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Centre for Digital Habits

Make your digital environment work for learning & focus.

We help your students and staff build the digital capability to shape their own environment, and make it part of everyday study and teaching.

1.5+ hours savedevery day

That’s 33,000 hours/year per 100 students or staff, for learning, focus, and life.

For universities, schools & organisations

Trusted by 30+ institutions and organisations, including:

University
of Oxford
University of Edinburgh
Santa Clara University
Portobello High School
London School
of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine

Students and staff work on the screens that distract them.

Coursework, messages, video
and feeds all share one device.

Every2min

staff are interrupted by emails, notifications and ad-hoc digital meetings.

9in 10

students say their devices harm their productivity.

Microsoft Work Trend Index Special Report, 2025; Lyngs et al., 2024 (survey at Egedal Gymnasium).

Everyone’s solution is different.

It depends on the person and the task. Writing a report, collaborating on a project or getting better sleep each call for a different digital environment.

YouYour taskWhat would you change?

We start with what someone is trying to do.

Our work grew out of more than a decade of research at Oxford into digital self-control. We train groups of students or staff, and also provide 24-7 online learning and support.

  1. Look at the task

    What is the person trying to do, and what sits around it on the screen?

  2. Change the setup

    Remove feeds or reels, mute alerts, block nightly distractions, stop emails after hours, simplify designs, ...

  3. Keep what helps

    The setup stays after the programme. Our Digital Habits platform keeps solutions and guidance within reach.

What we provide

Integrated solutions that empower your students and staff to shape their digital lives around their needs, and measure the impact.

Reduce Digital Distraction

Our flagship workshop: a full digital reset with hands-on support.

Live
90–120 min

Deep Work Masterclass

The top tools for removing distraction, plus tips for managing expectations around availability.

Live
60 min

Short talks

Top tips in a few minutes, for moments like freshers’ week.

Live
3–15 min

Digital Habits Studio

Every strategy and tool as self-paced steps.

E-learning
24/7

Facilitator Course

Certifies your staff to run our workshops and talks, as often as you need.

2–3 days

Who we help

Universities, schools and organisations. You get a programme for your people, and a report on what changed.

We help people build
A healthier digital environmentRoom for focused workCalmer evenings and better sleepClear lines between work and restLess time lost to feedsA setup that fits how each person works

Universities and schools

E-learning, live workshops and facilitator training for students and staff, with impact measured as people take part.

See how it works

Organisations

Workshops and e-learning for teams, and training so your own people can run the sessions.

See how it works
A live impact dashboard comes with every programme

Follow reach, adoption, engagement and outcome while the programme runs, not months after it ends.

Ulrik Lyngs and Roxane Maar at the Techtopia recording
Latest · Techtopia 424

Children should build their social platforms.

Ulrik Lyngs and Roxane Maar joined IDA’s Techtopia with Rebuild founder Thomas Madsen-Mygdal and two young builders. The question is what happens when children stop accepting the platforms built for them.

In Danish.

Margrethe Vestager with children building their own platforms at the Rebuild summer schoolAlso · Rebuild summer schoolTechnology is not weather. Children can rebuild it.In 48 hours, children took apart the platforms built for them and built better ones with generative AI, in European languages and with privacy designed in.With Margrethe Vestager. Photo: Fernanda Cebrián.
27–29 Oct 20269am-4pm

Digital Habits Facilitator Course

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Digital Habits Facilitator Course

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What would you change about your digital environment?

Tell us what is happening with students or staff, and we will work out where to start.

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