Casino 1.811, Campus Westend (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Keynote by Elinor Carmi
Keynote presentation by: Elinor Carmi
Title: How to be a proactive citizen in the AI and datafied society?
Date: June 10th 2025
Location: Casino 1.811, Campus Westend Goethe University Frankfurt
Abstract:
People have become more aware of power imbalances, specifically regarding the ways Big Technology companies use and abuse their data. These include physical and/or mental health (self)harm, discrimination of life opportunities, price discrimination, voter suppression, increased hate crimes/violence/harassment/bullying, and mis/dis-information/conspiracy theories. However, while people get glimpses of these harms when they experience them or through media headlines, many feel powerless to do something, and therefore the awareness does not always translate into action. In this talk, Carmi explores how we translate awareness to action, and in particular, what literacies citizens need to challenge Big-Tech.
Bio:
Elinor Carmi is Senior Lecturer in Data Politics and Social Justice at City St George’s, University of London. She is a digital rights advocate, feminist, researcher and journalist who has been working on data politics, data literacies, data feminism, data justice and internet governance. Carmi has successfully won grants from UKRI, ESRC, and Nuffield Foundation together with colleagues from academia and NGOs. Her work contributes to emerging debates in academia, policy, health organizations and digital activism. In 2020, she was invited to give evidence on digital literacy for the House of Lords Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies. In 2020 she was also invited by the World Health Organization as an expert on data literacy and disinformation to the first scientific discussion on infodemiology. Between 2021-2023 she won a Parliamentary Academic Fellowship working with the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee, and from May 2024 she has been an Expert Member of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office Technology Advisory Panel. She has been invited to be an expert advisor for several digital rights NGOs such as Amnesty International Tech, UNESCO, Demos, 5 Rights, Royal Society and the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman.
