Outputs (12)

Navigating the labyrinth of RI through a practical application — A case study in a cross-disciplinary research project (2023)
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Zhao, J., Patel, M., Inglesant, P., Portillo, V., Webb, H., Dowthwaite, L., …Jirotka, M. (2023). Navigating the labyrinth of RI through a practical application — A case study in a cross-disciplinary research project. Journal of Responsible Technology, 15, Article 100064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2023.100064

Responsible Innovation (RI) aims to enable research and innovation to take a more systematic approach to anticipating potential risks and consequences of planned research/innovative outputs. The Anticipation, Reflection, Engagement and Action (AREA)... Read More about Navigating the labyrinth of RI through a practical application — A case study in a cross-disciplinary research project.

TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety (2023)
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Ito-Jaeger, S., Lane, G., Dowthwaite, L., Webb, H., Patel, M., Rawsthorne, M., …Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406923118696

This paper presents a new methodological approach, TrustScapes, an open access tool designed to identify and visualise stakeholders’ concerns and policy recommendations on data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety for a fairer and more tru... Read More about TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety.

TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety (2023)
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Ito-Jaeger, S., Lane, G., Dowthwaite, L., Webb, H., Patel, M., Rawsthorne, M., …Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231186965

This paper presents a new methodological approach, TrustScapes, an open access tool designed to identify and visualise stakeholders’ concerns and policy recommendations on data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety for a fairer and more tru... Read More about TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety.

Assessing responsible innovation training (2023)
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Stahl, B. C., Aicardi, C., Brooks, L., Craigon, P. J., Cunden, M., Burton, S. D., …Webb, H. (2023). Assessing responsible innovation training. Journal of Responsible Technology, 16, Article 100063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2023.100063

There is broad agreement that one important aspect of responsible innovation (RI) is to provide training on its principles and practices to current and future researchers and innovators, notably including doctoral students. Much less agreement can be... Read More about Assessing responsible innovation training.

The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK (2022)
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Dowthwaite, L., Wagner, H. G., Babbage, C. M., Fischer, J. E., Barnard, P., Nichele, E., …McAuley, D. (2022). The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK. PLoS ONE, 17(10), Article e0276661. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276661

During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital contact-tracing has been employed in many countries to monitor and manage the spread of the disease. However, to be effective such a system must be adopted by a substantial proportion of the population; therefore... Read More about The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK.

Supporting Responsible Research and Innovation within a University-based digital research programme: reflections from the “hoRRIzon” project (2022)
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Portillo, V., Craigon, P., Liz, D., Greenhalgh, C., & Pérez-Vallejos, E. (2022). Supporting Responsible Research and Innovation within a University-based digital research programme: reflections from the “hoRRIzon” project. Journal of Responsible Technology, 12, Article 100045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2022.100045

Integration of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) principles into a research project is key to ensure outputs are ethically acceptable and socially desirable. However, translating RRI principles into practice is challenging as there are no rec... Read More about Supporting Responsible Research and Innovation within a University-based digital research programme: reflections from the “hoRRIzon” project.

Understanding User Perceptions of Trustworthiness in E-Recruitment Systems (2021)
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Ogunniye, G., Legastelois, B., Rovatsos, M., Dowthwaite, L., Portillo, V., Perez Vallejos, E., …Jirotka, M. (2021). Understanding User Perceptions of Trustworthiness in E-Recruitment Systems. IEEE Internet Computing, 25(6), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1109/mic.2021.3115670

Algorithmic systems are increasingly deployed to make decisions that people used to make. Perceptions of these systems can significantly influence their adoption, yet, broadly speaking, users’ understanding of the internal working of these systems is... Read More about Understanding User Perceptions of Trustworthiness in E-Recruitment Systems.

Public Adoption of and Trust in the NHS COVID-19 Contact Tracing App in the United Kingdom: Quantitative Online Survey Study (2021)
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Dowthwaite, L., Fischer, J., Perez Vallejos, E., Portillo, V., Nichele, E., Goulden, M., & McAuley, D. (2021). Public Adoption of and Trust in the NHS COVID-19 Contact Tracing App in the United Kingdom: Quantitative Online Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(9), Article e29085. https://doi.org/10.2196/29085

Background: Digital contact tracing is employed to monitor and manage the spread of Covid-19. However, to be effective the system must be adopted by a substantial proportion of the population. Studies of (mostly hypothetical) contact tracing apps sho... Read More about Public Adoption of and Trust in the NHS COVID-19 Contact Tracing App in the United Kingdom: Quantitative Online Survey Study.

The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being (2021)
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Perez Vallejos, E., Dowthwaite, L., Creswick, H., Portillo, V., Koene, A., Jirotka, M., …McAuley, D. (2021). The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being. Health Informatics Journal, 27(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458220972750

This study aims to capture the online experiences of young people when interacting with algorithm mediated systems and their impact on their well-being. We draw on qualitative (focus groups) and quantitative (survey) data from a total of 260 young pe... Read More about The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being.

“… They don’t really listen to people”: Young people’s concerns and recommendations for improving online experiences (2019)
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Creswick, H., Dowthwaite, L., Koene, A., Vallejos, E. P., Portillo, V., Cano, M., & Woodard, C. (2019). “… They don’t really listen to people”: Young people’s concerns and recommendations for improving online experiences. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 17(2), 167-182. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-11-2018-0090

© 2019, Helen Creswick, Liz Dowthwaite, Ansgar Koene, Elvira Perez Vallejos, Virginia Portillo, Monica Cano and Christopher Woodard. Purpose: The voices of children and young people have been largely neglected in discussions of the extent to which th... Read More about “… They don’t really listen to people”: Young people’s concerns and recommendations for improving online experiences.

A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries (2019)
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Dowthwaite, L., Perez Vallejos, E., Koene, A., Cano, M., & Portillo, V. (2019). A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries. PLoS ONE, 14(6), Article e0218770. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218770

The 5Rights Youth Juries are an educational intervention to promote digital literacy by engaging participants (i.e. jurors) in a deliberative discussion around their digital rights. The main objective of these jury-styled focus groups is to encourage... Read More about A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries.

“It would be pretty immoral to choose a random algorithm”: Opening up algorithmic interpretability and transparency (2019)
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Webb, H., Patel, M., Rovatsos, M., Davoust, A., Ceppi, S., Koene, A., …Cano, M. (2019). “It would be pretty immoral to choose a random algorithm”: Opening up algorithmic interpretability and transparency. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 17(2), 210-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/jices-11-2018-0092

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on empirical work conducted to open up algorithmic interpretability and transparency. In recent years, significant concerns have arisen regarding the increasing pervasiveness of algorithms and the impac... Read More about “It would be pretty immoral to choose a random algorithm”: Opening up algorithmic interpretability and transparency.