Lina Dencik

Very grateful to be one of these grantees. STATETECH will look at the relationship between the welfare state and tech providers in Europe and will kick off in Spring 2026. Watch this space!

Congratulations to @LinaDencik on her @ERC_Research project investigating the uses of AI and data-driven technologies by public bodies across welfare states in Europe. Prof Dencik is our University Research Leader in AI Justice based in @MediaComGold. gold.ac.uk/news/2025/erc-…

A bit more about my @ERC_Research Advanced Grant here: gold.ac.uk/news/2025/erc-…

This morning I spoke to BBC Radio about our new @WESjnl article which highlights the insecurity and anxiety that platform workers in the gig economy experience as a result of algorithmic ratings journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

NEW PUBLICATION from the DATAJUSTICE project examining changing worker identities amongst postal workers in response to platformisation with a case study of UK's Royal Mail. Read open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

ARTICLE: 'Collectivity in data governance and data justice' considers how the collective features within ideas of data governance & justice, & what responses to concerns about datafication may look like beyond the individualist paradigm. @LinaDencik tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

So pleased for newly titled Dr @isobelrorison who passed her PhD viva today with no corrections! 🥳 Isobel’s brilliant thesis on AI and the NHS provides crucial insights that we can all learn from and was a delight to supervise. Watch out for her future publications!!

New report out! We were commissioned by TUC to write a review of existing research on AI inequalities across different groups of workers. You can read the full report here: datajusticelab.org/wp-content/upl…

NEW PUBLICATION ⚡️We have a new special issue out in Information, Communication & Society on ‘Collectivity in data governance and data justice’ bringing together outstanding contributions from the 3rd data justice conference. Read the intro here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This is today! Come join us! If you can’t make it in person we will be live-streaming the event here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

New publication out as part of a special issue based on the third data justice conference focused on collectivity. Open access and available here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Looking for a 2-year postdoc to join our project AIDEMOCRACY, examining Big Tech influence on AI strategy. Deadline is 28th Feb: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/postdo…

Very excited to host this event @GoldsmithsUoL on 27th Feb looking at what resistance looks like in the face of AI-hype. Can and should we refuse? All welcome!

Today!!

Please join us for this fantastic AI Justice research seminar featuring @MarkAndrejevic on Thurs 7 Nov at 5pm at @GoldsmithsUoL: gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=1…

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch of @madianou's 'Technocolonialism' at #AOIR2024 today! The book is officially out tomorrow in the UK! See more and order your copy here: politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo… @AoIR_org

“A masterly intervention that should be on reading lists everywhere as a primer for those struggling to envision transformative alternatives for #media and #democracy.” @bzelizer, Annenberg School for Communication Natalie Fenton’s ‘Democratic Delusions’ is out now!

‘Every billionaire is a policy failure’ - Oxfam. Not really a controversial position. Yet at the BBC that’s apparently enough to make journalists fall off their chair. 🙄

This is the true AI doomerism. Not the stuff about a rogue AI enslaving humanity, but rather using AI as an ideological tool to justify the capitalist nihilism of maximum extraction by claiming its the only solution for planetary collapse.

Come work with me at @CamSociology - we're hiring a Assistant/ Associate Professor in Sociology!!! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48361/