Data Literacy 4 Refugees – Empowerment through Knowledge
by Valerie Wollinger ‘Why should we think about this topic? Most of us think: ’I only want to survive’ For the graduation challenge, Dr. Dennis Nguyen asked me and my...
Is Data Justice a News Frame in Media Reporting on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?
By Dennis Nguyen, Erik Hekman, and Koen van Turnhout Introduction News media reporting can influence public perception of big data and artificial intelligence (AI): it informs audiences about innovations, opportunities,...
Research and art project investigating women’s perspectives on working in the tech industry
by Julia Luteijn and Rhied Al-Othmani Yin-Gemis is a research and art project that investigates women's perspectives on working in the tech industry. The purpose of this project is to bring attention to...
The Data Subject and the Myth of the “Black Box”
A Critical Inquiry into How Platforms Communicate About Their Data Practices This conceptual paper explores the role of communication around data practices of Big Tech companies. Through exploring and critiquing communication practices, the paper shows how Big Tech platforms shape users into new sorts...
Webinar “Data Bias and Algorithmic Discrimination”
In December 2020 we gathered Dutch and Swedish experts from research, governance, and technology to discuss the urgent matter of data bias and algorithmic discrimination. Algorithms thrive on an ever-growing...
What Arguing with Our Navigation Systems and Spotify Recommendation can Teach Us about Data-Driven Design
By Aletta Smits & Erik Hekman The HU University of Applied Sciences, where I work, is located on a campus at the eastside of the city of Utrecht in The...
Who owns your data?
by Christopher Kullenberg, University of Gothenburg Back in the mid 1990s when I grew up as a teenager in a rural village in the south of Sweden, internet connections came...
A.I. and Creative Business
By Nathalie Brähler Black Friday 2019. Six people, four women and two men still in the office. Coffee cups and empty soda cans on the table. They’re visibly tired after...
Grand Challenges in Ethical UX. A case for Privacy Coordination
By Koen van Turnhout & Natalia Romero Introduction The datafication of society can best be characterized as a silent revolution. The rise of, subsequently, the web, social media, mobile computing,...
The Data Literacy and Applied Data Ethics Handbook
Understanding Data Discourses, User Views, and Sustainable Data-Ecologies By Dennis Nguyen The following is a brief description of a current book project that aims for publication in 2022: This book...