.
We collaborate with industry, government, civil society, and international bodies. A strong culture of collaboration is central to the success of DDI — offering access to data, expertise, and networks that enable our work to make a meaningful real-world impact.
Collaborations
We work with a wide range of organisations to help deliver our mission of advancing digital dignity through rigorous research and principled policy.
Government & Public Sector
Research partnerships with policymakers to develop evidence-based digital rights legislation, algorithmic accountability standards, and governance frameworks.
Industry & Technology
Strategic partnerships with technology companies seeking to embed ethical design principles and human rights standards into products and practices.
Universities & Research
Cross-institutional research collaborations exploring digital governance, AI ethics, platform accountability, and the political economy of technology.
International & Civil Society
Partnerships with international organisations, NGOs, and advocacy groups to advance global digital rights and strengthen accountability mechanisms.
What makes a good partnership?
We have six principles for our partnerships. These guide how we collaborate and ensure every partnership delivers meaningful impact.
- Tackle the hardest challenges
We bring together diverse disciplines to develop solutions to critical digital rights and governance challenges that no single organisation could address alone.
- Generate public benefit
We ensure our collaborative work produces public knowledge, open-access publications, and policy-relevant findings that create sustainable social impact.
- Uphold the highest ethical standards
All research partnerships adhere to our commitment to human dignity, democratic accountability, and rigorous scholarly methodology.
- Make more progress together
We bring significant research institutions, civil society organisations, data scientists, and policymakers together to create impact at scale.
- Support diversity and inclusion
We actively seek partnerships that bring diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise to bear on questions of technology and society.
- Work with real-world evidence
We ground our collaborative research in real-world data, case studies, and empirical analysis to produce actionable findings.
Ways to engage
We have six principles for our partnerships. These guide how we collaborate and ensure every partnership delivers meaningful impact.
Research Study Groups
Join one of our interdisciplinary research study groups bringing together scholars from academia, civil society, and industry to explore emerging digital rights questions.
Opportunities at DDI
Explore fellowship programmes, visiting researcher positions, and collaborative projects that further the work of the Digital Dignity Institute.
Why Join the Movement for Digital Dignity?
These principles are not aspirational statements. They are operational commitments — they shape our research agenda, our partnerships, our communications, and our institutional culture. We hold ourselves publicly accountable to them.