Three New Publications Released

During her fellowship at CAIS, Olga Matveieva conducted research on “Technology-Driven Sociopolitical Transformations in Ukraine: Analyzing the Gendered Impacts of the Russian War in Ukraine.” This work has resulted in three publications.

Designing Value-Sensitive AI: A Methodological Guide to Value Sensitive Design

Prof. Hendrik Heuer, together with Christina Cociancig (University of Bremen), published the article “Toward a Clearer Process for Value Sensitive Artificial Intelligence” in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics. The paper demonstrates how Value Sensitive Design (VSD) can be applied more methodically, transparently, and value-oriented in the development of AI systems.

Election Research in the Age of Regulated Data Access Under the EU Digital Services Act

Prof. Johannes Breuer publishes, together with Philipp Darius, Simon Kruschinski, Felicia Loecherbach, Jasmin Riedl, and Sebastian Stier, the article “Election research in the age of regulated data access under the EU Digital Services Act” in Internet Policy Review. The article analyses the implications of regulated platform data access for empirical election research in Europe.

How AI-Based Writing Tools Can Improve Text Understandability

Prof. Hendrik Heuer, together with Sven Goller and Prof. Daniel Buschek, has published the article “Writing Support Tools for Making Text Understandable: A Socio-Technical Perspective on Stakeholder-Centered Writing” in i-com – Journal of Interactive Media. Their contribution investigates how software can support writers in making texts more understandable for people with cognitive impairments.