Marsden sits on the expert advisory boards of three major European Internet futures projects reporting in 2011.

Towards a Future Internet http://www.internetfutures.eu/ -
Interrelation between Technological, Social and Economic Trends, at the study explores what a Future Internet should be by researching the possible social, psychological, technological and economic options for its further development and their likely socio-economic impacts: examine prior studies and analyse how the current Internet evolved to date, its main drivers and effects; define possible future scenarios and assess their likely socio-economic impacts — investigate the interrelations between technological, social, psychological and economic trends and developments related to a Future Internet, verified using Delphi surveys; produce preferred visions for Europe of a Future Internet. The project drew on community expertise through a two-round online Delphi study; three expert workshops (in Europe, North America and east Asia); and a project conference in Brussels (2009-10).

Privacy Value Networks http://www.pvnets.org/ -
a major three-year research project that will produce a strong empirical base for developing concepts of privacy across contexts and timeframes, to develop and apply new methodologies for the study of privacy and to help government and business to understand the value of personal data, as well as the value and risks for other stakeholders. EPSRC grant EP/G002606/1 (2008-11)

PARADISO2 http://www.paradiso-fp7.eu/documents/PARADISO2_introduction.pdf -
selected at ICT Call 5, builds on the assets and achievements of the PARADISO project and is more focused on the Future Internet, and more concrete: the two facets of the problem (“how should societies evolve” and “which Future Internet can be suited to these societies”) are explored, including functional and technological specification of the envisioned Future Internet, and recommendations concerning research to be developed in the framework of FP8 (2010-11).