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Welcome to the newsletter of the Irish Institute of Digital Business (IIDB). Our aim is to keep you up to date on news, research and events happening within the research institute.
In this newsletter, we will review activities and achievements from June to September 2021, and highlight upcoming events. We also provide digital business commentary and insights of relevance for industry.
If you work in industry and wish to explore potential collaborative opportunities with the IIDB then please email mark.cummins@dcu.ie. Information on our new applied research lab structure, comprising finLAB, learningLAB, subculturesLAB, trustLAB, and workLAB can be found on our website here.
Kind Regards,
Professor Mark Cummins
Director
The Irish Institute of Digital Business
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The Irish Institute of Digital Business closes partnership with TU Collins College of Business
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Collins College of Business at The University of Tulsa (TU) and the Irish Institute of Digital Business (IIDB) have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote research-focused cooperation and exchanges between their faculty, administrative staff, departments and research institutions.
This agreement, which covers an initial five years, sets the groundwork for a collaborative relationship between the Collins College of Business and the IIDB via the creation of dotLAB Midwest at TU. This will be the first dotLAB network member in North America, while other members are in Brazil, France, Italy and Slovenia.
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'Accounting in a Social Context' in '21st Century Approaches to Management & Accounting Research'
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IIDB member, Orla Feeney wrote a chapter entitled Accounting in a Social Context in an open access book called ‘21st Century Approaches to Management & Accounting Research’. The chapter calls for a deeper understanding of the relationship between accounting and big data, AI and sustainability.
The chapter moves beyond normative assertions and suggestions of how things ought to be. Future research in accounting must acknowledge that boundaries shift and alter in time and space. ‘The realm of the measurable’ is expanding (Quattrone, 2016, p. 120) with the result that research approaches characterised by epistemological diversity, framed in psychology, sociology or organisational theory will provide a fresh perspective in examining the evolution of accounting in a less static way.
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Tackling Online Hate in Football
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We are pleased to announce that Gary Sinclair, Theo Lynn and Pierangelo Rosati won a joint funding award from the Irish Research Council and the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council for an innovative digital humanities project.
The project entitled 'Tackling Online Hate in Football' will explore the potential of digital technologies to transform understanding of online hate. It aims to show how online practices and experiences have the potential to shape and influence our perceptions of matters concerning racism, sexism and sectarianism. Through analysis of online discourses, it will identify flashpoints and strategies for social media companies, policymakers and campaigners to tackle hate crime, identity politics and communication in a digital age.
Researchers will work with partners to develop educational workshops, policies and specific machine learning procedures in which to identify and combat online hate on social media.
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Gary Sinclair
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How to tackle online hate, abuse and racism in football
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IIDB member Gary Sinclair produced an article for RTÉ on how to tackle online hate, abuse and racism in football.
Gary is part of a team of researchers from Ireland and the UK funded by Irish Research Council and the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council to study this issue in collaboration with sporting and fan organisations. The project will focus on how digital technologies can transform understanding of online abuse, revealing the extent/nature of online hate speech in football over the last 15 years.
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Examining & Managing the Spread of Vaccination Misinformation on Twitter
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A study by Gary Sinclair, Pierangelo Rosati, Theo Lynn and Antonia Egli titled 'Questionable Views Shared in Interesting Times: Examining & Managing the Spread of Vaccination Misinformation on Twitter' investigates and examines the spread of vaccination misinformation on Twitter. The study was presented at the 2021 Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference.
In comparing the #antivaxx discourse on Twitter pre-and during COVID-19, this research analyses the development of an online dialogue over time. It argues that the adverse impacts of false information on social media can be mitigated by better understanding the human and non-human identities, networks, and discourses of those who aim to exert influence online, particularly with respect to vaccination.
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Bad Robot: COVID-19 #antivaxx Discourse on Twitter
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A study by Gary Sinclair, Pierangelo Rosati, Theo Lynn and Antonia Egli titled 'Bad Robot: A Preliminary Exploration of the Prevalence of Automated Software Programmes and Social Bots in the COVID-19 #antivaxx Discourse on Twitter ' examines how automated attempts to manipulate or deceive the public by spreading false information on social media have adverse effects within the online COVID-19 vaccination discourse.
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SEVERE Erasmus Student Conference on Social Enterprise: Nobel Laureate, Muhammad Yunus, gives Keynote Address
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IIDB’s Peter Robbins and PI for SEVERE in Ireland organised the Erasmus Student Conference on Social Enterprise this year.
SEVERE is a new Erasmus+ project funded by the EU in 2020. SEVERE emphasises the use of international teams, from different disciplinary backgrounds, working across geographies but using technology to enhance their collective impact on wicked problems in Europe.
DCU hosted the SEVERE conference in September which brought together 10 students from Montpelier, Barcelona, Florence, Porto and Glasgow as well as 10 from DCU. Add in 3 faculty members from each partner university and we welcomed around 75 people to the Business school for the week.
DCU President, Daire Keogh welcomed delegates and the highlight of the week was undoubtedly the Keynote Address, given by Nobel Laureate - Muhammad Yunus. But the conference also had contributions from exciting social enterprises and NGOs from all over Europe.
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dotLAB Radio is a podcast series brought to you by the IIDB and DCU Business School. The series explores how digital technologies are transforming business and society. Throughout the series, we meet business leaders, innovators, and experts from a wide range of industries and discipline areas and find out how the leaders and learners of today, can position themselves to succeed in the industries of tomorrow.
Our episodes include:
- Transforming the digital delivery of mental health care
Featuring Ken Cahill, CEO and co-founder of SilverCloud Health, the world's leading digital mental health platform.
- The Irish start-up experince: PeachLean & FizFit.
Featuring Fiona O'Carroll, COO at PeachyLean, and Gary Twohig, Founder and Managing Director of FizFit.
- Sustainability and the circular economy in construction : How the RINNO project aims to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. Featuring Patrick Haughey, joined by Joseph Kilroy (Policy and Public Affairs Manager, and Dr Mohamad Kassem.
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