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New project on Democracy, AI and Big Tech
We are delighted to have received funding to pursue a new project starting in September that will explore corporate activities in the advancement of artificial intelligence and their implications for trust, governance, and democracy. The 2-year project is part of the...
Lab members challenge government approaches to AI in the media
Joanna Redden and Fenwick McKelvey question the Candadian federal government's proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) in a recent Conversation article, highlighting its many shortcomings that do not sufficiently address data harms and impact. Also, as...
Lab completes workshop series with public sector professionals
On 18 July, we completed an 8-month series of meetings with public sector professionals on how to engage citizens with policy- and decision-making about the roll-out of data and AI systems in the public sector. Led by Arne Hintz with support from our partner...
Video about our book “Data Justice”
Find out about the key arguments and ideas behind our recent book 'Data Justice' in this short video! The book was published by Sage in 2022, and the Spanish and Chinese versions followed in 2024....
Chinese version of ‘Data Justice’ is out!
Our book Data Justice (published by Sage in 2022) has been translated to Chinese and published with Shanghai People's Publishing House. The book is available in Chinese online stores, incl. here:...
Joining ‘The Big AI Debate’: Who Gets to Decide?
On Friday, 23 February, Lab Co-Director Arne Hintz was one of the panel speakers at The Big AI Debate - an evening event organised by The Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative at the University of Liverpool. The debate assembled several experts on AI,...
Workshop series on public engagement with data use in the public sector
As part of our recent project "Democratizing the Datafied Society", the Data Justice Lab has started a workshop series for public sector professionals on how to engage citizens with policy- and decision-making about the roll-out of data and AI systems in the public...
Discussing participatory data governance with the Citizens Data Agency
On 11 December, Lab co-Directors Joanna Redden and Arne Hintz will join an online event by the Citizens Data Agency at University of Edinburgh to discuss civic and participatory approaches to data governance. Drawing from research findings of our recent projects...
Lab member Ina Sander is awarded PhD
On 16 November, Lab member Ina Sander had her PhD examination at Cardiff University and passed with no corrections (the highest type of a pass that the UK PhD system awards). The title of her thesis is "Toward Critical Datafication Literacy: The Role of Online...
Data Justice Lab Welcomes Five New Fellows
Five Data Justice Fellows from four different continents have joined the Data Justice Lab to contribute to our current work on Democratising the Datafied Society. From 1 June to 31 August, they are conducting research on the impacts of data systems - such as facial...
Looking back at the 3rd Data Justice Conference
On 19 and 20 June, over 200 participants met in Cardiff (and online) for the 3rd Data Justice Conference titled Collective Experiences in the Datafied Society. Across 3 plenary sessions and 32 paper presentation sessions, workshops and roundtables, they explored...
Data Justice Conference: Live Stream
The 3rd Data Justice Conference will include 3 plenary sessions which will be live-streamed publicly via the university's YouTube channel. Keynote Plenary 1: EXPERIENCES AT THE MARGINSMirca Madianou (Goldsmiths, University of London), Patrick Williams (Manchester...