We combine expertise in web science, data science and artificial intelligence to study the relationship between society and the largest information system in history: the World Wide Web.
The web has transformed our business practices, the way we interact socially and our cultural expression. We explore the challenges and opportunities it brings to society, from issues around privacy and data to the notion of trust in artificial intelligence. Our researchers collaborate across social, computational and natural sciences, humanities, medicine, health, business and law. We coordinate the University's membership of The Alan Turing Institute.
We established the research area of web science to study this ecosystem that we have created, and to understand how machines and people are working together collectively.
Web science continues to expand, and now includes the role of data in society and the development of human-centred AIs.
Work on trust, bias and effective governance within AI and web science is central to what we’re doing.
Web Science Institute
Building 32
University of Southampton
Highfield Campus
Southampton
SO17 1BJ