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In light of the ongoing strike at UK universities, we are extending the speaker registration deadline to Friday, 2nd of March. Please register for the conference here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-justice-2018-tickets-41417523929

We are looking so forward to our visit to the Utrecht Data School next week. We will be talking about current Lab research, we'll get to use and discuss the Utrecht Data School's much needed Data Ethics Decision Aid and we will all be sharing ideas about teaching 'big...

The registration for our conference Data Justice 2018 is now open. Conference fee: Full fee: £75 (early bird, 31st of January, 2018) / £100 (full rate) Reduced student fee: £50 (early bird, 31st of January, 2018) / £75 (full rate)...

We are delighted to launch our Data Harm Record, a project led by our co-director Joanna Redden. The aim of this document is to provide a running record of ‘data harms’, harms that have been caused by uses of big data. The goal is to document and learn from where...

The Data Justice Lab is looking for a Research Assistant (9 months, fixed term) to work on the project 'Data Scores as Governance: Investigating uses of citizen scoring' and assist with developing the profile of the Data Justice Lab. Main responsibilities: -...

The Data Justice Lab is looking for a Research Assistant (3 months, part-time) to work on the project 'Data Policies: Regulatory Approaches for Data-Driven Platforms in the UK and EU'. Main responsibilities: - Conduct a review of academic literature, policy papers and...

We are very excited to be participating in the GLASS ROOM exhibition curated by the Tactical Technology Collective, which will run in London from 25th of October until 12th of November. We will be doing a workshop on citizen scoring on November 5th from 3pm-5pm. You...

2 Fully-funded PhD studentships to work with Dr Lina Dencik on the ERC Starting Grant project DATAJUSTICE at Cardiff's School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. The project DATAJUSTICE explores the meaning of social justice in an age of datafication. It is...

The Call for Papers for our conference on Data Justice is now open and we welcome scholars, practitioners, developers, and activists interested in exploring social justice in an age of datafication to submit. Find out more here.

We are delighted to share the news that our co-director, Lina Dencik, has been awarded a €1.4 million Starting Grant from the European Research Council. The project DATAJUSTICE will explore developments in data infrastructures and data-driven decision-making within...

The directors of the Data Justice Lab are currently discussing their work and the data justice research agenda at universities and conferences on both sides of the Atlantic. Here are a few upcoming events: "From Surveillance Realism to Data Justice", Lina Dencik....

Funding is currently available for students in postgraduate programmes at Cardiff University, including the MA Digital Media and Society and the PhD in Journalism (with a focus on Digital Media and Society). Applications for the coming academic year (2017/18) are...