Data, politics and policy
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Emily Rempel: 'The Problem of Public Engagement, Public Policy and Public Data'
Why does public engagement with new technology matter? More to the point, why does public engagement with data matter? The collection and use of data isn’t new: in England, the state has been collecting data since at least the Domesday...
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Emily Rempel on : The machines are all around us: An introduction to the UK Government’s Public Dialogue on Data Ethics
Data science is being hailed as the latest frontier in evidence-informed policy making. It’s the shiny new crayon for nearly every level of government from local councils to national policymakers. There is a near universal embrace of data’s potential to...
