We just finished the pilot of our new cohort learning programme, designed to equip social justice leaders with the knowledge and tools needed for implementing responsible data!
Responsible Data
Come to our AMA (Ask Me Anything): responsible data and social justice edition
On Thursday, June 1, we’re hosting our first ever video-conference AMA (ask me – us – anything)! From 5-6pm CET, members of our team will gather in a video conference to answer your questions about responsible data.
Stronger digital infrastructures with CIPESA
Learn about our collaboration with the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA).
Updates from our Responsible Data cohort learning programme
In January we launched the pilot of our new cohort learning programme, designed to equip social justice leaders with the knowledge and tools needed for implementing responsible data. Here are some updates on what we’ve covered so far.
Starting data journeys & staying safe on comms tools: support trends from 2023 so far
During the first three months of this year, we had 13 partners in our Light Touch Support (LiTS) Programme! We worked with organisations and individuals based in seven countries, all of whom are doing inspiring, impactful work in sectors such as civic tech, transparency and accountability, migrants rights, peacebuilding, and reproductive justice.
[CLOSED] Applications are open! Learn how to bring a responsible data approach to your work with our cohort-learning programme
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The amount of data available about almost anything is growing, but if it’s not collected, processed and used in thoughtful and critical ways, the data increases risk of harm – especially to marginalised communities. Today we are launching a pilot of our new cohort learning programme: a collaborative course aimed to equip social justice leaders […]
Community Call: Responsible Data for Social Justice Organisations
Albinism Umbrella and The Engine Room are organising a community call about Responsible Data, on Thursday, June 27th. We invite resource-constrained social justice actors with interest in strengthening their organisation’s data management to join us.
Technology and responsible data for migrant workers
We conducted research and gave input to work done by Bassina Farbenblum, Laurie Berg and Angela Kintominas, and the final report from the initiative is now published by the Migrant Worker Justice Initiative, entitled Transformative Technology for Migrant Workers.
Announcing our new research project: developing responsible data guidelines with GIZ
From now until late August, we will collaborate with the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to develop responsible data guidelines that will help GIZ field staff better advise partners on the potential harms and ethical challenges that arise when working with data.
Responsible data considerations for sharing human rights data – what do we already know?
This post was written by Tom Walker and Fieke Jansen, with input from Rachel Rank and Lorena Klos. For many human rights funders, communicating clearly about the activities they fund (and why they are valuable) is an important part of their work. Indeed, funders often favour transparency on principle as an inherent good. How can […]
New year, new responsibledata.io
We are overjoyed and completely thrilled to announce that we are launching a newly re-designed responsibledata.io!
Rubber Meets Road: Making Responsible Data Design Choices
I spend a lot of time talking to people about how to use technology and data strategically to evolve their teams, supercharge their ideas, and experiment with new opportunities.
Responsible data considerations for open source investigation in human rights
In advance of the Responsible Data Forum on Open Source Investigation for Human Rights, to be held in partnership with Meedan at the Stockholm Internet Forum on Tuesday, May 16, we compiled a list of resources that can help human rights researchers respond to responsible data challenges when using open source data.
Announcing our new research on Responsible Data implementation at Oxfam
To get an understanding of this, we carried out interviews with Oxfam staff and reviewed of responsible data resources created by Oxfam, many of which have been put online and made available to others to use.
Announcing a webinar on Responsible Data policies: Weds 19th April
Join The Engine Room and Oxfam for a webinar on Wednesday 19th April at 9am EST/2pm GMT to hear about how their Responsible Data policy has been put into practice. If you’re also working on a responsible data policy and/or have experience in this topic and want to share it during the webinar, let us know!