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Scotland's Innovation Centre for Data and AI. We help companies, organisations and individuals capitalise on the opportunities that exist within data and AI. https://thedatalab.com/
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Ethics of AI at the University of Edinburgh.
Carbohydrate enthusiast.
fabiotollon.wixsite.com/fabiotollon
Chancellor’s Fellow in Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh | @BRAID research fellow | Human-AI creativity | responsible AI
Soc of Work + Platform Labor | U of Edinburgh | Created MSc Digital Sociology | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society | CAHSS Digital Lead | Critical Data Studies @ EFI
Writing: Enchanted Entrepreneurs: Media, Work, and Meaning in the Spiritual Marketplace
Centre for Technomoral Futures @ U of Edinburgh. PhD in Philosophy, Grad Cert in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.
Texan. Feminist.
I’m on Mastodon and encourage you to be there, too: techpolicy.social/@ginahelfrich
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Wharton Accountable AI Lab. Previously a PhD student at University of Edinburgh, focusing on AI governance
Tourist in the waking world
Digital Education, Education Futures, Digital Cultural Heritage & Research Cultures. Professor at the University of Edinburgh.
https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/people/professor-jen-ross
Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng.
Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
Author of RAINBOW TRAP and QUEER DATA 🌈 Researching LGBTQ data at the University of Edinburgh 📊 he/him/his ➡️ linktr.ee/kevinguyan
The LAIHP brings together interdisciplinary researchers from academia and industry to investigate human interaction with AI.
https://www.ai-humanity-london.com/
British Academy Postdoc @STIS University of Edinburgh | Researching knowledge, power & tech | co-run ai-ethics.org
🏳️⚧️ he/him
👀 AI Metascience Fellow @Durham Uni - AI Ethics & Society www.ai-ethics.org - AI and Medical Humanities - www.sj-bennett.com
We are the Arts & Humanities Research Council programme working to enable a healthy Responsible AI ecosystem in the UK.
You can also keep up to date via our newsletter: https://braiduk.org/#newsletter
Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Edinburgh. Supporting the next generation of scientists to realise the potential for AI to improve patient outcomes - https://ai4biomed.io
The Causality in Healthcare AI Hub (CHAI). Where next-gen AI is developed addressing societal needs on real data.
Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
Pioneering animal biosciences. Our aim is to achieve sustainable agriculture, control diseases and enhance health. Part of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Also on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
#arts #humanities #socialscience #academicsky
Part of the University of Edinburgh, UK. Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music.
https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/
Official feed of Edinburgh Law School, based at the University of Edinburgh. Follow us for news and updates on study and research at the School.
Visit the website: https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/
Official Bluesky account for the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh
The account of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at The University of Edinburgh.
Showcasing excellence in gender and sexuality studies teaching, research and KEI at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Hosted by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social, powered by @uoe-sps.bsky.social #UoE_genderED
Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin.
We are the Children and Young People Thematic Hub within Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh.
https://education-sport.ed.ac.uk/rke/our-research/children-young-people
The UK’s national programme for smart data research, home to six data services. Our mission is to unlock the power of data to improve lives. Funded by UKRI: www.sdruk.ukri.org. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/44bEXBN.
The UK’s largest collection of UK and international social, economic and population data. Funded by UKRI through the ESRC. https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
Working to transform our research, expertise and talent into high-impact #innovation for the benefit of #Glasgow and the world. Main account @glasgow.ac.uk
🔗🌳🔗🌳 https://linktr.ee/universityofglasgowinnovation
The Russell Group represents 24 universities located across the UK.
We work to advance and champion the positive economic, societal & cultural impacts of UK research-intensive universities.
russellgroup.ac.uk
Official press team account for Heriot-Watt University. For expert comment and media requests email: mediaenquiries@hw.ac.uk. Online 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri.
The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 12 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland.
🌐 Visit our website saha.scot
🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify
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Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social.
Author: The View from Somewhere, a memoir & manifesto arguing for a technological future that serves our communities (to be published by One Signal / Atria
Director of the Data-Driven Innovation programme at the University of Edinburgh. Fascinated by the friction between people & tech. Loves non-easy jazz. Cycles in cities.
Leading delivery of Scotland’s AI Strategy. Advocate for diversity in STEM, data and AI. Scottish AI Alliance. Our AI Collective. Working towards a trustworthy, ethical and inclusive AI future. Failed astrophysicist. Film geek. Parent. Love a GIF
Open Data advocate. Wikimedia Board Member. Data scientist. Tinkerer with Python, LLMs etc. Enthusiastic reader. Wikimedia UK trainer. #Jazz lover. Drawer, painter, photographer. Whisky afficionado. #FRSA #FIoL Burgess of Guild of #Aberdeen, OSS Taisho.
Making Scotland the best place in the world to learn, educate, research and innovate. Opening up opportunities for over half a million learners.
https://www.sfc.ac.uk/
Scotland’s leading tech news and events company.
More: campsite.bio/digit.fyi
Former Director General at Scottish Govt; ex-IoD Scotland Nations Director; ex-CEO Young Scot; former Co-Chair NACWG | OBE | FRSE | She/Her
Head of Demographic Statistics at National Records of Scotland. She/her.
Chief Exec Young Scot @youngscot.bsky.social |Mum💙|She/Her |BEM | #YoungPeople | Transport Scot NSTAB | Scottish AI Alliance Community Advisory Group | Consumer Scot Advisory Committee on Consumers in Vulnerable Circumstances | Scotrail stakeholder panel
Aspiring to make a dent in the Computing Science uptake in Scotland, particularly the gender gap; aiming to inspire, support and engage pupils.
Mobilizing data for people + planet. The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. #Data4SDGs
We are @UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti. We generate knowledge, drive change and find answers #ForEveryChild.
MSP for Glasgow Southside. Former First Minister of Scotland. Book lover.
Championing zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths worldwide | #EndAIDS
www.unaids.org
The Institute for Mental Health (IMH) through interdisciplinary research and collaboration with NHS partners works to improve the outcomes and care for young people with mental health problems.
Providing leadership and advocacy on preventing and reducing #obesity and overweight in #Scotland. Reposts are not endorsements
Three must-haves. One healthier, fairer Scotland: https://www.obesityactionscotland.org/campaigns-and-policy/manifestos/
Association for Geographic Information (AGI)
The World Obesity Federation is a not-for-profit devoted to addressing the global #obesity burden.
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/worldobesityfederation
5Rights Foundation exists to make systemic changes to the digital world so that it caters for children and young people, by design and default.
Developing data and AI literacy education programmes for Scotland as part of the Data-Driven Innovation initiative in the Edinburgh City Region Deal. Visit our website: https://dataschools.education/.
🇵🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺 Prof #A.I @umeauniversity; member @UN Advisory Group on AI; @wasp_hs; author; speaker; #responsibleAI https://bit.ly/2WxEkQU
Sustainable development and humanitarian intervention. Data/digital rights are human rights. AI ethics. Some other stuff too. DC for a minute or so more, London as soon as possible. I’m too old for this shit, so I knit through it
Our World in Data is a free, nonprofit website with a mission to increase understanding of the world’s largest problems and drive informed action to solve them. Based out of Oxford University (@ox.ac.uk), founded by @maxroser.bsky.social.
DrivenData builds AI solutions for social good through data science competitions and our expert in-house project team.
Challenges - https://www.drivendata.org/
Data Consulting - https://drivendata.co/
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
The UK’s largest public funder of research. Our mission is to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth.
#FundedByYou
Also autoposting to @news.ukri.org, @funding.ukri.org, @blogs.ukri.org and @events.ukri.org. Topic specific feeds coming soon!
Fascinated by viruses and the diseases they cause.
www.cvr.ac.uk
Our mission is to increase the visibility, use and impact of longitudinal population studies, data and research. We are funded by the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council.
Research Group & WHO Collaborating Centre based at the Department Behavioural Science & Health at UCL, led by Prof Daisy Fancourt, investigating how social factors affect health.
With 228 members in 41 countries, Eurochild is the largest network of organisations and individuals working with and for children in Europe. Join our #childrights community: https://eurochild.org/
We're a membership body for statisticians and data professionals, promoting a world with data at the heart of understanding and decision-making.
An alliance of 600 charities & professionals that promote & protect the rights of children in Scotland as set out in the UNCRC & other human rights treaties #HumanRights #UNCRCScotland #BabyUNCRC #RightsOnTrack
Find out more: linktr.ee/togetherscotland
Froebel Trust is a charity which supports early education and funds research into children’s learning from birth to eight years. Find out more at froebel.org.uk
We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
The Promise Scotland supports those working in and around the 'care system' to create meaningful change, helping to ensure Scotland can #KeepThePromise by 2030.
Responsible data, digital ethics, safeguarding, trust + safety, privacy. Human rights, global dev, humanitarian work. MERL Tech, NLP-CoP, NYC Tech Salon. CIPP-E/CIPM certified. Brooklyn, cats, gardening, biking. She/her.
We're an independent charity making it faster and simpler for researchers to access public sector data for research.
https://www.researchdata.scot/
A philanthropic foundation dedicated to the wellbeing of young people who live, learn, work, connect, and play in urban and digital spaces around the world. https://www.fondationbotnar.org/
Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES) pools world-leading expertise from across Scotland’s research base.
Greenpeace's EU advocacy team in Brussels. Working on climate, energy, farming, forests, trade, pollution, lobby transparency, democracy and more
www.greenpeace.eu
FridaysForFuture International | Global collective grassroots movement | #FightClimateInjustice | #NoMoreEmptyPromises | #UprootTheSystem
Speaking up for social justice in mental health. Find out more https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/
Bluesky newbie! @ADB.org evaluation. Former Deputy Director-Evaluation @UNICEF.org. Proud evidence champion and knowledge broker for children, science and international development.
Scottish public technology and innovation news. Send news and tips to news@futurescot.com
Action research center studying and co-designing data-driven & participatory decisions #data #opendata #innovation #datacollaboratives #crowdlaw. Learn more at: thegovlab.org
The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland promotes and safeguards children's rights.
CRITIQUE is the Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought at the University of Edinburgh. We draw together scholars from across Schools and Colleges in a dynamic hub for ethical and critical analysis of urgent social challenges.
Irina Raicu behind the keyboard.
The Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) accredited researchers conduct essential administrative data research, to better inform policy and public services, resulting in changes that would benefit society. We are part of ADR Scotland.
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) supports better lives, better planet through livestock. ILRI is a CGIAR centre. #OneCGIAR
Childlight works with partners around the world to understand the prevalence, nature and scale of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA).
www.childlight.org
We are a network of academics, researchers, community orgs and practitioners using creativity and the arts to co-create research that makes a difference to people’s lives. Based in @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social. Find out more: https://binks-hub.ed.ac.uk
We are one of three academic Colleges at the University of Edinburgh, supporting 11 academic Schools, the cross-University Centre for Open Learning, the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
Making data & AI work for people & society.
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Delivering Scotland’s AI Strategy with the vision for Scotland to become a world leader in the development and use of TRUSTWORTHY, ETHICAL and INCLUSIVE AI.
How technology, culture, learning and policy intersect within research and practice in digital education.
Official Bluesky account of Edinburgh Futures Institute. Tackling the world’s biggest challenges within the economy, education and societies.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to protect children's rights. We won't stop, #ForEveryChild.
Learn more: linktr.ee/for_every_child
