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Seven Times Upon an Ism: Extending the Layered Drivers Framework
A year ago, we introduced the Layered Drivers “isms” framework building on Boehnert’s levels of sexism as a structured way to identify and act upon the complex, multi-level drivers of systemic oppression in professional settings. Since then, we’ve been busy not just talking about it, but testing and expanding it, in the messiness of real […]
Unpacking Layered Drivers: Tugging on the Threads of Systemic Change
June 29, 2025
When we began this work, we weren’t trying to build a new model. We were just trying to make sense of why meaningful change so often stalls—even when the will is there. As researchers and practitioners committed to Professional Practice with real-world impact, we’ve grown wary of single-point interventions. A new policy here, a workshop […]
Why We Needed to Retell the Story of Computing
June 29, 2025
When we started this work, we weren’t trying to retrofit sustainability or decolonisation into our existing computing teaching. We knew that would never be enough. Instead, we asked a more foundational question: What does a decolonised computing professional look like? Not just in theory, but in lived, everyday practice. That question led us down a […]
In this paper…
June 25, 2025
“In this paper…” is a collection of responses from computer scientists to the silencing ofscience. Book: https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6863 Genre prompts: A set of 219 genre prompts for professional practice creative non-fiction. https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6854 Reverse panel prompts: Cite as: Guruge, D., Mann, S., Myers, R., Bates, 0., Goldweber, M., Williamson, A., Lasenby, J., & Brooks, I. (2025). Surviving […]
Ensuring technology remains our tool
January 16, 2025
The newspaper asked me to write a piece exploring the last 25 years from a technology perspective. Here it is in print (along with the other really interesting contributions). “Write a 400-word article reflecting on the past 25 years of the 21st century, focusing on information technology,” I typed. Within seconds, ChatGPT presented me with […]
Computing for Sustainability 
June 29, 2025
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