We're celebrating assistant professor of data science @jhereia.bsky.social for their recent article features in TIME, Bloomberg, and University of Virginia Engagement.
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@jhereia.bsky.social
data justice, tech policy, cities & nighttime governance | asst prof of data science & public policy / writer | they•them 🏳️⚧️ | 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇺🇸
Can't wait for our CRAFT workshop on trans AI policy at ACM FAccT this Sunday, June 28 at 2:15 ET, co-organized with @blairaf.com, @jhereia.bsky.social, and @techlissa.bsky.social! programs.sigchi.org/facct/2026/p...
Super excited for our CRAFT workshop on trans AI policy at FAccT, co-organized w @jhereia.bsky.social & @anabrandusescu.bsky.social, come join us if you're at the conference! More details here: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2026/p...
Tomorrow❗Register before it's too late: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender...
Join us for the 10th and last session of the Gender & Tech Series, "Possible AI Futures" on 5/5 @ 10am EDT, featuring @cyn-k.bsky.social and Ploipailin Flynn. Moderated by me & co-organized with @yasmincurzi.com. Free & open to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender... <3 @uvadatascience.bsky.social
Really looking forward to tomorrow's discussion with Ploipailin and @jhereia.bsky.social! Joining incredible company with this speaker series. Haven't landed on the official title of my talk yet, but the descriptive title is "AI, Consent, and the Right to Refuse".
Join us for the 10th and last session of the Gender & Tech Series, "Possible AI Futures" on 5/5 @ 10am EDT, featuring @cyn-k.bsky.social and Ploipailin Flynn. Moderated by me & co-organized with @yasmincurzi.com. Free & open to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender... <3 @uvadatascience.bsky.social
It is with heavy hearts that we share: RightsCon will not proceed in Zambia or online.
Join us for the 10th and last session of the Gender & Tech Series, "Possible AI Futures" on 5/5 @ 10am EDT, featuring @cyn-k.bsky.social and Ploipailin Flynn. Moderated by me & co-organized with @yasmincurzi.com. Free & open to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender... <3 @uvadatascience.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the UVA School of Data Science @jhereia.bsky.social has published a new article in @theconversation.com examining the risks that AI-based automated license plate readers pose to civil liberties, privacy, and human rights. https://bit.ly/4t2G012
Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms
What began as a tool to identify threats to national security is becoming a surveillance infrastructure that can be used to track everyone.
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Join us on 3/26 @ 10am EDT for the Gender & Tech Talk Series' 9th session, "Immigration & Techno-Authoritarianism" featuring @royapak.bsky.social & Ana B. Nougrères. Moderated by & co-organized with @yasmincurzi.com. Free & open to all dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender... @uvadatascience.bsky.social
A reminder to join us this Friday, 12pm to hear from @rebeccawilliams.info @technolua.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social @royapak.bsky.social B.Wylie & J.Bolthouse @ UVA & online. Free & open to the public: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/digita... @uvadatascience.bsky.social
I’m joining for this now too! Should be fun. If you’re in CVille, hit me up. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/digita...
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As we navigate the undermining of democratic processes & witness how tech facilitates/resists authoritarianism, join us on Feb 20@12pm to hear from @technolua.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social @royapak.bsky.social B.Wylie, J.Bolthouse dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/digita...
Join us for the 8th session in our Gender & Tech Talk Series, "Digital Transformation,” on Feb 24, 10am ET, with the amazing Jamila Venturini/@derechosdigitales.org & Madeleine Fern/CanArctic Inuit Net. Free to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender... @yasmincurzi.com / @uvadatascience.bsky.social
As we navigate the undermining of democratic processes & witness how tech facilitates/resists authoritarianism, join us on Feb 20@12pm to hear from @technolua.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social @royapak.bsky.social B.Wylie, J.Bolthouse dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/digita...
Join us for the 7th event in our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series "Dis/Misinformation & Political Extremism” on Jan 27 at 11am EST, with the amazing @pinheiromachado.bsky.social + @robyncaplan.bsky.social. Free & open to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender.... See you there @yasmincurzi.com
Frankly, I'm not sure why anyone in the Canadian tech policy space is surprised at Microsoft's latest $7.5 billion investment in data centre expansion, premising "Canadian sovereignty." How are we taking digital sovereignty seriously?
This is tomorrow! Come join us
Join us for the 6th event in our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series, "Trans-inclusive tech governance," on Dec 2 at 11am EST, with the amazing @blairaf.com (Univ of Alberta) and @histoftech.bsky.social (@uvadatascience.bsky.social). Free & open to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender.... See u there
This werk’s Brief includes comments on work from @heyitsseher.bsky.social @blairaf.com @jhereia.bsky.social and others who contributed to Part II of the State of AI Ethics Report, Volume 7.
📌 The AI Ethics Brief #178: How AI Regulation Can Both Harm and Foster Social Justice We further explore our State of AI Ethics Report, while highlighting the latest addition to our AI Policy Corner on Ukraine's AI regulation whitepaper. brief.montrealethics.ai/p/the-ai-eth...
Join us for the 6th event in our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series, "Trans-inclusive tech governance," on Dec 2 at 11am EST, with the amazing @blairaf.com (Univ of Alberta) and @histoftech.bsky.social (@uvadatascience.bsky.social). Free & open to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender.... See u there
Unions, Lawsuits and Whistleblowers: Public Sector Leadership from Below Excited to share my piece for the @mtlaiethics.bsky.social's State of AI Ethics Report on AI in Government: Public Sector Leadership and Implementation. montrealethics.ai/state/
The new State of AI Ethics Report (SAIER) published by the @mtlaiethics.bsky.social is out! I am one of the 58 contributors, with a short essay on yet another reason to question the use of AI in monitoring/harming gender minorities in the US. Available open access: montrealethics.ai/saier-vol-7-...
Want to learn more about how data labour is gendered in its structures, practices & outcomes? Join us for the 5th talk in our Gender & Tech Series on 10/29, 11am EDT, w/ @milamiceli.bsky.social & @tatikmd.bsky.social. Free & open. Register: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi... With @yasmincurzi.com
📣 Please join us in welcoming our ten new affiliates: Kiara Childs, Mar Hicks, Harry Hudome, Shannon Mattern, Joan Mukogosi, Miliaku Nwabueze, Marie-Therese Png, Jess Reia, Melinda Sebastian, & Émile P. Torres. We're excited to work with and learn from them! datasociety.net/announcement...
We are hiring! The DTD Lab invites applications for our 2026 postdoctoral cohort. Areas I'd love to supervise: gender/techno-authoritarianism, data visibility, urban governance, night studies, cultural practices, and all things related to tech policy. More info: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
I have a short piece on smart infrastructure and techno-authoritarianism in Brazil in the new journal Dialogues on Digital Society ✨ Available here: doi.org/10.1177/2976... If you cannot access it through your library, ping me and I will make sure you get a copy.
join us for the 4th session of our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series on Sept. 29th, 11AM, EDT. we are eager to host two brilliant keynote speakers, Paz Peña (Mozilla Foundation) and Tamara Kneese (Data & Society), who will discuss the social and environmental impacts of technocapitalism. more info: 👇
Interested in environmental justice & how gender inequalities are embedded in technology infrastructure? Join us for the 4th Gender & Tech webinar, Sept. 29 11am EDT, with Paz Peña Ochoa & @tamigraph.bsky.social. Free & open. Registration: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Co-org w/ @yasmincurzi.com
Interested in environmental justice & how gender inequalities are embedded in technology infrastructure? Join us for the 4th Gender & Tech webinar, Sept. 29 11am EDT, with Paz Peña Ochoa & @tamigraph.bsky.social. Free & open. Registration: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Co-org w/ @yasmincurzi.com
Come and join us in the third webinar of our Gender and Tech Online Talk Series - this time to discuss platform governance from an intersectional perspective with the amazing Julie Owono and Coleen Carrigan. More details below! See you there?
Are you interested in learning more about how gender is shaped by digitization and platform governance? Join us on Aug 28 11am EDT for the 3rd event in the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series with Julie Owono & Coleen Carrigan. Free & open to the public. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Are you interested in learning more about how gender is shaped by digitization and platform governance? Join us on Aug 28 11am EDT for the 3rd event in the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series with Julie Owono & Coleen Carrigan. Free & open to the public. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...