, Research Associate, Āé¶¹Ö±²„, , Lecturer in Data Prototyping and Visualisation, Āé¶¹Ö±²„
Digital identities are emerging around the world, transforming physical documents like passports and driving licenses into digitised versions. The UK government are now actively trying to create āa clear framework of rules which show what āgoodā digital identities look likeā. Guidance exists for creating āgoodā digital identities, but this is vague i.e., create āinclusiveā or āsecureā systems. This project explores futures of digital identity systems using design methods to provoke debate about the social implications of future systems, questioning what āgoodā digital identity systems might entail and if they are even possible. This project uses speculative design methods, specifically provocative prototypes (or āprovotypesā) to move across traditional disciplinary boundaries and provoke meaningful debate with social scientists, designers and technologists about possible futures of these technologies and their impact on society.



