Vacature onderzoeksassistent ‘Journalistiek & Democratie: Coronaberichtgeving’ Voor een interdisciplinair onderzoeksproject binnen de context van de AI Labs Digital Humanities zoekt de Utrecht Data School (UDS) een onderzoeksassistent voor 0,25 fte vanaf 1 december 2022, voor 10 maanden. Het salaris is in lijn met dat van een student-assistent. De UDS zoekt iemand met datavaardigheden die kan helpen bij het analyseren van coronaberichtgeving […] Read more
BOLD Profiler – an application to track bias in linked open data With a grant from the SIDN Fund, the Utrecht Data School built the BOLD Profiler. This application detects bias in commonly used knowledge bases such as Wikidata. Disinformation is not always spread with a deliberate plan, but can also (unintentionally) originate from incorrect information, missing data or misrepresentation. For example, Wikidata is considered very reliable, […] Read more
Mirko Schäfer appointed Visiting Professor to University of Helsinki For the coming three years, CDH programme team member Mirko Schäfer has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Helsinki Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH). Developing the Utrecht Data School at Utrecht University, Mirko Schäfer has built a track-record of societally engaged research for inquiring datafication and algorithmization at government organisation in the Netherlands. […] Read more
Utrecht Data School and De Groene Amsterdammer win ‘Tegel’ award The article ‘Misogynie als politiek wapen’, a collaboration between Joris Veerbeek and Sahra Mohamed (Utrecht Data School) and Coen van de Ven and Karlijn Saris (De Groene Amsterdammer), has won a ‘Tegel’ in the category ‘CBS Data’. The Tegel is the most important Dutch award for journalism. The Utrecht Data School (UDS) regularly collaborates with […] Read more
Utrecht Data School joins CDH Starting March 1st, 2022, Utrecht Data School (UDS) will become part of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) at Utrecht University under the joint deanship of the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities. Investigating the implications of AI and datafication for our digital society requires concerted interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary efforts. Over the past years, UDS developed collaborative projects with societal […] Read more
Vacancy: knowledge and data engineer The Utrecht Data School and the department of Computer Science at Utrecht University are looking for a ‘knowledge and data engineer’ for a project on Bias in Open Knowledge Graphs. Deadline to respond is February 25, 2022. Job description The candidate will develop an application to automatically detect the different kinds of bias in Linked […] Read more
Data Scan @ Home In a time of Covid-19 we had to develop alternative ways to facilitate data walks so we developed the Data Scan @ Home. This interactive PDF facilitates observation and reflection on data, encourages relating personal experiences to public debate and operates as a starting point for discussion with others. Download Data Scan @ Home […] Read more
Data Team Start A tool that (novice) data project teams can use to conduct an inspection to obtain an accurate survey of their collaboration. […] Read more
Sharing Data Together The ‘Sharing data together’ checklist offers guidance to organisations wishing to share data responsibly. […] Read more
Dashboards with value for the entire organisation (Concept) Helps organisations give meaning to dashboards by facilitating a discussion based on given propositions. […] Read more
Data Ethics Awareness Test (DEAT) Survey to measure moral sensitivity to data practices within an organisation. […] Read more
Bots as Digital Infrapunctures This module explores what role bots can have as infrastructural stress relievers, by actively engaging with the norms and values inscribed into computational tools and infrastructures. […] Read more
Meaningful digital (and hybrid) collaboration This tool helps teams to shape their digital cooperation in a meaningful way during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. […] Read more
The Digital Advisor (Concept) Tool to help people’s representatives within a municipality to make a value judgement on a data-related proposal and to learn to ask critical questions about such proposals. […] Read more
