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…

AI Act: het kruispunt van recht, technologie en ethiek  De opkomst van kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) stelt professionals in het openbaar bestuur voor complexe vraagstukken. Naast uitdagingen rond data en technologie in brede zin, is nu ook de Europese AI-verordening in werking getreden. Organisaties moeten hieraan voldoen en vanaf februari 2025 wordt het verplicht om voldoende…

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…

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…

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!

Auteurs: Julia Straatman en Lysa Ngouateu “To govern, or to be governed”. Dit was de slogan voor de 17e editie van de internationale CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) conferentie in Brussel. Laatst (22-24 mei, 2024) is een delegatie van het Data School team afgereisd naar deze stad om de Universiteit Utrecht te representeren met…

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…

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…

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…

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…