Research Areas
Faculty members research a wide range of topics and often collaborate together in interdisciplinary research areas:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Creative, Making and Artistic Practices
- Critical Theory and Social Critique
- Cultural Memory and Heritage
- Data and Society
- Design Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
- Gender, Race and Sexuality
- Global, Transnational and Comparative Studies
- Health Informatics
- Human-Computer Interaction
Research News
Crosstalk Series 2024-25
Join the Faculty of Information’s Crosstalk Series, an informal weekly speaker series in which two faculty members discuss their current research, look for common themes and answer questions from the audience. Learn about diverse research in the field of Information, uncover ‘hidden’ connections and encourage crossectoral collaboration within the Faculty. All students, staff and faculty […]
Faculty of Information at ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Faculty of Information professors and students will have a strong presence at the 27th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW) taking place in San José, Costa Rica next week (November 9-13). CSCW is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and […]
Making tech more like bikes, less like SUVs
Professor Christoph Becker recently participated in a panel discussion entitled “The Tech We Want is Sustainable for People and the Planet”. You can see Becker and other panel members starting at 3:54:50.
DCDI Conference tackles data challenges in humanities and social sciences
Media Release: The Dublin Core Data Institute (DCDI) will hold its inaugural international conference on October 19th, bringing together scholars from the humanities, social sciences and data science to foster collaboration on open data use in research. As data becomes increasingly integral to the humanities and social sciences, researchers face unique challenges in developing and […]
Research Events
Research Institutes
The Faculty of Information is home to three interdisciplinary research hubs – the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI), the Digital Curation Institute (DCI), and the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCT). These institutes are advancing our understanding of the complex relationship between information and society: from KMDI’s pursuit of social justice through human-centered design to CCT’s critical and arts-based approaches exploring how contemporary media shape the human experience to DCI’s investigations of the principles, theories, technologies, and tools related to the creation, management, and preservation of digital resources for future use. Visit the individual institute pages to find out more.
Research Partnerships
Along with the unique opportunities for interdisciplinary research offered within the Faculty of Information, the Faculty, as well as its professors and students, are affiliated with a wide range of academic initiatives, networks and institutes at the University of Toronto. These include:
Faculty of Information researchers also collaborate with a wide range external partners and community organizations. A few examples are:
Student Research
Recent Doctoral dissertations and Master’s theses reflect how graduate students take advantage of the interdisciplinary nature of the Faculty of Information. The wide variety of student research is also reflected in the profiles of current PhD students