Jesus College University of Cambridge
At Jesus, great discussions with policymakers from around the world about changing attitudes towards #AI regulation over the past 10 years
📌voluntary ethics codes 2016-19
📌backlash against voluntary codes & concerns about ethics washing 2020
📌regulation 2021-4
📌recent backlash against regulation
🌟 Enjoy free access to our journal Editors’ top articles from recent issues. Access these articles for free until 30 April. Congrats to all featured authors!
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Early View Article
A Framework for Evaluating Global AI Governance Initiatives
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Based on 60 interviews with policy advisors & civil servants across the three countries, our article shows how social science and humanities scholarship is responding to new policy demands to tackle issues such as pandemics, emerging technologies and data ethics doi.org/10.1080/2158... #PublicPolicy
📜 Read all about ethics-policy advisory ecosystems in the UK, Germany and Australia
Our recent article has been assigned the latest issue of @cssjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PublicPolicy #STS
#PSA26 Opening Keynote: 'AI for Democracy'
Today, we are looking forward to welcoming Prof. Helen Margetts to the South School stage at 5.15pm to deliver her opening keynote on 'AI for Democracy', chaired by PSA Trustee Prof. Georgina Blakeley.
#PSA26 after lunch today, join us for the next exciting @techpolicy.bsky.social panel on AI and policy at St Catherine's College, Arumugam building 2.1
Gorgeous morning in Oxford to start #PSA26
#PSA26 Annual Conference Begins!
Welcome to Oxford for three days of 200+ panels, 800+ speakers, Keynotes, exhibitors, prize-giving, socials and more.
Use the #PSA26 app to access the programme, schedule your days & connect with others
The #BigTech is becoming ever more powerful in modern societies & the policy implications of its rise remain underexplored
@rosalingrad.bsky.social, Hongzhou Zhang & @arazth.bsky.social develop an idealized theoretical construct of the #SuperPolicyEntrepreneur 👇
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Kick off your #PSA26 experience this morning in style by coming to our Digitalisation in Government and Society panel at 9:30am, St Catherine's college, Arumugam building 2.1
#PSA26 is starting tomorrow‼️ Check out the details of our Monday panels in @ingaulnicane.bsky.social's post 👀
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
✨Want to hear the latest research on AI and digital policy at #PSA26? Come to @techpolicy.bsky.social panels tomorrow, Monday at St Catherine's, Aramugam 2.1
📌9:30 Critical Implications of The Digitalisation
📌1:30pm Opportunities, Risks and Challenges of Using AI @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
The OII's Prof. @helenmargetts.bsky.social will deliver the keynote speech, entitled "AI for Democracy," at the 76th annual Political Studies Association conference in Oxford, #PSA26, on Monday 30th March.
Learn more: www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...
Looking forward to #PSA26 next week, especially @techpolicy.bsky.social panels on AI and digitalisation policy. Our first panel starts 9:30 Monday morning. Looking forward to seeing many of you there! www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...
OTD 77 years ago Soviet Union deported 90000+ people from occupied Baltic States
My grandmother was in final year of high school about to graduate in couple of months and go to university when she was put in a cattle train and deported more than 4000 km to Siberia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...
Home sweet home after 3 days in Leuven, working with 30 experts on European, democracy-friendly tech.
We stayed at the historic Irish College, built in 1611.
And I managed a quick visit to Belgium’s oldest botanical garden (1738) and the Begijnhof (1232).
In beautiful Leuven, to discuss technologies and democracy
We invite you to read the newly published 'Mind Your Mind' guide to protecting your brain data!
The guide was created to empower the public with knowledge about neurodata: what they are, why they matter, and how they can & should be protected.
👉 ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...
#BrainAwarenessWeek2026
Yes, we did know, and recently we published there our new open access article 'Ethics-policy advisory ecosystems: enhancing operative, discursive and adaptive capacities' doi.org/10.1080/2158... #PublicPolicy #STS @marijanta.bsky.social @warrenpearce.bsky.social
Nice to share my research on Government, Power and AI policy today at @ifmcambridge.bsky.social Great to see so much interest in this topic papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #ArtificialIngtelligence #PublicPolicy
Many thanks to @valeriaramirez.bsky.social for the invitation and excellent chairing!
Ethics, Evidence, and Policy Network meeting Dear all, Welcome to the quarterly meeting of the Ethics, Evidence, and Policy Network! We are pleased to welcome sociologist Martyn Pickersgill who will discuss Novelty, Normativity, and the Neuro. In this talk, sociologist Martyn Pickersgill will discuss some of his work over the last two decades on the social circulation of neuroscience and neurotechnology. He will argue that expertise far beyond neuro-research is often necessary for its societal impacts, and reflect on some of the ethical implications of claims to novelty and significance in relation to brain technology. We will also welcome colleagues from EthUcate. EthUcateis a growing initiative aimed at educating diverse stakeholders about responsible science and ethics communication. By contributing to responsible research and innovation, enhancing public trust and fostering informed policy decisions, EthUcate seeks to empower individuals and organizations to engage thoughtfully with scientific information. Katherine Bassil will introduce the work they do and key challenges in ethics communication.
Ethics, Evidence and Policy Network, Wednesday 25 March, 2-3pm.
Martyn Pickersgill talking "Novelty, Normativity, and the Neuro" and EthUcate on responsible science and ethics communication #STS #scicomm
This promises to be very good.
Sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/db0530...
🆕 What is the role of ethics advice in policy? How is it organized and who is providing it? How has it influenced policy on AI, data and pandemics?
New article @cssjournal.bsky.social from our global team on ethics advice and policy in UK, Germany & Australia doi.org/10.1080/2158... #PublicPolicy
Happening today - my talk on government, power and AI policy at 5pm Cambridge Judge Business School, Lecture Theatre 3. All welllcome!
📚 On #WorldBookDay here are some recent reads that have left lasting impression:
- Banu Mushtaq 'Heart Lamp'
- Olga Tokarczuk 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead'
- Yaa Gyasi 'Homegoing'
- Olga Tokarczuk 'Flights'
- Han Kang 'We Do Not Part'
#booksky
My chapter is part of this amazing forthcoming book 'Artificial Intelligence and Power in Government: Law, Policy and Management' edited by Sorin Dan, Niina Mäntylä and Jane E Fountain link.springer.com/book/9783032... #AI
My talk will be based on my forthcoming chapter 'The roles of government in AI governance and policymaking: re-shaping or re-enforcing power asymmetries?'
Preprint available here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #AI
📢 This Friday, 6 March at 5pm I will give a talk 'Government, Power and Artificial Intelligence Policy' at the Judge Business School Lecture Theatre 3 Cambridge
All invited! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/government... #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
Coming soon! With Cambridge University Press - Studying Public Policy: Connecting Theory to Practice, Fifth ed. by Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh and Anthony Perl - June 2026
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