Conversations on Machine Learning and Conceptual Change

Project summary   This development project will pose these deeper questions in a series of five, hour-long “fireside chats” between two researchers (one STEM, one AHSS) at IAS. Each event is directly preceded by a lunch meal in which all four get to know each...

Science and the Media

Project summary A series of interdisciplinary conversations will be held during the academic year 2022/2023, involving academics at Durham and beyond as well as wider societal partners in practice, especially Science journalists in the UK. These exploratory workshops...

Justice and Artificial Intelligence

Project summary   Justice and Artificial Intelligence This Major Project addresses a number of legal and ethical issues raised by reliance upon deep neural networks and cognate technologies as decision-making tools in many aspects of society. It aims to foster a...

Understanding Offence: delimiting the (un)sayable

Project summary    Understanding Offence: delimiting the (un)sayable  This Major Project considers ‘Offence’ as a phenomenon and the challenges for society in attempting to regulate offensive speech and behaviour. The project will...