Initial research questions
- How can technology deepen human understanding rather than merely increase communication?
- What does it mean to be known in a digital age?
- How will AI change human relationships and identity?
- How can Africa shape the next generation of human-centred technology rather than simply consume technologies designed elsewhere?
- Why can people be increasingly connected while still feeling lonely or misunderstood?
Research programmes
Human connection and belonging
The conditions that help people feel understood, recognised and able to belong.
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How intelligent technology changes communication, trust, intimacy, agency and identity.
Explore Programme being establishedTechnology and society in Africa
How African contexts can shape human-centred technological futures.
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