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New website launched to examine and tackle legal threats against journalists

The Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) has built a new site to provide information and training relating to Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs), launched to coincide with World Press Freedom Day 2026.
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Students from across the University develop interdisciplinary solutions to real-world problems at 'hackathon' event

The Data and Design Hackathon 2026 brought together 65 students from across disciplines to develop solutions to problems proposed by real organisations over three days, using the University’s cutting-edge computer labs.
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Pint of Science 2026 - "Media and War: Why do we need war correspondents?"

PhD student Antonia Assersen-Skadberg is presenting her research on war journalism as part of this year's Pint of Science programme, the world's largest public science festival held in venues across Sheffield.
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Major Information Systems conference to be held in Sheffield in April 2026

The UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) conference 2026 will be held in The Wave at The University of Sheffield this April, and will critically examine the role of technology in society.
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New project will examine the societal and ecological implications of AI in India and Mexico

Research from the Faculty of Social Sciences will look at the lived experience of communities living amidst the development of AI data centres and the extent to which sustainability features in two countries’ AI policies.
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UK's leading Information Literacy conference to be held in Sheffield this year

LILAC 2026 will be hosted by the School of Information, Journalism and Communication and the University Library, and will feature a keynote presentation from Senior Lecturer Sheila Webber.
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Why media were able to report the identities of Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor and Peter Mandelson as they were arrested

For The Conversation, Polly Rippon discusses privacy law in the UK, through the lens of the recent arrests of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson.

| Published by The Conversation
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A broader vision of open research is needed to include the arts, humanities and social sciences

The MORPHSS project team discuss the findings of a new report on open practices in the arts, humanities and social sciences for the LSE Impact blog, arguing that policymakers should embrace a wider range of open practices beyond outputs.

| Published by LSE Impact