Assistant Professor at the UVA School of Data Science @jhereia.bsky.social has published a new article in @theconversation.com examining the risks that AI-based automated license plate readers pose to civil liberties, privacy, and human rights. https://bit.ly/4t2G012
Colorful poster for the 9th session of the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series featuring speakers Ana Brian Nougères (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy) and Roya Pakzad (Taraaz), moderated by Yasmin Curzi. It will take place on March 26th at 10 am EST. The event is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia, and sponsored by the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab.
Join us on 3/26 @ 10am EDT for the Gender & Tech Talk Series' 9th session, "Immigration & Techno-Authoritarianism" featuring @royapak.bsky.social & Ana B. Nougrères. Moderated by & co-organized with @yasmincurzi.com. Free & open to all dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender... @uvadatascience.bsky.social
A poster for the Digital Democracy from Below taking place on February 20, 2026, 12:00pm-1:30pm EST. Free and open to the public. Speakers are: Julie Bolthouse, Luã Cruz, Bianca Wylie, Tamara Kneese, Dhanaraj Thakur, Roya Pakzad and Rebecca Williams. Co-organized by Jess Reia, Jonathan van Geuns and Nicole West Bassoff. Sponsored by the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at UVA.
A reminder to join us this Friday, 12pm to hear from @rebeccawilliams.info @technolua.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social @royapak.bsky.social B.Wylie & J.Bolthouse @ UVA & online. Free & open to the public: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/digita...
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I’m joining for this now too! Should be fun. If you’re in CVille, hit me up. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/digita...
Poster in red, pink and white for the "Gender & Tech Online Talk Series," session on Digital Transformation. February 24, 10am EST. Speakers are Madeleine Redfern (CanArctic Inuit Networks) and Jamila Venturini (Derechos Digitales). Moderated by Yamisn Curzi. Co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia. Sponsored by the UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
Join us for the 8th session in our Gender & Tech Talk Series, "Digital Transformation,” on Feb 24, 10am ET, with the amazing Jamila Venturini/@derechosdigitales.org & Madeleine Fern/CanArctic Inuit Net. Free to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender...
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A poster for the Digital Democracy from Below taking place on February 20, 2026, 12:00pm-1:30pm EST. Free and open to the public. Speakers are: Julie Bolthouse, Luã Cruz, Bianca Wylie, Tamara Kneese, Dhanaraj Thakur and Roya Pakzad. Co-organized by Jess Reia, Jonathan van Geuns and Nicole West Bassoff. Sponsored by the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at UVA.
As we navigate the undermining of democratic processes & witness how tech facilitates/resists authoritarianism, join us on Feb 20@12pm to hear from @technolua.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social @royapak.bsky.social B.Wylie, J.Bolthouse
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This is a horizontal poster for the Gender & Tech Online Talk series in a combination of white, dark blue and teal. The topic is "Dis/Misinformation and Political Extremism,” the speakers are Rosana Pinheiro-Machado (University College Dublin) and Robyn Caplan (Duke University), and the moderation will be done by Jess Reia. Date and time: January 27, 11am EST.
Join us for the 7th event in our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series "Dis/Misinformation & Political Extremism” on Jan 27 at 11am EST, with the amazing @pinheiromachado.bsky.social + @robyncaplan.bsky.social. Free & open to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender.... See you there
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Frankly, I'm not sure why anyone in the Canadian tech policy space is surprised at Microsoft's latest $7.5 billion investment in data centre expansion, premising "Canadian sovereignty."
How are we taking digital sovereignty seriously?
I love the drawing! Thanks for being there :)
This is tomorrow! Come join us
This werk’s Brief includes comments on work from @heyitsseher.bsky.social @blairaf.com @jhereia.bsky.social and others who contributed to Part II of the State of AI Ethics Report, Volume 7.
Yay! Thank you :)
This is a horizontal poster for the Gender and Tech Online Talk series in a combination of yellow, white and orange. The topic is "Trans-inclusive Technology Governance", the speakers are Blair Attard-Frost (University of Alberta) and Mar Hicks (University of Virginia) and the moderation will be done by Jess Reia. Date and time: December 2nd, 11am EST
Join us for the 6th event in our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series, "Trans-inclusive tech governance," on Dec 2 at 11am EST, with the amazing @blairaf.com (Univ of Alberta) and @histoftech.bsky.social (@uvadatascience.bsky.social). Free & open to all: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender.... See u there
Chapter 17: AI in Government – Public Sector Leadership and Implementation Unions, Lawsuits and Whistleblowers: Public Sector Leadership from Below
Unions, Lawsuits and Whistleblowers: Public Sector Leadership from Below
Excited to share my piece for the @mtlaiethics.bsky.social's State of AI Ethics Report on AI in Government: Public Sector Leadership and Implementation.
montrealethics.ai/state/
This is the green and white cover of the "State of AI Ethics Report," Vol. 7, titled "AI at the Crossroads: A Practitioner's Guide to Community-Centered Solutions." Editors are Renjie Butalid, Connor Wright and Ismael Kherroubi García. It also has the DOI: https://zenodo.org/records/17328882
This is a screenshot of the report's Chapter 5: Algorithmic Justice in Practice. Content: 5.1 Algorithmic Justice vs. State Power By Blair Attard-Frost, University of Alberta & Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute 5.2 AI Ethics and Gender Diversity in the US: From Surveillance to Resistance By Jess Reia, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, University of Virginia 5.3 Beyond the Algorithm: Why Student Success is a Sociotechnical Challenge By Adnan Akbar, tekniti.ai
The new State of AI Ethics Report (SAIER) published by the @mtlaiethics.bsky.social is out! I am one of the 58 contributors, with a short essay on yet another reason to question the use of AI in monitoring/harming gender minorities in the US. Available open access: montrealethics.ai/saier-vol-7-...
Poster of the Gender and Tech Online Talk Series, featuring the fifth event: "Data Work and Political Participation." It has a white background with red letters on top, and white letters on a red background in the middle. The poster lists the speakers: Milagros Miceli (DAIR Institute) and Tatiana Dias (The Intercept Brasil), as well as the moderator, Yasmin Curzi. The event takes place on October 29, 11am EDT. It is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia. There are two logos at the bottom: UVA DTD Lab and UVA School of Data Science.
Want to learn more about how data labour is gendered in its structures, practices & outcomes? Join us for the 5th talk in our Gender & Tech Series on 10/29, 11am EDT, w/ @milamiceli.bsky.social & @tatikmd.bsky.social.
Free & open. Register: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With @yasmincurzi.com
UVA turned down the compact!
📣 Please join us in welcoming our ten new affiliates: Kiara Childs, Mar Hicks, Harry Hudome, Shannon Mattern, Joan Mukogosi, Miliaku Nwabueze, Marie-Therese Png, Jess Reia, Melinda Sebastian, & Émile P. Torres. We're excited to work with and learn from them! datasociety.net/announcement...
These are 2-year postdoctoral fellowships (August/2026). Annual salary is $65,000 + research funding of $5,000/year. We sponsor visas as needed. Standard UVA resources will be provided. Register for info sessions:
dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/dtd-la...
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This is a screenshot of a webpage. It says: Opportunities University of Virginia’s Digital Technology for Democracy (DTD) Lab invites applications for 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. The fellowships will begin in August of 2026 and run through August 2028. Application Deadline: December 15, 2025; notifications to made in March 2026. Interested in learning more? Join us for a Zoom info session in October or November.
We are hiring! The DTD Lab invites applications for our 2026 postdoctoral cohort. Areas I'd love to supervise: gender/techno-authoritarianism, data visibility, urban governance, night studies, cultural practices, and all things related to tech policy. More info:
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
It is a screenshot of a short commentary paper titled "Smart infrastructure, techno-authoritarianism, and the threat to democracy in Brazil," written by Jess Reia and published in the journal Dialogues on Digital Society. It features an abstract and keywords. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/29768640251382644
I have a short piece on smart infrastructure and techno-authoritarianism in Brazil in the new journal Dialogues on Digital Society ✨ Available here: doi.org/10.1177/2976...
If you cannot access it through your library, ping me and I will make sure you get a copy.
"somente com a democracia um país vale a pena"
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join us for the 4th session of our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series on Sept. 29th, 11AM, EDT.
we are eager to host two brilliant keynote speakers, Paz Peña (Mozilla Foundation) and Tamara Kneese (Data & Society), who will discuss the social and environmental impacts of technocapitalism.
more info: 👇
Co-sponsored by the @uvadatascience.bsky.social and Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
Poster of the 4th talk in the Gender and Tech Online Talk Series: Technocapitalism and Environmental Justice. IT features a dark green and orange abstract pattern, with the information about the event in white: Speakers: Paz Peña, Mozilla Foundation Tamara Kneese, Data & Society Moderated by Jess Reia September 29th, 11am EDT. This series is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia. In the bottom of the poster we have two sponsor logos: UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab and UVA School of Data Science
Interested in environmental justice & how gender inequalities are embedded in technology infrastructure? Join us for the 4th Gender & Tech webinar, Sept. 29 11am EDT, with Paz Peña Ochoa & @tamigraph.bsky.social.
Free & open. Registration: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Co-org w/ @yasmincurzi.com
Come and join us in the third webinar of our Gender and Tech Online Talk Series - this time to discuss platform governance from an intersectional perspective with the amazing Julie Owono and Coleen Carrigan. More details below!
See you there?
This talk will be moderated by @yasmincurzi.com, who is also co-organizing this series with me. The series is sponsored by the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab and the UVA School of Data Science.
The image displays important information about the Gender and Tech Online Talk Series:Platform governanceAugust, 11:00am - 12:15pm EDTJulie Owono - Internet Sans Frontières & Meta Oversight BoardColeen Carrigan - UVA Engineering and SocietyModerated by Yasmin Curzi.There is a QR code for registration and two logos: DTD Lab and SDS-UVA
Are you interested in learning more about how gender is shaped by digitization and platform governance? Join us on Aug 28 11am EDT for the 3rd event in the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series with Julie Owono & Coleen Carrigan. Free & open to the public. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...