The data divide
Public attitudes to tackling social and health inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
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International monitor: vaccine passports and COVID status apps
A tracker collating developments in policy and practices around vaccine certification and COVID status apps as they emerge around the world
The Ada Lovelace Institute is an independent research institute and deliberative body, funded by the Nuffield Foundation
Our core belief is that the benefits of data and AI must be justly and equitably distributed, and must enhance individual and social wellbeing.
From the Ada blog
How does structural racism impact on data and AI?
Why PETs (privacy-enhancing technologies) may not always be our friends
Disambiguating data stewardship
Why what we mean by ‘stewarding data’ matters
Why the COVID-19 shielded patient list might both compound and address inequalities
How to work with us
Developing a positive vision for a world in which data and AI work for people and society is an immense task, and not one we can achieve alone.
To achieve that change, we need to catalyse conversations around the ‘should’ questions, to engage and influence people from across industry, government, civil society and communities.
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Upcoming and recent events
Building public confidence in data-driven systems
Findings of the Office for Statistics Regulation review into the 2020 exam results algorithm, and why public confidence in data-driven systems matters
Book launch: Digital Technology and Democratic Theory
How digital technologies shape, reshape and affect fundamental questions about democratic theory and practice
BCS Lovelace lecture: Probabilistic model checking for the data-rich world
BCS Lovelace lecture 2020/21 with Professor Marta Kwiatkowska on probabilistic model checking for the data-rich world