12 January 2022
Dr Johann Laux, Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute, explains more in conversation with David Sutcliffe, Senior Science Writer, Oxford Internet Institute.
6 January 2022
Consuming traditional forms of media has little effect on short-term adult well-being, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford, University of Vienna and Nesta.
13 December 2021
A new report from the Oxford Commission on AI and Good Governance (OxCAIGG), calls for collective action and greater public cooperation amongst policymakers and decision-makers responsible for AI in public services.
15:30 -17:00, Online webinar
With Professor Kim Fortun, and Professor Mike FortunIn this presentation Professors Kim and Mike Fortun discuss archive ethnography as an experimental way to produce, curate, communicate and politically activate ethnographic knowledge.
Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow
Professor Sandra Wachter is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow focusing on law and ethics of AI, Big Data, and robotics as well as Internet regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford
Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Director of Research
Professor Przybylski is an experimental psychologist and Director of Research at the OII. His work is mainly concerned with applying psychological models of motivation and health to study how people interact with virtual environments.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Niklas Johannes is a behavioural scientist. He works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Adolescent Well-Being in the Digital Age programme, where he studies effects of technology on well-being and performance.
By Mark Graham and Martin Dittus
Today's urban environments are layered with data and algorithms that shape how we perceive and move through space. But are our digitally dense environments continuing to amplify inequalities rather than alleviate them?
The core of this project is the development of a prototype digital platform which would flexibly allow for the measurement of trends in online hate speech in different languages, countries, and contexts.
This project will evaluate the effectiveness of accountability tools addressing explainability, bias, and fairness in AI. A ‘trustworthiness auditing meta-toolkit’ will be developed and validated via case studies in healthcare and open science.
Digital technologies are transforming our work environments and demand for skills, with creative work severely affected. This project will use unique secondary data to measure changes in the UK’s creative service sector digital skill composition.
By Mark McFadden, Kate Jones, Emily Taylor and Georgia Osborn, Oxford Information Labs
The draft EU AI Regulation is a far-reaching attempt to provide a regulatory foundation for the safe, fair, and innovative development of Artificial Intelligence in the European Union.
The Times, 4 January 2022
Groups spreading misinformation about Covid-19 lockdowns and vaccines are starting to use the same language to spread conspiracy theories about climate change, experts have warned.
Times Online, 21 December 2021
With the rapid spread of the Omicron variant comes the spread of another deadly social disease: misinformation. Conspiracy theories and inaccurate news abound, again threatening to exacerbate the death toll and undermine management of the pandemic.
El País, 6 December 2021
It will be impossible to identify the challenges young people face if we cannot properly study how they interact online.
