This is on Monday, central London, free, drinks reception included — do sign up and join us! Will also be online.

Kate Devlin@drkatedevlin.bsky.social · last yr.

WOKE?! Come to our panel on Digital Futures of Diversity on 23 June at King's College London as part of @kings-dfi.bsky.social 'Living Well with Technology' series, with @birgitneunews.bsky.social , @lewisiwu.bsky.social, & @nessakeddo.bsky.social and Elisabeth Kelan. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/digit...

See link to the Women and Equalities Committee's recent report on Paternity leave which includes evidence submitted from our research on care leave in creative/cultural organisations conducted with @saradeb.bsky.social and Natalie Wreyford committees.parliament.uk/publications...

WOKE?! Come to our panel on Digital Futures of Diversity on 23 June at King's College London as part of @kings-dfi.bsky.social 'Living Well with Technology' series, with @birgitneunews.bsky.social , @lewisiwu.bsky.social, & @nessakeddo.bsky.social and Elisabeth Kelan. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/digit...

Digital Futures of Diversity

How can we design and implement digital systems that genuinely enhance diversity rather than simply digitising existing inequalities?

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🧩 What role do digital technologies play in advancing – or hindering – diversity efforts? On 23 June, @birgitneunews.bsky.social, ‪@lewisiwu.bsky.social, Elisabeth Kelan and @nessakeddo.bsky.social ‬will examine how education, media and businesses can foster inclusion through digital innovation 🔽

Digital Futures of Diversity

How can we design and implement digital systems that genuinely enhance diversity rather than simply digitising existing inequalities?

kcl.ac.uk

My latest article in @mcsjournal.bsky.social explores how the experience of racism for practitioners of colour in the UK and US advertising industries has changed over the past decade journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Applications are now open for 20 interdisciplinary jobs in AI at King’s College London: King’s AI+ Academic Fellowships, advancing AI across *all* disciplines (yes, inc. Arts & Hums — come and work with me!). www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki... @kingsdh.bsky.social @kings-dfi.bsky.social

King's AI+ Academic Fellowships (leading to an open-ended academic post)

King’s is making a major strategic investment into driving AI activity across our nine academic Faculties. Our ambition is to accelerate growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data-driven research...

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✨call for papers✨ @aoir.bsky.social symposium "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance" with @pgmt.bsky.social @zemki.bsky.social @ckatzenbach.bsky.social Daria Dergacheva @redeker.bsky.social: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

Colleagues! I am putting together a small panel for a Challenging Research Network meeting on the theme of hope - could you or someone you know share some insights on doing such research (broadly defined) & holding hope close? Is hope a helpful lens for such work? Please reply/DM me names, TIA 🌱

Dr Hye-Kyung Lee (@kingsartshums.bsky.social) will be discussing creative precarity in the time of generative AI at 2pm today, Wednesday 11 December. There's still time to register to attend, either in-person (Bush House, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) or online ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/creat...

Creative precarity in the time of generative AI

A seminar on creative precarity in the time of generative AI.

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Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies

Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies

Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, and got inadequate mental health support. So they're fighting back.

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#TheWeekinData: Unable to produce a response * Bias in fraud detection AI * David who? * AI inspiration theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/unable-to-pr...

MIC is hiring! We are starting a research program aimed at the ways in which corporations are shaping AI governance agendas in 3 national contexts. If you are a critical data/AI studies researcher, please check out the call for applications! Deadline is Dec 25.

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Looking forward to this!

Future Narratives Lab@fnlab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dr. Nessa Keddo (@nessakeddo.bsky.social), Senior Lecturer at KCL, is the guest speaker for our upcoming workshop, Translating Complex Research into Powerful Stories. With 10+ years in research, she blends industry expertise & academic insight. Register now to reserve your spot! lu.ma/2rdqw5vz

Hey marketing friends - am doing a lecture on social media trends for 2025 for my third year students next week. So it's not just my views - what do you think are the key trends to watch for? (which aren't AI)....

Looking forward speaking at this online event on Wednesday, talking about different methods and tools for synthesising big data into clear narratives. Link to sign up below!

Future Narratives Lab@fnlab.bsky.social · 2y ago

This Weds 4th Dec: Translating Complex Research into Powerful Stories - the second workshop in our series on Effective Narratives & Messaging for Coalitions Don’t miss how you can use research to build inspiring stories to shift public discourse. Register now to reserve your spot! lu.ma/2rdqw5vz

Definitely using it more… but admittedly because of the boost in Google’s organic search results

Australia bans social media for under 16s. Opponents’ position that there’s a risk of being cut off from the internet is the weakest argument yet

Reuters@reuters.com · 2y ago

🔊 ICYMI: 'The government says it's trying to protect children... opponents argue that it's actually risking cutting children off from the Internet.' Reuters World News podcast explains Australia's ban of social media for under 16s reut.rs/4g2GPjk

Looking forward to reading this, which looks at the platformisation of colonial practices such as extraction and control in multiple global contexts

Mirca Madianou@madianou.bsky.social · 2y ago

My new book ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’ is published in the UK / EU this month @politybooks.bsky.social and in the US in a few weeks. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @mediacomgold.bsky.social 🧵1/6

Can we imagine better futures with and around digital technology? Please join us for a symposium on Imaginative Digital Futures with @joannazylinska.bsky.social @giotita.bsky.social & others on 27 November kingsdh.net/2024/11/25/i... #digitaltechnology #digitalmedia #AI #digitalhumanities

The removal of affirmative action is now seeing institutional discourse being replaced with more fluid terms such as ‘opportunity’ and ‘access’, and is also snowballing into wider public and commercial firms

Meanwhile in Higher Education@meanwhileinhe.bsky.social · 2y ago

Meanwhile in Mississippi... The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, which oversees of public universities in the state, removed "diversity", "diverse", & "inclusive" from policy documents. This includes requirements to review diversity outcomes. mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/i...

Is Jaguar’s rebrand a publicity stunt? Definitely not, but it’s clear there’s more to come. Lots of criticism about it’s ultra modern and supposedly woke campaign being the death of the iconic brand

Tues 26 Nov from 6-9pm, we’re hosting an event on ‘What Work is Not’ at Pelican House in London. Join us for engaging conversations, insightful speakers and fresh perspectives on how we understand and value ‘work’ in our lives and society. Register here: lu.ma/vykmve5n?tk=... Hope to see you there!

What Work is Not - Future Narratives Lab Social · Luma

The concept of ‘work’ – and what it entails – plays a pivotal role in our politics, economics and personal lives. Yet, the exact definition of work and its…

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Fascinating workshop with @4cat.nl walking us through their social media capture and analysis tool, talking through capabilities and possibilities! @kingsdh.bsky.social

Here we go!