In this article, we develop the concept of Transparency by Design that serves as practical
guidance in hel** promote the beneficial functions of transparency while mitigating its …

Educational institutions and governing practices are increasingly augmented with digital
database technologies that function as new kinds of policy instruments. This article surveys …

Science and technology transform the frontiers of knowledge and have deep and powerful
impacts on society, demonstrating how social reality varies with each era of the world. As a …

The article examines four models of data governance emerging in the current platform
society. While major attention is currently given to the dominant model of corporate platforms …

With schools and universities closing across Europe, the Covid-19 lockdown left actors in
the field of education battling with the unprecedented challenge of finding a meaningful way …

Big data, algorithms, data mining, analytics, machine learning and AI have become some of
the most significant technical developments and concepts of recent years. Today's most …

With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new
adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self …

How to analyze data settings rather than data sets, acknowledging the meaning-making
power of the local. In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of …

Critical Data Studies (CDS) explore the unique cultural, ethical, and critical challenges
posed by Big Data. Rather than treat Big Data as only scientifically empirical and therefore …

Digitization has transformed the way we interact with our social, political and economic
environments. While it has enhanced the potential for citizen agency, it has also enabled the …