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Lexi Neame
Lexi Neame, Dissertation Fellow 2017/18, Santa Barbara 1000 690 domonda

Lexi Neame, Dissertation Fellow 2017/18, Santa Barbara

I study how facts become authoritative in public life. For me, the task of the humanities is comprehension, or as Arendt put it: facing up to–and, where necessary, resisting–reality.

MARCUS TOMALIN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AND PROJECT MANAGER, GIVING VOICE TO DIGITAL DEMOCRACIES, CAMBRIDGE 1000 690 Stefanie Ullmann

MARCUS TOMALIN, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AND PROJECT MANAGER, GIVING VOICE TO DIGITAL DEMOCRACIES, CAMBRIDGE

There is an urgent need to develop more ethical and trustworthy AI technologies that can effect positive social change in modern digital democracies.

Massimo Warglien, Board Member
Massimo Warglien, Board Member, Venice 1000 690 domonda

Massimo Warglien, Board Member, Venice

Text analysis offers huge opportunities to improve how we understand and predict conflict.

MICHAEL KENNY, CO-INVESTIGATOR, EXPERTISE UNDER PRESSURE, CAMBRIDGE 1000 690 Una Yeung

MICHAEL KENNY, CO-INVESTIGATOR, EXPERTISE UNDER PRESSURE, CAMBRIDGE

The political contestation of experts and their knowledge is one consequence of the profound turbulence affecting governance in the current era. The question now is whether the democratisation of expertise might also be harnessed by those seeking to re-invent public policy in the age of disruption.

Nina Rismal
Nina Rismal, Hamburg 1000 690 domonda

Nina Rismal, Hamburg

I am concerned with visions of utopian societies and their value for effecting desirable social change. Desire and hope for a better future lie at the core of my work in Humanities and Social Change.

Pierre Fasula
Pierre Fasula, Postdoctoral Scholar 2017/18, Santa Barbara 1000 690 domonda

Pierre Fasula, Postdoctoral Scholar 2017/18, Santa Barbara

Philosophy of literature aims not only at interpreting the world, particularly the way fiction forms our moral and political beliefs, but also, doing so, at changing it.

Sabrina Marchetti, Board Member
Sabrina Marchetti, Board Member, Venice 1000 690 domonda

Sabrina Marchetti, Board Member, Venice

As a feminist scholar, I believe in the power of art and of the Humanities in changing our understanding of society, culture and economic life. I am happy to be part of this project.

Shaul Bassi
Shaul Bassi, Center Director, Venice 1024 794 wernecke

Shaul Bassi, Center Director, Venice

Cultural difference can push people apart; art and the humanities can bring them together in a sustainable world.

SHAUNA CONCANNON, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GIVING VOICE TO DIGITAL DEMOCRACIES, CAMBRIDGE 1000 690 Una Yeung

SHAUNA CONCANNON, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GIVING VOICE TO DIGITAL DEMOCRACIES, CAMBRIDGE

Language is the means by which ideas, information and culture are communicated. For communication technologies to contribute positively to society and democracy, we must account for how trustworthiness and credibility are encoded and interpreted.

STEFANIE ULLMANN, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GIVING VOICE TO DIGITAL DEMOCRACIES, CAMBRIDGE 1000 690 Una Yeung

STEFANIE ULLMANN, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GIVING VOICE TO DIGITAL DEMOCRACIES, CAMBRIDGE

As modern technologies become more and more intertwined with our professional and private lives, it is vital that we take a critical look at linguistic and ethical concerns in relation to our handling of these artificially intelligent systems.