Data & Society is a research institute focused on the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development.

report | 04.15.19

Digital Identity in the Migration & Refugee Context

Italy Case Study
Mark Latonero, Keith Hiatt, Antonella Napolitano, Giulia Clericetti, Melanie Penagos

Digital Identity in the Migration & Refugee Context analyzes the challenges of continually collecting identity data from migrants & refugees.

report | 01.30.19

AI in Context

Alexandra Mateescu, Madeleine Clare Elish

explainer | 02.06.19

Explainer: Algorithmic Management in the Workplace

Alexandra Mateescu, Aiha Nguyen

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04.24.19
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03.18.19
(Closed) Call for Participation—Algorithms on the Shop Floor: Data-Driven Technologies in Organizational Context

03.01.19
Data & Society co-signs letter to NYC Automated Decision Systems Task Force calling for public engagement
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Short Reads   

04.17.19

Monitoring & surveillance technologies shift power dynamics in the workplace

Aiha Nguyen

Data & Society Labor Engagement Lead Aiha Nguyen explains how technology is enabling new and more invasive forms of surveilling workers. “As technology expands the scope and scale of...
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11.16.18

Artificial intelligence can entrench disparities—here’s what we must do

Kadija Ferryman, Robert A. Winn

As AI becomes integrated into different facets of our lives, Data & Society Researcher Kadija Ferryman joins Robert A. Winn in considering what this means for the field of...
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10.12.18

When Your Boss Is an Algorithm

Alex Rosenblat

Building off the research for her book Uberland: How Algorithms are Rewriting the Rules of Work, Data & Society Researcher Alex Rosenblat explains algorithmic management in the gig-economy. “Data...
Read on The New York Times ➚
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Data & Society's speaker series – Databites – is geared toward engaging our network and the broader public on unresolved questions and timely topics of interest to the D&S community.

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