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Prof Jo Wood’s election analysis is front-page news

BallotMap showing name-ordering bias in elected councillors

Jo Wood, Professor of Visual Analytics at City St George’s and one of Diverse CDT’s Co-Investigators, has analysed the voting patterns across London in the recent council elections. He revealed a bias, based on where candidates are located on the ballot paper – with some parties showing consistently more name bias than others. Voters could […]

“You, Me and the Vis PhD” at EuroVIS 2026

Decorative image showing the words "you, me and the data vis PhD"

Diverse CDT’s Co-Directors, Jason Dykes and Cagatay Turkay, will be hosting the PhD Education Track at EuroVIS 2026 in Nottingham. “You, Me and the VIS PhD” will allow students and staff and involved in PhD Education to connect, share best practice and develop ideas for the future.  We hope it will be a fun and […]

Diverse CDT holds its first Supervisor Orientation Workshop

City St George's staff attend Diverse CDT's Supervisor Orientation Workshop

On 30 April, City St Georges colleagues learned about Diverse CDT’s innovative approach to PhDs. This included an explanation of the PhD by component approach, as well as an interactive session on data visualization. The content covered included – How City St George’s staff could benefit from being a Diverse CDT supervisor The role of […]

Diverse CDT Ambleside Residential

Photograph of Lake Windermere with a bright blue sky

The Diverse CDT students and management team are spending the week on a residential in the Lake District. We are tapping firmly into the Diverse CDT core values of being “creative”, “collective” and “human” with a good dose of “playful” for good measure. Monday was a staff awayday and concentrated on the vision for Diverse […]

Empowering Women’s Stories: A Participatory Data Physicalisation Experience Session

Close up of the hands of two people assembling rose badges as part of International Women's Day visualization activities

11:00 – 12:00 GMT, Friday 13 March Ada Lovelace Room (A309), College Building, City St George’s, 280 St John Street, EC1V 4PB Diverse CDT students Ana, Sian, Tobi and Katie will be running a participatory data physicalisation (PDP) activity as part of ACM-W’s (Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing) International Women’s Day […]

Prof. Till Nagel visits Diverse CDT to meet the students

Head and shoulders photograph of Professor Till Nagel

Last Thursday, Professor Till Nagel of Technische Hochschule Mannheim visited City St George’s and was able to meet and talk to the students of Diverse CDT. Till is a member of Diverse CDT’s Independent Advisory Board (IAB) so it was a terrific opportunity for him to get a first-hand view of the incredible talent we […]

Diverse CDT Present Innovations at EPSRC Directors meeting

Graphical representation of 1978 global CO2 emissions by country

Diverse CDT were invited to reveal key aspects of its innovative approach at the EPSRC’s annual meeting of CDT Directors yesterday. Principle Investigator, Stephanie Wilson, and Centre Manager, Nicola Kirkby, shared their reflections on innovations in Diverse CDT with Centre Directors from across the UK at the EPSRC’s CDT Directors Meeting in Birmingham. One of […]

Upcoming Event: “What is Data Vis?”

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Thursday 5th March, 15:00 to 17:00 GMT The modern world is swimming in data, but our brains often need help to interpret what really lies within. Data visualization reveals hidden patterns and trends, turning the unintelligible into the comprehensible. It has enormous potential for wide impact, providing key insights that unlock solutions to diverse challenges from the local to the global.  […]