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In an era of rapidly changing technology, it’s important to try to make sense of where we’re headed. 

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Xavier Carrera, educational technology and digital responsibility

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Education: Technology to the rescue?

Did you know that more than 380 million children worldwide finish their primary education without …
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Francesc García Cuyàs and how to preserve humanity in a technological health system

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Interview with Mary L. Gray, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research


“It actually takes quite a bit of human effort to create what’s called training data for AI.”

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Xavier Carrera, educational technology and digital responsibility
"Does technology favor a commercial vision of education, especially at a university level?"
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Francesc García Cuyàs and how to preserve humanity in a technological health system
"Technology should not make us forget that we need to talk to and explore patients for accurate diagnosis". 
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Alexis Abramson and the importance of solidarity within science
"About half of the needs of our current workforce will no longer be necessary in ...
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Ansgar Koene and the risks of the use of black box algorithms in HR
"Algorithms do not make moral judgements [...]. Humans decide how much to prioritize false-positives over ...
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Jovana Karanović on how to support workers in the platform society
"Lots of unfair practices have been wired into the algorithm of these companies (e.g. Uber)."
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Anant Agarwal and the democratization of education through technology
"By leveraging technology in the service of education, we have an opportunity to close the ...
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Videos

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Education: Technology to the rescue?
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E-Health: Will healthcare change forever?
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Links

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Automatic for the people? Experts predict how AI will transform the workplace
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Biased and wrong? Facial recognition tech in the dock
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Podcasts

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You’re not fired: let’s talk automation
What will the future of work look like? What human skills will we need to ...
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How much is your data worth? The future of data ethics and digital trust
In the digital era, it is only now that we are starting to understand the ...
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Articles

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Big data, little recourse: Sorine’s Story
Unethical data breaches and privacy abuse scandals have sparked a renewed awareness about what personal ...
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Automating empathy: Salvador’s story
Governments are increasingly using automated systems powered by emerging technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence ...
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Interviews


A fresh approach to sustainable development. Victoria Alonsoperez, UN Young Leader for the SDGs
"A successful society would be one in which sustainability is at the forefront of decision ...
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Rumman Chowdhury, Global Responsible AI Lead of Accenture
"It wasn’t until programming became profitable that it was rebranded as a masculine role."
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Reports

Citizen empowerment and inclusion  | 

Measuring the margins: Improving global digital inclusion metrics
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The future of work in the digital era: the rise of labour platforms
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GovTech: a new driver of citizen participation?
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Towards Agenda 2030
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