Digital Footprints Conference 2027

To celebrate five years since the inaugural Digital Footprints Conference, the International Society for the Study of Digital Footprints (ISSDF) is delighted to announce that Digital Footprints 2027 will return to Bristol, hosted by the University of Bristol, on 10-13th May 2027 (Monday to Thursday).

You can find full and updated information about the conference, and how to submit an abstract here: https://digifootprints.co.uk/digital-footprints-2027/

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Digital footprints research explores how the traces we leave through our digital activities can help us understand people, behaviour and society. From health and social sciences to economics, geography and public policy, the field offers exciting opportunities to generate insights, develop new methods and address real-world challenges.

Programme 

This year's conference will focus on Transforming Health for People and Planet, broadly covering the following areas: 

• People: physical and mental health, wellbeing, health inequalities, behaviours and the social determinants of health.  

• Planet: environmental sustainability, climate change, sustainable consumption, mobility and the relationship between environmental conditions and human health. 

• Enabling research: digital data methods, linkage, validation, ethics, governance, public engagement and policy applications that support these aims. 

While the theme will provide a focus for the conference, we welcome contributions from across the full breadth of digital footprints research, including innovative data sources and research exploring the opportunities and challenges of using digital data. We also welcome methodological and interdisciplinary contributions addressing the collection, linkage, analysis, validation and ethical use of digital footprint data.

Registration 

Registration fees include access to all conference days, refreshments and food throughout the conference, a welcome drink on Monday and conference reception with food on Wednesday.

You can register as a non-member, or you can sign up for the ISSDF membership for the year May 2027 to May 2028 (£50) and register as a member.

Early bird (until 19th of March): 

Standard (sales finish 26th of April): 

Discounted tickets. We recognise that financial barriers to conference attendance affect not only Early Career Researchers. If you are unable to attend because of funding constraints, or because your personal circumstances (for example, needing to bring a family member or carer) would raise your costs beyond what your institutional funding can cover, you may apply for a discounted ticket. To do so, please contact the organisers in advance at df-conference2027@bristol.ac.uk and explain your situation. Please note that the number of discounted tickets is limited, and the organising committee will review each request on a case-by-case basis. Applications are only accepted before the Early Bird ticket deadline. 

ISSDF membership

Membership offers the opportunity to: 

• Vote in society committee elections, 

• Participate in society events; 

• Stand for a leadership role within the society; 

• Contribute to the development of the society and its activities. 

Further details will be discussed at the conference during the first society meeting.

If you don’t want to become a member but would like to follow the news from Society, you can also sign up for the ISSDF newsletter here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?SUBED1=ISSDF&A=1