Unfair ID: Digital Identity from Injustice to Resistance - Seminar

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The Wave, Seminar Room 4/Online, The University of Sheffield, 2 Whitham Road, Sheffield, S10 2AH

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Unfair ID: Digital Identity from Injustice to Resistance - Seminar co-hosted by the Informations Systems Research Group (ISRG) and the Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD)

The Information Systems Research group (ISRG) in the School of Information, Journalism and Communication (IJC) and the Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD), are co-hosting a seminar by Prof Silvia Masiero (University of Oslo) centred around her new book, Unfair ID (Sage, Data Justice Series, October 2024)  Using a data justice lens to explore narratives of unfairness in, and harm caused through digital ID, Silvia will present some of the stories contained in the book, building on her 14-year research on the use of Aadhaar's biometrics in the Indian Public Distribution System (PDS).

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