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Sep 17

Peace by Design? Unlocking the Potential of Seven Technologies for a More Peaceful Future

Stefaan G. Verhulst and Artur Kluz On Thursday, September 21, the world will celebrate International Peace Day. The evening prior, at an event in New York City, the Kluz Prize for PeaceTech will seek to recognize and celebrate exemplary initiatives and projects that effectively leverage technology for peace. …

Peace

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Peace by Design? Unlocking the Potential of Seven Technologies for a More Peaceful Future
Peace by Design? Unlocking the Potential of Seven Technologies for a More Peaceful Future
Peace

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May 24

Actualizing Digital Self Determination: From Theory to Practice

The world is undergoing a rapid process of datafication, providing immense potential for addressing various challenges in society and the environment through responsible data reuse. However, datafication also results in imbalances, asymmetries, and silos that hinder the full realization of this potential and pose significant public policy challenges. In a…

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Actualizing Digital Self Determination: From Theory to Practice
Actualizing Digital Self Determination: From Theory to Practice

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Apr 3

Data Reboot: 10 Reasons why we need to change how we approach data in today’s society

Stefaan G. Verhulst and Julia Stamm, The Data Tank (Appeared first as Data Reboot: 10 Gründe, warum wir unseren Umgang mit Daten ändern müssen at 1E9) For several decades, society has been aware of the rapidly increasing amount of data. The term “information explosion” was first used in 1941, and…

Data Science

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Data Reboot: 10 Reasons why we need to change how we approach data in today’s society
Data Reboot: 10 Reasons why we need to change how we approach data in today’s society
Data Science

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Data Stewards Network

·Mar 13

Wanted: Data Stewards — Drafting the Job Specs for A Re-imagined Data Stewardship Role

(Thanks to Lisa Talia Moretti, Sampriti Saxena, and Andrew Zahuranec for their research support; and the alumni of the Data Stewards Executive Course for their input) With the rapid datafication of our world and the ever-growing need to access data for re-use in the public interest, it’s no surprise that…

Data

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Wanted: Data Stewards — Drafting the Job Specs  for A Re-imagined Data Stewardship Role
Wanted: Data Stewards — Drafting the Job Specs  for A Re-imagined Data Stewardship Role
Data

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Jun 6, 2022

The AI Localism Canvas: A Framework to Assess The Emergence of Governance of AI within Cities

Stefaan Verhulst, Andrew Young and Mona Sloane (Earlier version published as part of Künstliche Intelligenz — Zwischen Erwartungen und Unbehagen). The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continues to throw up challenges and opportunities for policymakers — particularly in cities.. As the world continues to urbanize, cities grow in their…

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The AI Localism Canvas: A Framework to Assess The Emergence of Governance of AI within Cities
The AI Localism Canvas: A Framework to Assess The Emergence of Governance of AI within Cities

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Data Stewards Network

·Oct 8, 2021

Data Stewardship Re-Imagined — Capacities and Competencies

Presentation to the United Nations World Data Forum 2021; Panel on “Where to start first? — Identifying the leverage points of effective capacity development,” organized by PARIS 21 In ways both large and small, COVID-19 has forced us to re-examine every aspect of our political…

Data Science

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Data Science

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Participo

·Feb 19, 2021

How can stakeholder engagement and mini-publics better inform the use of data for pandemic response?

The New York City Data Assembly demonstrated the value and potential of deliberation — By Andrew Zahuranec, Andrew Young and Stefaan G. Verhulst “What does the public expect from data-driven responses to the COVID-19 pandemic? And under what conditions?” …

Data

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How can stakeholder engagement and mini-publics better inform the use of data for pandemic response?
How can stakeholder engagement and mini-publics better inform the use of data for pandemic response?
Data

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Data Stewards Network

·Jan 19, 2021

Re-use of smart city data: The need to acquire a social license through data assemblies

Written Testimony by Stefaan G. Verhulst Co-Founder, The GovLab, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University Before the New York City Council Committee on Technology Oversight Hearing: Smart City, January 19, 2021 Chairman Holden and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for allowing me the privilege to appear virtually…

Smart Cities

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Re-use of smart city data: The need to acquire a social license through data assemblies
Re-use of smart city data: The need to acquire a social license through data assemblies
Smart Cities

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The Startup

·Dec 4, 2020

The Emergence of AI Localism: Governing Artificial Intelligence at the Local and City Level

Last month, several experts and practitioners gathered on-line to reflect on the use of AI in managing pandemics as part of The Responsible AI Forum (Preview) — organized by the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (TUM, Munich), in close cooperation with the Global AI Ethics Consortium. I had the…

Artificial Intelligence

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The Emergence of AI Localism: Governing Artificial Intelligence at the Local and City Level
The Emergence of AI Localism: Governing Artificial Intelligence at the Local and City Level
Artificial Intelligence

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Data Stewards Network

·Oct 26, 2020

Data to Go: The Value of Data Portability as a Means to Data Liquidity

By Juliet McMurren and Stefaan G. Verhulst This article was originally published in Data & Policy, the peer-reviewed, open-access venue dedicated to the potential of data science to address important policy challenges. If data is the “new oil,” why isn’t it flowing? For almost two decades, data management in fields…

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Data to Go: The Value of Data Portability as a Means to Data Liquidity
Data to Go: The Value of Data Portability as a Means to Data Liquidity

13 min read

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