Transforming Health for People and Planet
10-13 May 2027 | We The Curious Science Centre | Bristol, UK
The International Society for the Study of Digital Footprints (ISSDF) is delighted to announce that the Digital Footprints Conference will return to Bristol from Monday 10 to Thursday 13 May 2027, marking five years since the inaugural conference.
Over the past five years, the field of digital footprints has continued to grow, bringing with it an emerging community of researchers using novel data sources to better understand people, behaviour and society. It is our hope that Digital Footprints 2027 will be a celebration of progress, and continue to showcase exciting ongoing research while exploring what comes next.
Transforming Health for People and Planet
This year’s conference will focus on Transforming Health for People and Planet, broadly covering the following areas:
- People: physical and mental health, wellbeing, health inequalities, behaviours and the social determinants of health.
- Planet: environmental sustainability, climate change, sustainable consumption, mobility and the relationship between environmental conditions and human health.
- Enabling research: digital data methods, linkage, validation, ethics, governance, public engagement and policy applications that support these aims.
While the theme will provide a focus for the conference, we welcome contributions from across the full breadth of digital footprints research, including innovative data sources and research exploring the opportunities and challenges of using digital data. We also welcome methodological and interdisciplinary contributions addressing the collection, linkage, analysis, validation and ethical use of digital footprint data.
Who should attend?
The conference welcomes a diverse community of researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, government, policymaking and the third sector, both who are working hands on with digital footprints data or want to learn what it this data bring into their organisation or community. So whether you are new to digital footprints or an expert, we welcome attendees of all backgrounds to join the conversation.
The conference is an opportunity to share ideas across disciplines and sectors, learn from others working with digital data, and develop collaborations that can help advance the field.
What to expect
Across four days, Digital Footprints 2027 will offer opportunities to:
- Share research and ideas through presentations, interactive sessions and discussions.
- Explore new methods for digital footprints data across a range of research areas.
- Build collaborations with researchers, practitioners and organisations working with digital data.
- Connect with the community through networking and social events.
- Celebrate emerging talent, with dedicated support for early-career researchers.
We are particularly keen to support early-career researchers through discounted registration fees, dedicated bursaries and prizes recognising research excellence. Further details will be announced alongside the conference programme.
Join us in Bristol
Bristol is home to a vibrant research community and a strong tradition of interdisciplinary collaboration. We look forward to welcoming both familiar faces and new members of the digital footprints community for four days of discussion, collaboration and knowledge exchange.
Dates: Monday 10 – Thursday 13 May 2027
Location: We The Curious Science Centre, Bristol
Host: University of Bristol
Organisers: Digital Footprints Lab at Bristol Medical School and International Society for the Study of Digital Footprints (ISSDF)
Further information
More information about registration, the call for contributions and the conference programme will be announced soon on this website. We also encourage you to follow our news via LinkedIN page on: https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-footprints-conference
For questions about the conference, please contact the organising team at df–conference2027@bristol.ac.uk.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bristol in May 2027!