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Welcome to the conference “DigiJustice: Human Rights in the Age of AI” 15 May

Photo montage: A woman knits treads coming out of a computer.
Photo: Hanna Barakat & Cambridge Diversity Fund

The digital transformation of our world and the use of innovative digital technologies, including AI, reshape economic, social, political, and cultural interactions in most areas of life. While digital technologies may offer possibilities for development and action, they also raise concerns about integrity, privacy, and democratic values. Also: the benefits and risks of digital technology are not evenly distributed; digital exclusion disproportionately affects groups who are socioeconomically disadvantaged and politically marginalised.

A conference and an exhibition providing critical lenses

All these challenges require a critical lens on the framing of “smart” technologies as inherent solutions to “flawed” humans. On 15 May, a conference will mark the culmination of the Pufendorf Theme DigiJustice – an initiative that explores technological, political, legal and ethical assumptions. The Theme has critically explored the deterministic narratives of technological development, the Western-centric presumptions of “digital-first” solutions and the ways in which technologies themselves generate new forms of vulnerability.

The conference brings together researchers from near and far to engage in conversations and creative friction on different facets of digital inclusion, opening space for reconsidering dominant perspectives and imagining alternative futures.

The exhibition What is Lost? // What is Found? uses playful and speculative approaches to invite deeper reflections on the future of being human in the Age of AI. 

Registration and complete programme 

Both the conference and exhibition are admission free. We will serve refreshments throughout the day, so to avoid food waste, we ask you to register no later than 9 May:

DigiJustice: Human Rights in the Age of AI . Here you will also find the complete programme and list of speakers and more information about the exhibition What is Lost? // What is Found? 

More information about the Pufendorf Theme Digijustice

DigiJustice: Rethinking Digital Inequalities and Human Rights in the Age of AI | The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies