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FREE Workshop: Debugging Inequality In Data Science (6th of May, London, UK)
by Brooke,SJ 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Dear All, We are organising Debugging (In)equality in Data Science<https://www.lse.ac.uk/DSI/Events/Debugging-Data-Science> Workshop at the London School of Economics on the 6th of May. Please could you circulate the advert for the Workshop below to interested parties? Fusing the benefits of academic conferences with the relaxed, collaborative atmosphere of hackathons, the event is targeted at Doctoral and Early Career Researchers, but we will also consider applications from Master’s students and Permanent Faculty. Please feel free to direct any questions back to me! The Call for Presenters and the Poster for the event can be found here.<https://www.dropbox.com/s/ll8sivp60acwegl/CfP_Debugging_Data_Science_Worksh…> _____ Debugging Inequality in Data Science Free – Open – Catered Please note that the deadline to apply by submitting an abstract is 15 April 2022. The Debugging (In)equality Data Science Workshop aims to foster camaraderie and collaboration between Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers involved with or interested in computational methods for social sciences. The event will showcase cutting-edge data science that explores, exposes and tackles (in)equality. A founding principle of the event is to facilitate this type of research and to support the development of junior Scholars. Research grants will be available for two projects which align with the workshop principles, both valued at £500. _____ Best wishes, Sian Dr. Siân Brooke (she/her<https://www.lse.ac.uk/economics/about-us/equity-diversity-and-inclusion>) Fellow in Computational Social Science, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Research Associate<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/sian-brooke/>, Oxford Internet Institute Affiliate<https://www.lse.ac.uk/DSI/Data-Science-Spotlight/Dr-Siân-Brooke>, Data Science Institute

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ITU Generation Connect – European Digital Youth Jam
by Luísa Franco Machado 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to attend the European Digital Youth Jam happening virtually this Monday April 4th 10:00-14:00 CET. The aim of the Digital Youth Jam is to bring together young European leaders from different organizations to create meaningful engagement by lifting young voices to regional level discussions. This event will serve as another step towards the *Generation Connect Youth Summit* <https://www.itu.int/generationconnect/generation-connect-youth-summit-2022/>, to be held in June 2022, as well as the *European Year of Youth 2022* <https://europa.eu/youth/year-of-youth_en> as declared by the European Commission. This Digital Youth Jam for Europe will focus in particular on three themes: - *Meaningful youth engagement*: Effective mechanisms towards youth engagement in the policy and strategy making at the regional level and beyond. - *Quality education*: The challenges in achieving quality education in Europe aligned with the expectations of digital future; - *Gender equality: *Actions undertaken by youth to empower girls and young women to pursue education in digital skills and a career in the STEM field. - More information on the event here: https://lnkd.in/dXvnuBD4 > REGISTER HERE: http://itu.int/go/UJOR See you there! *Luísa Franco Machado* *Graduate Researcher - London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | Sciences Po Parishttps://www.linkedin.com/in/luhfm/ <https://www.linkedin.com/in/luhfm/> | luisa.francomachado(a)sciencespo.fr <luisa.francomachado(a)sciencespo.fr> *

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ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022): Fifth Call for Contributions
by Announce Announcements 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

*** Fifth Call for Contributions *** ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022) 7–9 September, 2022, 5* St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/ Scope The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the general public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create a positive societal impact. GoodIT solicits papers that address important research challenges related to, but not limited to: • Citizen science • Civic intelligence • Decentralized approaches to IT • Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage • Environmental monitoring • Ethical computing • Frugal solutions for IT • Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications • Health and social care • IT for automotive • IT for development • IT for education • IT for smart living • Privacy, trust and ethical issues in ICT solutions • Smart governance and e-administration • Social informatics • Socially responsible IT solutions • Sustainable cities and transportation • Sustainable IT • Technology addressing the digital divide Paper Submission The papers should not exceed eleven (11) pages single-column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). They must be original works and must not have been previously published. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. In addition to a Main Track, the conference features 9 additional Special Tracks. More information on these tracks is available on the conference web site. Journal Special Issues and Best Paper Award Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to two special journal issues: • FGCS, Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems) • MDPI Sensors, where the theme of the special issue will be "Application of Information Technology (IT) to Social Good" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/topical_collection_good… ). Specifically 5 papers will be invited free of charge and another 5 papers will get a 20% discount on the publication fees. Furthermore, MDPI Sensors will sponsor a Best Paper Award with the amount of 400 CHF. Work-in-Progress and PhD Track Inside ACM GoodIT, the Work-in-Progress and PhD Track provides an opportunity to showcase interesting new work that is still at an early stage. We encourage practitioners and researchers to submit to the Work-in-Progress venue as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Moreover, this track provides a platform for PhD students to present and receive feedback on their ongoing research. Students at different stages of their research will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research questions, goals, methods and results. This is an opportunity to obtain guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers and other PhD students working in research areas related to technologies for social good. Important: For this specific track, papers must not exceed nine (9) pages single column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). Submission Instructions All papers must be submitted electronically via the hotcrp web site (https://goodit2022.hotcrp.com ). Once on the submission page, you will be able to select the track where to submit your paper. Important Dates • Submission deadline for all types of contributions: 23 May 2022 • Notification of acceptance: 20 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 11 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/

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CrowdTangle access?
by Maggie Clifford 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

Hello all, I am a PhD student needing to gain access to CrowdTangle to gather a limited data set from Instagram. I've been in a circuitous back-and-forth with the CrowdTangle team for months and have yet to be onboarded. If you have an academic account with them and would be willing to let me piggyback on your access, please let me know. I will greatly appreciate it! Thanks all, Maggie Clifford Maggie Clifford PhD Candidate School of Communication American University Washington, DC LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggieclifford/> www.maggieclifford.com Maggie Clifford on Spotify <https://open.spotify.com/artist/2IvJt1Qqw6f8sYeOSjbEPb>

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Call for Fairwork Partners: Decent Work Standards in the Platform Economy
by Michelle Gardner 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

Call for Fairwork Partners: Decent Work Standards in the Platform Economy https://fair.work/en/fw/blog/call-for-fairwork-partners-decent-work-standar… This is a call for proposals for one-year funded partnerships with Fairwork<https://fair.work>, which works to ensure decent work standards for workers on digital platforms. Proposals must be submitted by April 18, 2022 via email to kristin.thompson(a)wzb.eu<mailto:kristin.thompson@wzb.eu> and michelle.gardner(a)oii.ox.ac.uk.<mailto:michelle.gardner@oii.ox.ac.uk> “Fair Work in the Platform Economy: A Global South Perspective” is an action research project funded by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). The project is co-ordinated Professor Mark Graham at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, with key coordinating partners including Professor Martin Krzywdzinski at the WZB: Berlin Social Science Centre and Professor Richard Heeks at the Centre for Development Informatics, University of Manchester. Fairwork’s main focus is rating digital labour platforms – mainly but not exclusively in the ride-hailing, delivery and domestic work sectors – according to five decent work principles<https://fair.work/principles>: fair pay, fair conditions, fair contracts, fair management, and fair representation. Evidence is gathered from the platforms themselves and from worker interviews, with each platform being awarded a score between 0 and 10 (see examples here<https://fair.work/ratings>). Fairwork’s action research approach intends not just to understand the platform economy across the world, but to change it. By bringing workers, platforms, scholars, labour researchers and policymakers to the table, we work to collaboratively develop and embed principles of fair work into the script of the platform economy. Fundamental to the project is a commitment to being participatory in our research and non-hierarchical within our communities. Our aim is to understand, and counter, some of the forces that disempower platform workers across the world. We are a transnational network of social justice-minded scholars<https://fair.work/en/fw/about/people> in pursuit of this planetary goal. Launched in 2018, the project has so-far produced ratings for more than 200 digital labour platforms (both geographically tethered, and remote), and currently operates in 27 countries on five continents. Thanks to funding from GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), we are able to support seven new partners with funding of up to £21,000. We are seeking partners in: Albania, Algeria, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo (DR), Ethiopia, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Palestinian Territories, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zambia. Description of Partner Activities: We expect partners to conduct the following as part of the Fairwork Activities in a scoring round: 1. Desk Research: Selection of digital labour platforms to be studied and identifying key local stakeholders. Local ethical approval for data gathering must also be obtained. Months 1-2) 2. Project Set-Up: initial in-country stakeholder workshop to discuss design and implementation of the planned project with platforms, worker associations, government representatives, NGOs, etc. (Months 2-4) 3. Data Gathering: rating of platforms against Fairwork principles via anonymised worker interviews and interaction with local platform managers to obtain internal company evidence. We anticipate between 6-12 local platforms to be rated, with each rating involving interviews with 6-10 workers. (Months 4-9) 4. Dissemination: dissemination of results to local stakeholders with co-development of strategic action plans for platforms, workers and government to improve platform work standards. Dissemination of results to Fairwork community through attendance at a special workshop, and to international research forums including attendance at an international conference and development of a peer-reviewed research publication. (Months 10-12) Please note that all activities are undertaken with members of the Fairwork project team. The Budget Teams will be funded with a total up to £21,000 for one year initially. Specific budgets will be set up with partners after the selection process. Allowable costs include staff and non-staff costs, related to running the research activities in a scoring round. All budget lines will be agreed pre-award with potential partners. Partners will receive the funding from the University of Oxford, and a financial collaboration agreement will be set up between partner institutions and the University of Oxford. Please note that financial procurement rules apply to all financial commitments made by partner institutions, as part of our funding requirements. The Proposal Proposals must be emailed to kristin.thompson(a)wzb.eu<mailto:kristin.thompson@wzb.eu> and michelle.gardner(a)oii.ox.ac.uk.<mailto:michelle.gardner@oii.ox.ac.uk>

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WEBCAST APR 1: To sanction or not to sanction the Internet access: A SancNet debate
by Joly MacFie 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

To prep for this, you might read Andrew Sullivan's blog post 'Why the World Must Resist Calls to Undermine the Internet <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/why-the-world-must-resist-call…>', and contrast it to Bill Woodcock's paper 'Multistakeholder Imposition of Internet Sanctions <https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/Multistakeholder-Imposition-of-Interne…> ' [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sancnet>On *Friday, April 1st 2022* at *4pm-5pm CEST* (14:00-15:00 UTC) the *Global Internet Governance Academic Network <https://www.giga-net.org/>* (GigaNet), the *UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy <https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/institute-technology-law-policy>*, *Digital Medusa <https://digitalmedusa.org/>*, *ARTICLE19 <https://www.article19.org/>*, and the *University of Amsterdam IN-SIGHT.it <https://in-sight.it/>* project, present '*To sanction or not to sanction the Internet access: A SancNet debate <https://www.giga-net.org/to-sanction-or-not-to-sanction-the-internet-access…>*'. A panel will tackle questions such as: Can there be “effective” sanctions imposed on the Internet that are proportional, deterrent and not just symbolic? Can we have an interoperable Internet or will SancNet not work? *PANEL* *Andrew Sullivan*, CEO, Internet Society *Farzaneh Badii*, Founder, Digital Medusa *Bill Woodcock*, Executive Director, Packet Clearing House *Yik-Chan Chin*, Professor, Beijing Normal University *Svitlana Matvitenko*, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University, School of Communication *MODERATOR* *Courtney Radsch*, Fellow, Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, UCLA / ARTICLE19 US adviser *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sancnet <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sancnet>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3NDZ1md <https://bit.ly/3NDZ1md>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3JXZ4Ha <https://bit.ly/3JXZ4Ha>* *TWITTER #SancNet <https://bit.ly/SancNet> @giganetr @UCLAtech @article19org @farzanehbad @SullivanISOC @woodyatpch @YikChanChin @svitlanax @courtneyr #NetGov #sanctions* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> *(AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/sancnet <https://archive.org/details/sancnet>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15303/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST MAR 31 – Internet Poverty Index Launch Webinar – Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world?
by Joly MacFie 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

This is underway. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3NDeOl6 ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 31 March 2022 at 3pm-4pm CEST (13:00-14:00 UTC) the World Data Lab (WDL) in collaboration with the Internet Society Foundation presents a webinar 'Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world?' to launch the Internet Poverty Index. " [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty>On *Thursday 31 March 2022* at *3pm-4pm CEST* (13:00-14:00 UTC) the *World Data Lab <https://worlddata.io/>* (WDL) in collaboration with the *Internet Society Foundation <https://www.isocfoundation.org/>* presents a webinar '*Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world? <https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX>*' to launch the *Internet Poverty Index*. WDL estimates reveal that globally over 1.39 billion people, or around 17.8% of the world population, currently live in Internet poverty. By defining internet affordability, quality, and quantity thresholds, the estimates of global Internet poverty can finally be assessed. *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Homi Kharas*, Co-Founder / Sr. Economic Advisor, World Data Lab *Dr. Katharina Fenz*, Sr. Data Scientist, World Data Lab *Prof. Jesus Crespo Cuaresma*, Vienna University of Economic and Business *Ravi Shankar Chatuverdi*, Director of Research, Digital Planet, Tufts University *Sarah Armstrong*, Executive Director, Internet Society Foundation *MODERATOR* *Shayna Robinson*, Program Officer, Internet Society Foundation *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX <https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/15285>*) *TWITTER #internetpoverty <https://bit.ly/internetpoverty> @worlddatalab @ISOC_Foundation @WU_econ @dgtl_planet* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/internetpoverty <https://archive.org/details/internetpoverty>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15285/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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