With Professor Greg Taylor and Tania Van Den Brande
This episode of the OII’s The Human Interface podcast explores how dominant tech giants shape digital markets, affecting consumers, businesses, and innovation—and how regulators aim to keep their power in check.
With Ayca Deniz Ergin and Ashly Jiju
This episode pulls back the curtain on the often-invisible human workforce powering AI, from content moderation to data labelling, and explores why global standards in AI supply chains must be enforced to protect worker safety.
With Dr Mykola Makhortykh and Maryna Sydorova
Dr Mayhortykh and Sydorova will discuss results from a series of studies in which we explored how text- and image-generative AI applications represent different aspects of Russia's war in Ukraine.
With Matt Sharpe
In this talk, Matt presents findings from the largest study of digital habits to date, combining survey responses from nearly 7,000 people with fine-grained tracking of their actual app usage
With Dr Johann Laux, Ali Shah, and Maxine Setiawan
The evolving role of human oversight of AI systems in the workplace and beyond.
With Dr Eugenia Stamboliev
This talk will introduce the concept of democratic trustworthiness of AI, shifting the focus from thinking about AI users to protecting citizens; and from output expectations to protected interests within AI systems
With Dr Patrick Brodie
This talk will articulate Ireland's twin transition and AI industrial policy, offering a critique of dependent models of development and proposing an anti-imperialist approach to environmental politics
OII DPhil student Thomas Hakman explores why RuneScape remains popular, showing how player freedom, mastery, and community satisfy core psychological needs despite the game’s age.
With Jon Penney
In this talk, Jon Penney examines the increasing weaponization of surveillance, censorship, and new technology to repress and control us.
With Dr Robert Prey and Dr Seonok Lee
While it's never been easier for musicians to release music, the economics of the music industry and online streaming mean earning a living has become even more challenging.
With Rebecca Razavi
This talk examines how national AI capability and dependency can be systematically assessed in an increasingly interconnected AI ecosystem
With Dr Fabian Stephany
AI is often seen as a job killer — but our latest OII study suggests it could actually help you get hired. A new international experiment shows that AI skills significantly improve a candidate’s chances of being invited to an interview.