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About
The AI Global Governance Group (AI-GGG) conducts comparative research into the ways in which AI and AI-based systems, robots and other applications are discussed, developed, applied and governed around the world. It explores the impact of global differences in wealth, culture, political systems, scientific capacities and regulatory infrastructures.
The Group:
Functions as a catalyst for new research, publications and grant applications
Facilitates dialogue, generates new ideas, and reaches out to stakeholders across the world.
Ongoing Projects
Ongoing Projects
I. Strengthening the Role of Civil Society in the Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
I. Strengthening the Role of Civil Society in the Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This project is a pilot study that seeks to unlock new possibilities to broaden the role of civil societal organizations (CSOs) in the global debate and governance of AI, (big) data, and related digital technologies and applications.
In collaboration with UNESCO’s Bioethics and Ethics of Science and Technology Section, the project’s goals include:
(1) To develop a global, open-access online repository of CSOs that address the ethical, societal, and environmental dimensions of AI, and related data-intensive digital technologies. The repository will be published on UNESCO’s forthcoming AI Ethics Observatory, a virtual knowledge sharing hub that is part of the organization’s ongoing work on the ethics and global governance of AI, as laid out in the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI.
(2) To facilitate the involvement of CSOs from around the world in UNESCO’s activities related to the implementation of the 2021 AI Recommendation, such as the roll-out and evaluation of the emerging AI Ethics Impact Assessment tool and AI Readiness Methodology.
(3) Together with CSOs from different world regions: to collaboratively explore new options and strategies that can help to expand civil societal engagement and participation of CSOs in the design, public assessment, and governance of emerging AI applications.
Funded by a UKRI QR Participatory grant, and co-funded by UNESCO, this project involves the creation and launch of the above-mentioned online, open access CSO Repository, the organization of two international workshops, and a launch event of the Repository at UNESCO's 2024 Global Forum on the Ethics of AI.
More information on the project and repository can be found here. For more information or questions please contact: ar2284@cam.ac.uk.
II. AI Global Governance Focus Group Study
II. AI Global Governance Focus Group Study
We are currently conducting a pilot study that involves focus group interviews in several countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East as well as Latin America. The study aims to:
Generate comparative insights into the ways in which AI is discussed, governed and used around the world
Explore the impact of global differences in wealth, culture, political systems and scientific capacities
Identify regional and shared global challenges to the governance of AI-related technologies
Focus Group Interviews are conducted with experts and stakeholders in:
Focus Group Interviews are conducted with experts and stakeholders in:
Africa
Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
Asia
China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia and Taiwan
Middle East
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE
Latin America
Brazil, Mexico
The Focus Group Interviews include questions on:
The Focus Group Interviews include questions on:
Issues emerging from social, cultural and political differences around the world
Implications of AI on equality, diversity and inclusion/exclusion
Opportunities and challenges of AI, in relation to global inequalities
Concerns about AI – misuse, risks, problematic social impacts
The AI Focus Group Study is collaboratively conducted by members of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR), the Faculty of Law and the School of Computer Science and Informatics of De Montfort University in Leicester, who are interested in the implications and transformative impact of AI in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
Dr. Achim Rosemann, Senior Research Fellow, CCSR (coordinator of AI-GGG and this study)
Dr. Simisola Akintoye, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law
Dr. Nitika Bhalla, Senior Research Fellow, CCSR
Dr. Muhammed Ali Bingol, Senior Lecturer, Cyber Security Institute
Prof. Laurence Brooks, Professor of Technology and Social Responsibility, CCSR
Dr. Damian Eke, Research Fellow, CCSR
Dr. Caroline Khene, Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Informatics
Ms. Tonii Leach, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, CCSR
Dr. Juliana Nnadi, Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Institute for Law, Justice and Society
Dr. George Ogoh, Research Fellow, CCSR
Dr. Fatemeh Zarrabi-Jorshari, Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Informatics
Events
Events
Artificial Intelligence, global differences and inequalities: Challenges and responsibilities for researchers and innovators
28th April 2022, 12:30 -15:45 (UK time)
Technology transfer, commercialisation and IPR: Practical, ethical and governance challenges in the transition to a Post-HBP future
7th November 2022, 9:00 - 12:00 (UK time)
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