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AI Ethics and Society is a network of researchers investigating the ethico-political implications of data-driven tech - more at www.ai-ethics.org

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16.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

✨ Co-organised with the Planetary AI Project, and the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Digital Economy and Society cluster

04.02.2026 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Academia: An ECR-Led Dialogue A wide-ranging discussion about moving between disciplines, publishing cross-disciplinary research, and responding to funding uncertainties

πŸ“£our next event β€œNavigating the Shifting Landscape of Academia: An ECR-led dialogue”, is happening in Edinburgh Feb 18th - a panel discussion featuring @karengregory.bsky.social, Nelson Oppong and Adam Badger, and chaired by @srravya.bsky.social

πŸ‘€ sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating...

04.02.2026 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Data-Driven Healthcare Empirical encounters with computational 'intelligence'

✨exploring empirical encounters with computational 'intelligence' - an in-person event with Edinburgh’s DARE project researchers @nicolasugden.bsky.social, Abby King and Max Perry, looking at how data is being used in UK healthcare and biomedical research.

⬇️ sign up below!

shorturl.at/Yj91W

18.11.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
Three smiling people (l-r: Dr. Nazanin Andalibi, Alice Ross (me!) and Dr. Oliver Haimson) standing in front of a colourful screen displaying the title 'Panel Discussion'

Three smiling people (l-r: Dr. Nazanin Andalibi, Alice Ross (me!) and Dr. Oliver Haimson) standing in front of a colourful screen displaying the title 'Panel Discussion'

A photo of buildings at George Square, The University of Edinburgh, with text overlaid on a bright green background. The text is the title of last week's event, Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI

A photo of buildings at George Square, The University of Edinburgh, with text overlaid on a bright green background. The text is the title of last week's event, Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI

Such an inspiring, powerful event! Huge thanks: @naz-andalibi.bsky.social @haimson.bsky.social for their brilliant talks & sharing insights with me in the panel chat, @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social for putting it all together, & to everyone who attended!

24.11.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A poster for the Gender and the Machine event on 20 November 2025.

A poster for the Gender and the Machine event on 20 November 2025.

Just a few tickets left for tomorrow's GENDER AND THE MACHINE event! πŸ”₯

Join us to explore entanglements of gender, marginalisation and emotion across tech and AI.

πŸ—“οΈ 20 Nov 2025
πŸ“ Edinburgh
πŸ‘‹ All welcome

With @haimson.bsky.social, @naz-andalibi.bsky.social

πŸ”— www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

19.11.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Data-Driven Healthcare Empirical encounters with computational 'intelligence'

✨exploring empirical encounters with computational 'intelligence' - an in-person event with Edinburgh’s DARE project researchers @nicolasugden.bsky.social, Abby King and Max Perry, looking at how data is being used in UK healthcare and biomedical research.

⬇️ sign up below!

shorturl.at/Yj91W

18.11.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies

Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on πŸ€–πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈGender and the MachineπŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈπŸ§‘β€πŸ’», where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research!

Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

13.11.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grateful to the organisers @velocitygravity.bsky.social Ans Sona Gachayeva at @stir.ac.uk and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social for the opportunity to pre-launch the book 𝑨𝑰 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘―π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’†π’“ π‘¬π’…π’–π’„π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 and exchange with academics and authors on the challenges that AI brings to universities

07.11.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies

Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🀩

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

07.11.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Event poster for Gender and the Machine.

Event poster for Gender and the Machine.

Event poster for Gender and the Machine.

Event poster for Gender and the Machine.

πŸ“’ GENDER AND THE MACHINE

Join us in Edinburgh on 20 Nov to explore entanglements of gender, marginalisation and emotion across tech and AI.

πŸ—“οΈ Thurs 20 Nov 2025
πŸ“ Edinburgh
πŸ‘‹ All welcome

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

#data #AI #tech #emotion #trans #LGBTQ #queer

05.11.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies

πŸ—£οΈ Featuring talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus a panel discussion and networking reception.

Co-organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab and @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social, supported by @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

05.11.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Co-organised with the wonderful @kevinguyan.bsky.social and the Gender and Sexuality Data Lab, and kindly supported by @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social

03.11.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies

βœ¨πŸ“£ Excited to announce our upcoming event GENDER AND THE MACHINE!

Join us on Nov 20th for an afternoon exploring gender, marginalisation and emotion in tech - talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus panel discussion and networking reception

⬇️ sign up

shorturl.at/QlMfx

03.11.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Book Launch: Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education and Research Join us in Stirling for a book launch of Dr Ponce Del Castillo's forthcoming edited book on AI in Higher Education!

πŸ“£ Come join us on Nov 7th for the launch of the European Trade Union Institute’s new book on AI in Higher Education and Research, edited by @aida.follows.technology who will join us for a book talk! Followed by a fascinating discussion chaired by Dr Sona Gacheyeva

⬇️ info & sign up shorturl.at/8oZ4Z

31.10.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"A New Class of Artifact?" Exploring Hybridity and Intersecting Agencies in Biohybrid Robotics with Beren Sekerci

✨ Join us Oct 22nd for Beren Sekerci's talk exploring material agency and hybridity in biohybrid robotics - artifacts which are neither fully living nor fully robotic, designed by both AI and humans

⬇️ Find out more and sign up below!
shorturl.at/cm4uP

16.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Fine-Tuning as Repair? Discussing and Testing a Large Language Model Join us for a discussion on the practice of fine-tuning Large Language Models and test a model fine-tuned on Edinburgh-based perspectives!

Join us in-person for a guided discussion on fine-tuning LLMs with Lara Dal Molin. In this hands-on session, you can interact with the base version of the model before fine-tuning, discussing the ethical dimensions and shortcomings of fine-tuning

πŸ—“οΈ 10th Oct, 4-5.30pm
⬇️ sign up:

shorturl.at/OqQGf

03.10.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

if you are attending #4S2025, in just over an hour, we (@aies-edinburgh.bsky.social) have an exciting panel starting on breakdown, failure, care and repair in AI. In the programme, you can find it under "Echoes of Human Care and AI Repair in Times of Broken Machines"! Join us online on Zoom!

05.09.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘€another fascinating event on Friday discussing how metaphors shape our understanding of AI, thus direct design, development and implementation with real-world impacts
Thanks for the thought-proving talks and discussion @velocitygravity.bsky.social, Audrey Borowski, and Oksana Dorofeeva

09.06.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Meg (they/them) is standing at a lectern looking down at their notes and laughing. They're wearing a short-sleeved black turtleneck and iridescent-pink blue jeans. Behind them is a PowerPoint slide showing a close-up of some network graph data. A person with mid-length turquoise hair sits in front of the camera to the left of Meg, watching their presentation.

Meg (they/them) is standing at a lectern looking down at their notes and laughing. They're wearing a short-sleeved black turtleneck and iridescent-pink blue jeans. Behind them is a PowerPoint slide showing a close-up of some network graph data. A person with mid-length turquoise hair sits in front of the camera to the left of Meg, watching their presentation.

got a room full of people laughing about network graphs last week at the @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social Queer Data Showcase - who knew!

Thanks to @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social @mystikaglamoor.bsky.social and all my co-presenters for a fantastic evening ☺️

πŸ“ΈDaniel McGowan Photography

09.06.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

🌈ran out of space but also many thanks to co-organiser @benedetta.bsky.social and of course all of you who joined us for this whirlwind of an evening!!

05.06.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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✨inspired and energised by our wonderful speakers at the Queer Data Showcase, hosted by fantastic @mystikaglamoor.bsky.social, supported by @prideinstem.bsky.social, and co-organised by @kevinguyan.bsky.social and yours truly @sj-bennett.bsky.social @velocitygravity.bsky.social @srravya.bsky.social

05.06.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I am at this event right now and it's fucking incredible.

05.06.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Queer Data Showcase has started! Massively excited about this @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social x Gender & Sexuality Lab collab.

@sj-bennett.bsky.social
@kevinguyan.bsky.social
@srravya.bsky.social
@meg-fereday.bsky.social
@mystikaglamoor.bsky.social

05.06.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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en route Edinburgh to share my work on ✨neuroqueer network analysis✨ at @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social Queer Data Showcase tomorrow night!

Tickets here πŸ‘‡
www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...

04.06.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

✨only a week until this awesome panel discussing the role of mythmaking and metaphors in shaping AI, with @velocitygravity.bsky.social and Audrey Borowski!!

Still a couple of places left, you can sign up below πŸ‘‡πŸ»

30.05.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”₯only a week and a half until this, where’s it’s the time to!! We still have a few tickets left, sign up below πŸ‘‡πŸ»

26.05.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital Metaphors and Algorithmic Myths in the Past, Present, and Future All welcome to our event with Audrey Borowski and Vassilis Galanos on the role of mythmaking and metaphors in contemporary digital culture!

πŸŽ† Are you interested in the role of mythmaking and metaphors in contemporary and historical research and deployment of AI? Join us on 6th June, 1-2.30pm, for exciting talks by Dr Audrey Borowski and @velocitygravity.bsky.social, followed by a Q&A

πŸ–ŠοΈ sign up:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-me...

16.05.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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✨a truly fantastic and insightful talk from Oksana Dorofeeva, who discussed her findings which highlight areas where machine learning specialists ascribe ethical significance - unpicking ethics, hype, and hierarchies of worth in ML practice

08.05.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Place(s) Ascribed to Ethics in Narratives of Machine Learning Work Join us for this talk exploring ethics in Machine Learning, and highlighting areas where ML specialists ascribe ethical significance

πŸ“’ interested in how AI practitioners grapple with different, oft conflicting, sites of ethics in their practice? Come join us for this exciting in-person talk on May 7th, with Oksana Dorofeeva

πŸ‘‡πŸ» Sign up here below

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-places...

23.04.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1