Library
Use our library to explore Data & Society's original empirical research and read our expert commentary. Sort by media type, or select one or more topic categories to begin browsing.
Publisher
Title
Date
-
Book
Data & SocietyKeywords of the Datafied State is a collection of essays on concepts that are of central significance to understanding the relationship between government and technology, and how it differs across geographies. Read moreApril 2024 -
op-ed
BrookingsNovember 2023 -
Policy Brief
Data & SocietyIncreasingly, red-teaming is being put forward as a solution to concerns about artificial intelligence — a way to pressure test AI systems and identify potential harms. What does that mean in practice? What can red-teaming do, and what are its limits? Answering those questions is the subject of this policy brief by Sorelle Friedler, Ranjit Singh, Borhane Blili-Hamelin, Jacob Metcalf, and Brian J. Chen. Read moreOctober 2023 -
Policy Brief
Data & SocietyAs AI is deployed in ways that dramatically shape people’s lives and opportunities, there are increasing calls to integrate democratic and human-centered values into AI through public participation. Read moreSeptember 2023 -
op-ed
The HillAugust 2023 -
blog post
Points"The executive order makes a direct connection between racial inequality, civil rights and automated decision-making systems and AI, including newer threats like algorithmic discrimination. Understanding and acting on that connection is vital to advancing racial equity in America." Read on PointsFebruary 2023 -
op-ed
ContextThe blueprint represents a shift from a model of self-policing towards a rights-based approach to protect from algorithmic harms. Read on ContextOctober 2022 -
Press Coverage
IEEE SpectrumIn this roundup by IEEE Spectrum, Janet Haven is among the AI policy experts offering reactions to the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. Read on IEEE SpectrumOctober 2022 -
blog post
PointsJanet Haven considers the significance of this "national values statement," and how it can serve as a guide for policy and practice. Read on PointsOctober 2022 -
Resource
Data & SocietyScholars Dan Bouk, Kevin Ackermann, and danah boyd join forces on a thought-provoking resource that begins to explore the power of official numbers and public data. In A Primer on Powerful Numbers: Selected Readings in the Social Study of Public Data and Official Numbers, the authors touch on the power and authority that public numbers have in societies. Read moreMarch 2022