Who decided the future, why does it look like this, and who put you in charge? Research @STSucl. Advocacy @UpliftIrl.

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The Public Voices in AI Fund offers up to £50k for proposals led by orgs in Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise sector (VCSE). digitalgood.net/the-public-v… @turinginst @AdaLovelaceInst @ucl @responsibleaiuk #digitalgood #VSCE #voluntarysector #communitygroups #socialenterprise
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How do we ensure uses of AI are informed by voices of communities negatively impacted? That's one question we're trying to answer at the @responsibleaiuk project Public Voices in AI. We're launching funding💰 to let community orgs direct some of that work: digitalgood.net/opportunitie…

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Join us for the inaugural event of our new project 'Public Voices in AI', which aims to bring public perspectives to the forefront of AI research, development, use and policy in the UK. Register: digitalgood.net/public-voice… @digitalgoodnet @sheffielduni @AdaLovelaceInst @turinginst
Join us on 6 June for the launch of 'Public Voices in AI', a new project which aims to ensure that public voices are front & centre in artificial intelligence research, development, use & policy. Includes the 'Public Voices in AI Fund' - and how to apply digitalgood.net/public-voice…
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Really nice work @gsvoss - this is going straight onto some reading lists at @stsucl
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Including a chapter on co-creation from me and @cian @stsucl (which will be available open access from profiles.ucl.ac.uk/3619-mela…)

📢Out now: Encyclopedia of Social Innovation; an interdisciplinary and comprehensive summary of the current state of SI research with 77 entries authored by prominent international scholars. Edited by Jürgen Howaldt & Christoph Kaletka. e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/encyclo… #encyclopediaofsi
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15 Oct 2023
Funny you should mention that. Just doing some final prep right now
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Looking forward to the mash-up activities, talks and catching-up with you and @cian
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Want to understand how design helps connect science with society? Join us for 'Bringing the Lab to Life', an exciting talk between our director Sarah Douglas, @cian and @GunesTaylor. Book your FREE ticket now to reserve your seat: bit.ly/3EB7X8v
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New papers from @stsucl. First up, a study of the short life of the Ethics Advisory Board for the NHS Covid‐19 App from @cian, @melaniesmallman, @jamesgswilson and Jack Hume x.com/jamesgswilson/status/1…

NEW PAPER now out, summarising what we (@melaniesmallman, @cian and Jack Hume) learned about providing ethics advice during the pandemic, as part of @PandemicEthics_. Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Join us for our breakfast event to explore how design helps connect science with society - part of London Design Festival! Our director Sarah Douglas in convo with @cian & @GunesTaylor @TheCrick on Thurs 21st Sept, 9-11am. Book tickets here: bit.ly/3LdZbBa #LDF23
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Seeing the super high-quality display of these pics were a big highlight of @Assist_UK this week. Can I credit and use them for some teaching work on our new new Sociology and Politics of the Digital Age module this term @Ola_Michalec - they'd be great in a classroom
7 Sep 2023
We're running two more events featuring Electric Feels artwork this month, come if you're on the area 😻
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Next week we begin mailing our comic to MPs, MSPs & SMs. It illustrates why #energytransition is about people, trust and inclusion. Policy must support the many grassroots innovations already working on these non-tech issues. Download copies & share here: sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway…
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lovely work Phil
NEW PAPER out, Andy Stirling, @rose_cairns Joel Onyango & me "Transforming imaginations? Multiple dimensionalities & temporalities as vital complexities in transformations to sustainability" Includes cases from Kenyan smart cities and nuclear complex sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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5 Sep 2023
My @SPRU phd-brother @jakeBarnes9 at @Assist_UK. Who starts off talking about Ukraine but has an awful lot of good stuff to say on the innovation dynamics of the UK heat pump ecosystem -- Can you check our rads when you're over in a few weeks Jake?!?
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30 Aug 2023
LIVING WITH AI PODCAST - SEASON 3 EPISODE 10 TAS for health and social care (Projects Episode) Join Tunde Ashaolu, Yasmeen Rafiq, @cian, Navamayooran Thavanesan with our host @seanski44 Full Episode: tinyurl.com/c83f75a6
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Negative capability, or how to live with disorder and uncertainty in the modern world. Ganesh/FT: ft.com/content/bcc9aeb9-edba… How about some AHRC money to workshop some Keats @Ola_Michalec @rdjs_is
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When science policy, STS and bioethics combine to reflect hard on the practice and politics of ethics advice - in this case around the development of the very first NHS Covid-19 app. Lovely run through of our new interdisciplinary paper by @jamesgswilson here
NEW PAPER now out, summarising what we (@melaniesmallman, @cian and Jack Hume) learned about providing ethics advice during the pandemic, as part of @PandemicEthics_. Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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11 Jul 2023
"AI hasn't stabilised" -- Sharon Strover from @UTGoodSystems with a super important reminder for @tas_hub symposium. What we perceive as risks and rewards, costs and benefits are still up for grabs.
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11 Jul 2023
Implication: if not now, when -> we might never have a better time to challenge outsize power of large firms and their arguments of AI inevitability
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11 Jul 2023
All illustrated with a lovely example of how it's taken >20 years for US regulators to challenge national digital divide. Inequalities caused by new tech take decades to solve
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