Horizon Blog

Unpacking the Recurrent Value of Digitally Augmented FMCGs halfway point

Our early work exploring Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) snack products and the rituals of consuming food highlighted some distinct themes: Eating together promotes commensality benefits and social bonding. Snacking […]


The Future Machine – upcoming event

The Future Machine is a long term art/research project supported by Horizon Digital Economy Research, the Mixed Reality Lab, UoN Smart Products Beacon, Arts Council England and Furtherfield Gallery. The […]


Trends and Challenges for the moderation of end-to-end encrypted communication in Zimbabwe

Trends and Challenges for the moderation of end-to-end encrypted communication in Zimbabwe was funded through a Global Challenges Research Fund award. We were delighted to partner with the Harare Institute […]


Unravelling Layers of Meaning: Relics in Contemporary Discourse

Written by Dr Emma McClaughlin Hybrid Relics is a Horizon Agile Round 3 project, which focusses on musical instruments, and secular, and religious relics to consider social computing and the creation […]


An update on EFRESH

We are a few months into the EFRESH project and are embarking on our initial data collection. We are looking for a range of people to interview, so please read […]