The Representation of Asians in Dutch News Media 21/10/2025 Impact Project Collaboration Between PAC, Dr. Diantha Vliet and Data School “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin On June 26, 2025, during the National Congress Against Discrimination and Racism, we presented findings from one of our Impact Projects that investigates the representation […] Read more
The Pedagogical Impact of Digital Technologies in Classrooms 09/10/2025 Impact Project Collaboration Between Kennisnet and Dr. Niels Kerssens Earlier this year, I met with Dr. Niels Kerssens, Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, to trace the trajectory of his Impact Voucher-funded project. Our conversation moved in stages, beginning with the contours of the project, then what set […] Read more
Counternarratives About Migration Among Young Adult Content Creators 17/06/2025 Impact Project Collaboration Between RNW Media, Prof. Annette Markham, and Data School On May 27, 2025, within the walls of a former Panopticon-style prison that now houses RNW Media’s office in Haarlem, we convened for our first collective reflection on emerging findings from one of our impact projects. This transdisciplinary initiative brings together expertise from […] Read more
Data School wins grant for “Responsible AI in Practice” 15/06/2025 SIDN Fund and Topsector ICT awarded funding to ten projects with their Responsible AI in Practice call. The call asked for developing applicable solutions for responsible development and use of algorithmic systems and AI. In total 1.1 million Euro were available for ten projects. Data School successfully won funding for developing the Performance Review for […] Read more
Data School signs position paper on participatory and collaborative research 15/06/2025 Universities are keen to emphasize their efforts participatory and collaborative research efforts and their social impact ambition. But in reality, this is often limited to good intentions and does not necessarily translate to effective support and recognition. The position paper Participation as Imposition identifies these problems and provides recommendations for university administrators and funding organisations […] Read more
Iris Muis in the Top 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2025 04/02/2025 Iris Muis, Team Lead at Data School, has been named in the list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2025. This list has been released by the Women in AI Ethics Group based in New York. The Women in AI Ethics is a volunteer-led, global initiative with a mission to increase recognition, representation, and […] Read more
Upcoming Data School workshops for humanities staff & students 20/11/2024 Are you a staff member or student at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University (UU)? Then this is your chance to join a free workshop hosted by digital humanities (DH) experts from the Data School team! As part of the CDH Education Programme, we are organising introductory workshops on data ethics, network visualisation and […] Read more
Call for Workshop Ideas: Making a Difference. Societal Impact through Collaborative Research 16/10/2024 The transdisciplinary conference Making a Difference. Societal Impact through Collaborative Research (April 7th-8th, 2025) aims to connect practitioners from the public sector and media industries with researchers working on societal challenges linked to digital technologies. By facilitating dialogue and exchange, the conference provides a forum for exploring new ways of gaining insights into practice and […] Read more
The Impact Agenda at Data School: Make Change Happen! 23/09/2024 Last week, Data School launched the first networking event of its upcoming Impact Projects. Want to learn more about the Impact Projects? Click here to read more! […] Read more
Call for Participants | Summer School 2024: ‘Exploring Culture Through Data’ 23/04/2024 Are you looking for an enriching experience during your summer holidays? Do you want to broaden your horizons and learn a whole new skillset? Are you interested in working with rich datasets, but have no idea where to start? Then look no further than the Data School summer course 2024! From Monday the 5th to […] Read more
1st International DEDA Seminar 27/03/2024 Call for Participation When: 25 September 2024 Where: Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsDeadline for submission: 31 May 2024Keywords: Responsible Data & AI, Value-sensitive design, Data & Digital Ethics, Data Justice, Critical Data & AI Studies, Action Research The Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA) is a toolkit developed by Utrecht University’s Data School, facilitating dialogic review and deliberation […] Read more
1st International DEDA Seminar 27/03/2024 Call for Participation When 25 September 2024 Where Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Deadline for submission 31 May 2024 Keywords Responsible Data & AI, Value-sensitive design, Data & Digital Ethics, Data Justice, Critical Data & AI Studies, Action Research The Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA) is a toolkit developed by Utrecht University’s Data School, facilitating dialogic […] Read more
Playing with fire 06/10/2023 What are the dynamics between political debate in the House of Representatives and reactions, comments and framing on social media? This was investigated by researchers from Utrecht University’s Faculty of Humanities and Data School. Analyses of nearly 50 million messages on Twitter and Telegram provide insights into the interaction between political debate in the House of Representatives and online. Central to these analyses is how threatening and radicalising language moves between politics and social media. […] Read more
Call for Participants | Summer School 2023: ‘Exploring Culture Through Data’ 06/06/2023 Are you looking for an enriching experience during your summer holidays? Do you want to broaden your horizons and learn a whole new skillset? Are you interested in working with rich datasets, but have no idea where to start? Then look no further than the Data School summer school 2023! From Monday the 14th to […] Read more
Between Metaphors of the Cloud and Critical Questioning: Competing Data Center Imaginaries on Twitter 10/11/2022 Team lead: Karin van EsTeam: Daan van der Weijden, Jeroen Bakker What do you imagine when you hear the word “data center”? You might think of a hall filled with endless rows of server racks and flashing lights, or a massive grey box emerging from a grassland, or perhaps something even more abstract, like something […] Read more
Cooperation between Data School and University of Helsinki 15/06/2022 Data School will cooperate with the Helsinki Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH). For the coming three years 2022-2023, Mirko Tobias Schäfer has been appointed a Visiting Professor to University of Helsinki. Mirko will cooperate closely with the groups of Minna Ruckenstein and Matti Nelimarkka. Mirko’s research interest revolves around datafication of citizens, government […] Read more
Utrecht University AI Lab Digital Humanities funding awarded to Data School for a co-financed PhD position with De Groene Amsterdammer 14/04/2022 Principal investigator: Karin van Es (Data School) Co-applications: Mirko Tobias Schäfer and Joris Veerbeek (both Data School), Kees van Deemter (Information and Computing Sciences), Ayoub Bagheri (Methodology and Statistics), Beatrice de Graaf and Pim Huijnen (both History); PhD ‘Employing text classification models for journalistic inquiry on public debates‘ – Joris Veerbeek, MA Together with Dutch […] Read more
Utrecht University AI Lab Digital Humanities funding awarded to Data School for a co-financed PhD position with De Groene Amsterdammer 14/04/2022 Principal investigator: Karin van Es (Data School) Co-applications: Mirko Tobias Schäfer and Joris Veerbeek (both Data School), Kees van Deemter (Information and Computing Sciences), Ayoub Bagheri (Methodology and Statistics), Beatrice de Graaf and Pim Huijnen (both History); PhD ‘Employing text classification models for journalistic inquiry on public debates‘ – Joris Veerbeek, MA Together with Dutch […] Read more
New horizons 01/03/2022 Starting March 1st, 2022, Data School (Data School) will become part of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) at Utrecht University under the joint deanship of the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities. Investigating the implications of AI and datafication for our digital society requires concerted interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary efforts. Over the past […] Read more
Insights into the Data School 18/11/2021 This text is a translation of the original publication at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Network Society. In September 2021, Bennet Etsiwah, research associate in the research group “Data-driven Business Model Innovations” at the German Weizenbaum Institute, was a visiting researcher at the Data School (Data School). In the following report, he explains what this […] Read more
