"We didn’t architect for prejudice, but we didn’t design systems to combat it either." Points: “What World Are We Building?” is adapted, with permission, from a talk of the same name. On October 20, 2015, Data & Society ... Read on Points

It is well known that gang violence is a serious public health problem, particularly in Chicago, Illinois, where it has claimed over 400 murders and 2,674 shooting victims so far this year. What is less well known is that gang... Read on Medium

Saiph Savage's “Activist Bots: Helpful But Missing Human Love?” is an output of a weeklong workshop at Data & Society that was led by “Provocateur-in-Residence” Sam Woolley and brought together a group of experts to get a b... Read on Points

Karen Levy talks through Fitbits, data security, and digital monitoring – and analyzes why mechanisms matter in technology criticism. Read on Points

D&S researcher, Monica Bulger analyzes a recent OECD report regarding the benefits and drawbacks using computers and technology to aid children’s learning. While the findings of the report reveal negligible results when con... Read on London School of Economics blog

D&S researcher Monica Bulger introduces better ways to measure edtech usage with children, including the following: Ask the children. As part of the demographic data collected by PISA tests, adding questions about use of t... Read on London School of Economics blog

In this blog post, D&S fellow Mimi Onuoha discusses the motivations of those who contribute to crowdsourced journalism as a part of the forthcoming report "Guide to Crowdsourcing". Read on Data & Society

In this blogpost for Ethical Resolve, researcher Jacob Metcalf discusses A/B testing and research ethics and argues that: ...data scientists need to earn the social trust that is the foundation of ethical research in any field... Read on Ethical Resolve

Benjamen Walker makes some of the best radio around....His finest work tends to come out in series of podcasts, exploring a complex issue through interviews and stories that unfold over two or more sequential weekly episodes. ... Read on Data & Society

In this guest blogpost for the Responsible Data Forum, D&S fellow Mark Latonero provides an overview of the issues and tensions addressed by the Data, Human Rights & Human Security primer he coauthored with research ana... Read on Responsible Data