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Lydia X. Z. Brown is a Policy Counsel with CDT’s Privacy and Data Project, focused on disability rights and algorithmic justice. Their work has investigated algorithmic harm and injustice in […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on human resources professionals who have had to rapidly transition employees to working from home (WFH) while also protecting those still working in […]
By Aiha Nguyen, Data & SocietyIn this essay series, Watching the Watchers: The New Frontier of Privacy and Surveillance under COVID-19, McGill’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy explores the policy, legal and ethical issues […]
By Aiha NguyenThis article concerns the history of the curb cut metaphor as applied to personal computer technology in the 1980s. Disability advocates used the metaphor to argue the necessity for accessibility […]
Elizabeth Petrick received her PhD in history and science studies from the University of California San Diego in 2012. She also has a BS in computer science from the University […]
How do we make a difference? This paper traces the connections made between quantified knowledge, population health, and social justice by examining the efforts of population scientists to assess sexuality […]
Large-scale data systems are increasingly envisioned as tools for justice, with big data analytics offering a key opportunity to advance health equity. Health systems face growing public pressure to collect […]
Recent research and policy initiatives propose addressing the social determinants of health within clinical settings. One such strategy is the expansion of routine data collection on patient Race, Ethnicity, and […]
In effort to address fundamental causes and reduce health disparities, public programs increasingly mandate sites of care to capture patient data on social and behavioral domains within Electronic Health Records […]
Social institutions increasingly appear as data-driven entities, with data analytics and information technology transforming social life across health care, education, and criminal justice. Social science scholarship characterizes the political nature […]