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By Cedefop
Cedefop’s CrowdLearn study is the first to examine skills development and skill matching practices in online platform work. It presents evidence from interviews with platform economy stakeholders, as well as crowdworkers themselves.
By Anne Ploin, Rebecca Eynon, Isis Hjorth, and Michael A. Osborne
There has been much talk about the potential of AI, but could it really transform the creative arts?
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.
BBC Radio Oxford, 27 September 2022
Oxford academic Dr Rebecca J Syed Sheriff explains how engaging with arts online can have a positive impact on mental health in young people.
Wired, 20 September 2022
The encrypted messaging app is a haven for politically motivated vitriol, but users are increasingly bringing threats to targets’ doorsteps.
Jack FM, 22 September 2022
Oxford researchers have examined the impact on depression and anxiety in 16-24 year-olds, in partnership with the Ashmolean Museum.
21 September 2022
A new study finds that engaging with arts and culture online can improve mental health in young people.
8 September 2022
Two faculty members at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) have been awarded the title of full Professor by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, in recognition of their exceptional contributions to scientific and legal scholarship.
24 August 2022
New Fairwork report highlights best and worst employment conditions across the digital labour platforms.
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27 January 2022
The first in a series of joint webinars looking at the theme of AI & work, jointly curated by the Oxford Internet Institute and TUM Heilbronn Campus.
21 January 2022
Dr Alison Kahn, Loughborough University, discusses her paper on the role of social media in the making of the film "We, The Zeme" (2021) about the first Zeme Naga Olympics.
11 January 2022
In this presentation Professors Kim and Mike Fortun discuss archive ethnography as an experimental way to produce, curate, communicate and politically activate ethnographic knowledge.
12:00 -13:00, Hybrid talk
With Dr Murali ShanmugavelanAn introduction to Critical Caste and Technology Studies with Dr Murali Shanmugavelan
17:00 -18:00, Hybrid talk
With Martina Tazzioli“The automated gate let me go out, but I feel in prison”: rethinking control over refugees through and beyond technological disruptions.
