British Academy Digital Inclusion Network Building case study (Qualitative)

This qualitative case study sets out to build a better understanding of network building<br>among organisations that are involved in providing digital inclusion activities to reduce digital<br>poverty. Centred around a specific digital inclusion network, this case study will<br>interview key stakeholders to understand drivers, barriers and best practices to creating<br>such networks, thus gaining insights on the developing digital inclusion networks and<br>mapping digital poverty growing trends in the country. Results will inform UK regional<br>organisations’ practices for establishing effective digital inclusion networks in post-pandemic<br>and cost of living crisis times. It will also provide recommendations for national policies to<br>support and invest in digital inclusion for the delivery of public objectives in ways that<br>alleviate rather than exacerbate inequalities, and to increase the future resilience and<br>sustainability of digital inclusion provision. Theoretically, this research builds on the literature<br>on contextual conditions to digital access and adoption.<br>Ethics Application number: 052467