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The Business of Encryption

Earlier this summer, I led a Policy Workshop with Cambridge's Centre for Science and Policy, also supported by Cambridge's ESRC Impact Acceleration Account , on the 'Business of Encryption.' This brought together academics from a variety of disciplines and practitioners from a variety of sectors to...

The Whistle goes to RightsCon: Global Tech & Human Rights Conference

In March, three members of The Whistle team - Giles, Isabel and Ella - headed to San Francisco for RightsCon . This annual conference is the biggest get-together of those working on the intersection of technology and human rights : human rights researchers and advocates, lawyers, academics, tech...

Ethics of Big Data Seminar: What is Big Data? Discovery through a Data Walkshop

by Ella McPherson The ‘ data walkshop ,’ led by Alison Powell , of the LSE’s Media and Communications Department, and Alex Taylor , of Microsoft Research, was a wonderful way to kick off our year of Ethics of Big Data events. As Alison explained, she modelled the concept of the walkshop after Laura...

'Understanding multiplex networks': R(w)SM guest blogger Oliver Marsh responds to Desislava Hristova's talk

Oliver Marsh is a PhD student at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL. His thesis examines the use of social media by science enthusiast groups, with particular interest in how interactions spread meanings of ‘science’ and the ‘science identity.’ Previously he was at the Cambridge...

‘Big Data is watching you. But does it understand you?’ R(w)SM guest blogger Beth Singler responds to Paolo Gerbaudo’s talk

Beth Singler is a PhD student in the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge. She is a social anthropologist researching New Religious Movements, particularly those that have an online origin or community. Her thesis is on the Indigo Children, a concept from within the New Age Movement which has formed an...

‘Which media to Occupy?’: R(w)SM guest blogger Marta Poslad responds to Christian Fuchs’ keynote lecture

Marta Poslad ( @mposlad ) is a graduate of the University of Warsaw (Political Science, MA) and University of Cambridge (Sociology, MPhil). She joined Google in 2012, where she is currently responsible for Public Policy in Central and Eastern Europe and for analyzing the social and political impact...

‘A tyranny of algorithms': R(w)SM guest blogger Richard Dent responds to Joss Hands' talk

Richard Dent is a PhD student in Cambridge’s Department of Sociology. His research examines 'social networking for social good’ in the UK, a growing online movement that includes the sharing economy and commons based peer production. Richard is conducting his PhD through an open access/open peer...

The Whistle: A digital platform in development for citizen witnesses to report human rights violations

How can we make it easier for citizen witnesses of human rights violations to capture the attention of journalists and human rights defenders? This was the question underpinning the digital platform that Meredydd Williams from the Computer Laboratory and I began to develop during Cambridge’s...

Evidence for the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee

I recently gave evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee. This was based on written evidence co-authored with my colleague, Anne Alexander , and submitted to their ongoing inquiry into social media data and real time analytics . Both Anne and I research the use of...

I'm planning a conference on 'The Post-Truth Phenomenon' for Spring 2018

I'm organising a conference for Spring 2018 on 'The Post-Truth Phenomenon.' I've pasted the conference rationale below; click here to register for further updates - and to let me know if you are also organising an event on 'post-truth,' 'alternative facts,' or 'fake news'! Why should we have a...

Human Rights Practice in the Digital Age workshop

Human Rights Practice in the Digital Age Workshop by Ella McPherson How are human rights practices changing in the digital a ge ? How are witnessing, documenting and advocating responding to digital technologies, and how might we understand and theorise these responses? On 27 March 2017, Sam...

The Business of Encryption

The Whistle goes to RightsCon: Global Tech & Human Rights Conference

Ethics of Big Data Seminar: What is Big Data? Discovery through a Data Walkshop

'Understanding multiplex networks': R(w)SM guest blogger Oliver Marsh responds to Desislava Hristova's talk

‘Big Data is watching you. But does it understand you?’ R(w)SM guest blogger Beth Singler responds to Paolo Gerbaudo’s talk

‘Which media to Occupy?’: R(w)SM guest blogger Marta Poslad responds to Christian Fuchs’ keynote lecture

‘A tyranny of algorithms': R(w)SM guest blogger Richard Dent responds to Joss Hands' talk

The Whistle: A digital platform in development for citizen witnesses to report human rights violations

Evidence for the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee

I'm planning a conference on 'The Post-Truth Phenomenon' for Spring 2018

Human Rights Practice in the Digital Age workshop

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