Advancing the power of data to improve the social and economic lives of all people.
Kari Jordan, Ph.D.
Advancing the power of data to improve the social and economic lives of all people.
Data Feminism
Today, data science is a form of power. It has been used to expose injustice, improve health outcomes, and topple governments. But it has also been used to d...
Living in Data: A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future (Paperback)
Jer Thorp’s analysis of the word “data” in 10,325 New York Times stories written between 1984 and 2018 shows a distinct trend: among the words most closely associated with “data,” we find not only its classic companions “information” and “digital,” but also a variety of new neighbors—from “scandal” and “misinformation” to “ethics,” “friends,” and “play.”To live in data in the twenty-first century
Data Feminism
A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.
Foundations & Futures of HCI: a teach-in with Professor Kate Starbird
As part of HCDE’s 2025 graduation events, Professor Kate Starbird delivered a special teach-in exploring the foundations and future of human-computer interaction. Starbird traced how the technologies we use every day emerged from federally funded research, and emphasized the continued importance of inclusive, human-centered research. Her talk urged graduates and guests to recognize the role of public investment in shaping technology that serves people.
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men is a 2019 book by British feminist author Caroline Criado Perez. The book describes the adverse effects on women caused by gender bias in big data collection.
MyData
The human-centric approach to data is aimed at a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society. In such a society, people get value from their data and set the agenda on how it is used. And for organisations, the ethical use of data is always the most attractive option.
Mallory Knodel
Mallory Knodel: Activist and advocate transforming technology for social justice.
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Manoel Horta Ribeiro (@manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social)
Assistant Professor @ Princeton Previously: EPFL 🇨🇭, UFMG 🇧🇷 Interests: Computational Social Science, Platforms, GenAI, Moderation
The Limits of Data
Policymakers want to make decisions based on clear data, but important factors are lost when we rely solely on data. A philosopher writes:
Resilient Data Futures — Discourse Graph
A living, content-addressed, contributable form of the SciOS Resilient Data Futures whitepaper.
Resilient Data Futures — Discourse Graph
A living, content-addressed, contributable form of the SciOS Resilient Data Futures whitepaper.
Resilient Data Futures — Discourse Graph
A living, content-addressed, contributable form of the SciOS Resilient Data Futures whitepaper.
At today's #IC2S2 Methods and Measurement session, Linnea Gandhi @linneagandhi.bsky.social presented her study with Elizabeth Tipton and Duncan Watts, which tests whether research syntheses can predict the results of new studies and highlights the challenges of producing generalizable knowledge.
