CENTRE FOR THE DECENTRALISED DIGITAL ECONOMY
DECaDE’s mission is to create the tools and techniques that will shape the future digital economy model of work and value creation, ensuring a prosperous, safe and inclusive society for all.
About DECaDE
DECaDE is the UKRI Next Stage Centre for the Decentralised Digital Economy.
In our increasingly decentralised digital economy, everyone can be a producer and consumer of goods and services. However, these dynamic peer to peer markets are all underpinned by centralised digital platforms and users rarely have a say in their governance decisions.
We explore how emerging data-centric technologies such as Distributed Ledger Technology, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence could enable a fair and safe future digital economy – transforming the way we work, interact and create value.
Our Research Themes
MEDIA PROVENANCE
DECaDE studies the decentralised economy through the lens of the Creative Industries. Our research aims to fight fake news and ensure trust and prosperity in the creative supply chain to ensure authenticity of content. DECaDE researchers explore the tokenisation of media and have contributed tools to trace provenance facts.
SUPPLY CHAIN
DECaDE looks at physical supply chains and business ecosystems to apply decentralised technologies to create practical impact. From creating frictionless trade across borders and improving transparency across supply chains, DECaDE finds innovative ways to bridge the digital-physical divide
FUTURE OF WORK
DECaDE looks at the role of identity and reputation for creating value in the decentralised workplace. Building on upon earlier work exploring self-sovereign identity, our researchers are prototyping technologies that aim to give people the ability to manage their reputation across their portfolio of work and improve their discoverability in the decentralised workplace.
Latest Research
DECaDE researchers are publishing on topics related to decentralised platforms in fields such as creative industries and cross-border supply chain.
Latest News
New approaches to managing digital assets
DECaDE with CoSTAR National Lab plots way out of AI and Copyright Cul de-sac for the UK’s Creative Sector.
Presenting Watermarking technology at ICLR 2025
Space Storytelling at the Science Festival
Blog: Trading places in parliament
Driving skills development for the next generation of digital economy researchers
DECaDE is led by the University of Surrey, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and Digital Catapult.
The centre is funded by £10 million of support from Industry and from the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) through the Digital Economy Programme (EPSRC).
