Horizon CDT Blog Posts

It’s Not All in the Small Print: Personal Placement Reflections Doing Work to Make Financial Agreements Easier to Understand

post by Ellie Colegate (2021 cohort)   For the last few months, I’ve spent time doing something most people avoid at all costs: reading and understanding credit agreements. No, my […]


Learning, Impact and Real Change: Jenn’s Placement with NDTi

post by Jenn Layton Annable (2021 cohort) The National Development Team for Inclusion (or NDTi for short) is a UK-based not-for-profit organisation, whose work includes research and evaluation within government […]


Presenting My Work in Europe: A First Time for Everything

post by Favour Borokini (2022 cohort) From January 27-31, I was in the Netherlands attending the Dutch-Flemish Law & Society Association (VSR) PhD Days for Empirical Legal Studies. During the […]


From Studio to PhD: Reflections on a Creative Research Placement at Blast Theory

post by Nicholas Tandavanitj (2023 cohort) Blast Theory is an artist group based in Portslade, near Brighton, that has been making interactive artwork since 1991. I have worked with the […]


Exploring Community, AI and Participation: Nick Tandavanitj’s Research on Rider Spoke

Nick Tandavanitj is a second-year PhD student at Horizon CDT. His research explores the relationship between technology, community and participatory art, with a focus on Blast Theory’s Rider Spoke. Nick’s […]