Digital World Research Centre

The Digital World Research Centre (DWRC) carries out new media innovation projects with social benefit. To do this we conduct interdisciplinary research into new media platforms, content and experiences. We also strive to commercialise and apply the findings of our research in society.

Our current research projects

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Creative dementia network
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Sound wellbeing in later life

Our staff members

Dr Stephen Fay

Senior Lecturer & Director of the Digital World Research Centre

I am a Medical Humanities scholar who combines expertise in Hispanic literatures with innovative research into digital creative therapies for people with dementia in Latin America and the UK. In 2019 (with support from the Global Challenges Research Fund) I established the UK鈥檚 first research collaboration with the world-leading Antioquia Neuroscience Group (GNA) in Colom...
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News

Swansea University Bay Campus

19 OCT 2023

David Frohlich wins MASI Visiting Fellowship

Magic bookmark in centrefold of climate change book

03 MAY 2022

Digital World Research Centre鈥檚 magic bookmark brings climate change book to life

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01 OCT 2021

The Next Generation Paper Markets project finishes with a flourish

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