Data School (Utrecht University)

I might be late to the party, given the citation count, but:
I really enjoyed this exceptional piece on deplatformization and core-periphery dynamics of (far right) platform ecosystems.

By José Van Dijk, Tim de Winkel and @mtschaefer.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Steuert KI die Verwaltung, kann das mitunter gefährlich werden In den Niederlanden regeln Algorithmen soziale Dienste und lösten einen beispiellosen Skandal aus. Um solche Fälle zu vermeiden, braucht es ethische Grenzen

The Austrian @derstandard.at features @mtschaefer.bsky.social and our work on data & AI ethics (e.g. Fundamental Rights & Algorithms Impact Assessment) & how the Netherlands try to develop good governance for algorithms & AI. #Dighum2025

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

DPG Media and Utrecht University’s Data School develop tool to support ethical use of data and AI in the media sector | Centre for Digital Humanities DPG Media and the Utrecht University Data School are jointly developing a ‘Data Ethics Decision Aid for Media (DEDA for Media)’. Starting in 2026, this analogue model will help media companies in reco...

Fascinating to see how our Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA) is spreading internationally & through different domains of application. We're currently working on a DEDA for media organisations, and are also developing one for robotic systems.
#AI #Ethics #Governance
cdh.uu.nl/2025/06/02/d...

Generative AI, Media, and Society | Katalin Feher | Taylor & Francis e This groundbreaking book demystifies generative AI’s transformative impact on media, socio-cultural dynamics, ethics, and policy. Defining generative AI as an

Find more information about the book here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

"Generative AI, Media & Society" by Katalin Feher We are very proud to appear as one of the case studies, highlighting our work on responsible data practices & AI governance, featuring our Fundamental Rights & Algorithms Impact Assesment (FRAIA) and our Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA).

"Cop, Code and Conduct" by Isabelle Donatz-Fest is a deep-dive into the discourses and practices of technological change at the Dutch National Police, and a sharp analysis of an institution grappling with ethics, capacities and governance.
#AI #Policing

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"Introducing FRAIA: The Fundamental Rights and Algorithms Impact Assessment"

Organised by @dataschool.nl with Julia Straatman, Iris Muis

More information: cpdp.be/27623
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #TheWorldisWatching #CPDP #Workshop

It is this time of the year again: @cpdpconferences.bsky.social our most favorite conference to attend. We will be there with a FRAIA workshop and a panel in which we discuss how to make the AI Act work beyond the trickle-down policy, through effective practices and oversight.

Recap of Data School’s Impact Conference | Centre for Digital Humanities Two Days of Collaboration, Knowledge Exchange, and Difference Making How can scholars and practitioners join forces to bridge the gap between academic inquiry and urgent societal challenges? What road...

Our conference on collaborative research and societal impact was a fantastic experience. If you missed it, here is a recap with a summary of the keynotes, panels and workshops. Thanks to our great workshop hosts and participants; we really want to do this next year again!

cdh.uu.nl/2025/04/14/r...

"AI Act in Action: Compliance, Oversight, and Enforcement" As the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) approaches implementation, we discuss how this landmark legislation will be effectively upheld in practice and through enforcement. This panel will explore the practices for compliance and critical steps needed to ensure that the AI Act goes from a legislative framework into a practical tool for governing AI use across Europe. We will focus on practical solutions and key mechanisms for ensuring compliance: practices for compliances, the role of oversight bodies and supervisory authorities in monitoring AI systems, to the contributions of NGOs and civil society in holding organizations accountable, and the challenges policymakers face in translating regulation into actionable enforcement on the ground. Arguing against the notion of trickle-down policy, the panel will highlight the collective efforts necessary to transform the AI Act into an impactful and enforceable reality. Questions to be answered: - How to translate policy into action? - What is the role of journalism and media in holding AI systems accountable? - What are best practices for complying with AI Act? - Is the AI Act sufficient or can and must we do better? Organised by Utrecht University with Mirko Tobias Schäfer (moderator), Angela Müller, Arnika Zinke, Katja Mayer, Rob Heyman

"AI Act in Action: Compliance, Oversight, and Enforcement"

Organised by @dataschool.nl with @mtschaefer.bsky.social (moderator), Angela Müller, @arnikazinke.bsky.social, Katja Mayer, Rob Heyman

More information: cpdp.be/4657

#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #TheWorldisWatching #CPDP #AiAct #Oversight

Recap of Data School’s Impact Conference | Centre for Digital Humanities Two Days of Collaboration, Knowledge Exchange, and Difference Making How can scholars and practitioners join forces to bridge the gap between academic inquiry and urgent societal challenges? What road...

It was truly an honour to share these days with you!

Dive into the full recap here:
cdh.uu.nl/2025/04/14/r...

#Impact #CollaborativeResearch #Conference #DatafiedSociety #DataSchool

To everyone who was there, thank you all: keynote speakers, workshop organizers, participants, volunteers, photographer, graphic recording professional, and venue hosts – for spinning in this orbit of collaboration, knowledge exchange, and difference making with us.

Missed the event? Here’s your chance to step into the two days where we collaboratively explored what it means to do research 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩, not just 𝘧𝘰𝘳, society.

✨The recap of our workshop-driven conference “Making a Difference: Societal Impact through Collaborative Research”, held on 7 & 8 April 2025 in Utrecht, is now live!

‘Wetenschapper moet zich opstellen als kritische vriend’ Steeds meer wetenschappers zoeken de samenwerking met bedrijven of maatschappelijke organisaties. Hoe moeten ze zich opstellen om het meeste effect te sorteren? Volgens de Ierse geograaf Rob Kitchin, ...

@dataschool.nl @robkitchin.bsky.social (article also in English available)

To our amazing attendees, thank you for showing up and participating fully — with curiosity, openness, and the willingness to be surprised. As one participant put it:
“I feel radicalised and hopeful.”

#MakingADifference #CollaborativeResearch #DataSchool #SocietalImpact

Workshops turned into spaces for collaborative provocation, sparking ideas, surfacing tensions, and generating synergies between researchers, practitioners, and students.

From sharing best practices to questioning norms about collaborative research in the datafied society — today was all about thinking, doing and imagining otherwise, together.

Huge thanks to all the incredible contributors who brought not only knowledge and expertise, but also friction, challenge, urgency, and imagination into the room.

What a fantastic start to our workshop-driven conference "Making a Difference: Societal Impact through Collaborative Research."

Impact Assessment Fundamental Rights and Algorithms The Fundamental Rights and Algorithm Impact Assessment (FRAIA) helps to map the risks to human rights in the use of algorithms and to take measures to address this. FRAIA is the English translation of...

Here is a link to the Fundamental Rights & Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA) developed by @dataschool.nl & @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social www.government.nl/documents/re...

Here is a paper looking at how government organisations are using our Fundamental Rights & Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA) and how it informs awareness to AI ethics & governance, affects organisational capacities & collaboration. Open Access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👉 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: impact.dataschool.nl/events/makin...

#MeasuringImpact #SocietalImpact #KnowledgeTransfer #CollaborativeResearch #Conference

💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀:
1. How do we define and measure the true impact of research?
2. What metrics and indicators can accurately capture different types of impact?
3. When can impact truly be considered a success?

𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀:
✅ Madelijn Strick (Impact Lab, Utrecht University)
✅ Nicole Ward-Boot (NWO)
✅ 𝗧𝗷𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽 (CWTS, Leiden University)
🎤 Moderated by Mirko Tobias Schäfer @mtschaefer.bsky.social (Utrecht University)

🌐 Join us on 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟴 at the “𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵” conference, where an expert panel will delve into 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 – 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.

📣 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
Universities and funding organizations are increasingly calling for research that drives societal impact and effective knowledge transfer. But how do we reliably measure impact?

👉 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻! 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: impact.dataschool.nl/events/makin...

#Impact #Education #UniversityTeaching #CollaborativeResearch #KnowledgeTransfer #Conference

💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀
1. How do societal demands challenge traditional university teaching?
2. Can collaborative research strengthen knowledge transfer and societal impact?
3. How does collaborative research equip academics to respond to the needs of today’s information societies?

𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀:
✅ Hieke Keuning (Utrecht University)
✅ Sharon van Geldere (Leiden University)
✅ Arjan van den Born (Regionale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij)
✅ Thomas Boeschoten (DPG Media)
🎤 Moderated by Vincent C.A. Crone (Utrecht University)