Over recent years data science has become integral to many sectors across society. From learning analytics and public health to … More

Amidst the many anxieties that surround datafication is the recurring question of how numbers and statistics have become cemented throughout all … More

The use and usefulness of data depends upon how easily it can be shared across devices and digital systems. While … More

In his most recent book, designer Yanni Loukissas makes a simple yet compelling argument: all data are local. Loukissas’ book could … More

In Automated Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, Virginia Eubanks draws attention to the moments in which … More

In her 2017 book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, Virginia Eubanks examines how social … More

In her latest book If…Then: Algorithmic Power and Politics, Taina Bucher uses the notion of ‘relational ontology’ to analyse the power … More

One of the aims of our research project is to inform, educate and agitate for change in the ways that … More

One of the research methods we will be using in the DSS project is data ethnography. In a basic sense, … More

Outside of the home, schools are one of the most significant domains for young people when it comes to personal … More