Great discussions with brilliant Master students on power asymmetries and reactive and proactive roles of government in AI policy, what's behind different AI narratives, how AI discourse is similar or different to that of other emerging tech like nano and how power relates to resistance

Interesting conversations last night on all things digital, data and AI policy and governance

An engaging discussion on AI regulation with policymakers yesterday on questions like 🔹impact of geopolitical shifts on the implementation of the EU AI Act; 🔹pro-society AI governance; 🔹opportunities to combine innovation and regulation; 🔹good AI governance at global, national and local levels.

At Jesus, great discussions with policymakers from around the world about changing attitudes towards #AI regulation over the past 10 years 📌voluntary ethics codes 2016-19 📌backlash against voluntary codes & concerns about ethics washing 2020 📌regulation 2021-4 📌recent backlash against regulation

🌟 Enjoy free access to our journal Editors’ top articles from recent issues. Access these articles for free until 30 April. Congrats to all featured authors! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

Early View Article A Framework for Evaluating Global AI Governance Initiatives www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/sci...

📜 Read all about ethics-policy advisory ecosystems in the UK, Germany and Australia Our recent article has been assigned the latest issue of @cssjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PublicPolicy #STS

#PSA26 Opening Keynote: 'AI for Democracy' Today, we are looking forward to welcoming Prof. Helen Margetts to the South School stage at 5.15pm to deliver her opening keynote on 'AI for Democracy', chaired by PSA Trustee Prof. Georgina Blakeley.

#PSA26 after lunch today, join us for the next exciting @techpolicy.bsky.social panel on AI and policy at St Catherine's College, Arumugam building 2.1

Gorgeous morning in Oxford to start #PSA26

#PSA26 Annual Conference Begins! Welcome to Oxford for three days of 200+ panels, 800+ speakers, Keynotes, exhibitors, prize-giving, socials and more. Use the #PSA26 app to access the programme, schedule your days & connect with others

The #BigTech is becoming ever more powerful in modern societies & the policy implications of its rise remain underexplored @rosalingrad.bsky.social, Hongzhou Zhang & @arazth.bsky.social develop an idealized theoretical construct of the #SuperPolicyEntrepreneur 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Kick off your #PSA26 experience this morning in style by coming to our Digitalisation in Government and Society panel at 9:30am, St Catherine's college, Arumugam building 2.1

#PSA26 is starting tomorrow‼️ Check out the details of our Monday panels in @ingaulnicane.bsky.social's post 👀 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

✨Want to hear the latest research on AI and digital policy at #PSA26? Come to @techpolicy.bsky.social panels tomorrow, Monday at St Catherine's, Aramugam 2.1 📌9:30 Critical Implications of The Digitalisation 📌1:30pm Opportunities, Risks and Challenges of Using AI @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

The OII's Prof. @helenmargetts.bsky.social will deliver the keynote speech, entitled "AI for Democracy," at the 76th annual Political Studies Association conference in Oxford, #PSA26, on Monday 30th March. Learn more: www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...

Looking forward to #PSA26 next week, especially @techpolicy.bsky.social panels on AI and digitalisation policy. Our first panel starts 9:30 Monday morning. Looking forward to seeing many of you there! www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...

OTD 77 years ago Soviet Union deported 90000+ people from occupied Baltic States My grandmother was in final year of high school about to graduate in couple of months and go to university when she was put in a cattle train and deported more than 4000 km to Siberia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

Home sweet home after 3 days in Leuven, working with 30 experts on European, democracy-friendly tech. We stayed at the historic Irish College, built in 1611. And I managed a quick visit to Belgium’s oldest botanical garden (1738) and the Begijnhof (1232).

In beautiful Leuven, to discuss technologies and democracy

We invite you to read the newly published 'Mind Your Mind' guide to protecting your brain data! The guide was created to empower the public with knowledge about neurodata: what they are, why they matter, and how they can & should be protected. 👉 ebrains.eu/news-and-eve... #BrainAwarenessWeek2026

Yes, we did know, and recently we published there our new open access article 'Ethics-policy advisory ecosystems: enhancing operative, discursive and adaptive capacities' doi.org/10.1080/2158... #PublicPolicy #STS @marijanta.bsky.social @warrenpearce.bsky.social

Nice to share my research on Government, Power and AI policy today at @ifmcambridge.bsky.social Great to see so much interest in this topic papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #ArtificialIngtelligence #PublicPolicy Many thanks to @valeriaramirez.bsky.social for the invitation and excellent chairing!

Ethics, Evidence and Policy Network, Wednesday 25 March, 2-3pm. Martyn Pickersgill talking "Novelty, Normativity, and the Neuro" and EthUcate on responsible science and ethics communication #STS #scicomm This promises to be very good. Sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/db0530...

🆕 What is the role of ethics advice in policy? How is it organized and who is providing it? How has it influenced policy on AI, data and pandemics? New article @cssjournal.bsky.social from our global team on ethics advice and policy in UK, Germany & Australia doi.org/10.1080/2158... #PublicPolicy

Happening today - my talk on government, power and AI policy at 5pm Cambridge Judge Business School, Lecture Theatre 3. All welllcome!

📚 On #WorldBookDay here are some recent reads that have left lasting impression: - Banu Mushtaq 'Heart Lamp' - Olga Tokarczuk 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead' - Yaa Gyasi 'Homegoing' - Olga Tokarczuk 'Flights' - Han Kang 'We Do Not Part' #booksky

📢 This Friday, 6 March at 5pm I will give a talk 'Government, Power and Artificial Intelligence Policy' at the Judge Business School Lecture Theatre 3 Cambridge All invited! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/government... #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

Coming soon! With Cambridge University Press - Studying Public Policy: Connecting Theory to Practice, Fifth ed. by Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh and Anthony Perl - June 2026 www.cambridge.org/highereducat...

Two more weeks to apply for the 2025 ECPR Knowledge Politics and Policies Standing Group excellent paper award from an emerging scholar ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

#PSA26 Annual Conference 30 March - 1 April, Oxford. Registration deadline 12 March You can find programme and delegate information on the PSA26 webpage

Call for Special Issue Proposals! Deadline extended to: 15 March The Editors welcome proposals for Special Issues of 6-8 original research articles on a shared theme. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

Today, four years ago Russia started its full-scale and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. We stand firm with Ukraine for a just and lasting peace. For a strong and sovereign Ukraine in a strong and sovereign Europe. Read the joint statement: link.europa.eu/k3BB3x

🆕 What is the role of ethics advice in policy? How is it organized and who is providing it? How has it influenced policy on AI, data and pandemics? New article @cssjournal.bsky.social from our global team on ethics advice and policy in UK, Germany & Australia doi.org/10.1080/2158... #PublicPolicy

How AI amplifies gender, racial & other types of bias & offsets earlier progress on equality, my research here doi.org/10.1111/ropr... & here doi.org/10.17645/si.... This cannot be addressed just by technical fixes but needs socio-technical approaches including change of culture, regulation & power

At Harbour House @ecpr.bsky.social to talk all things Artificial Intellignce politics and policy with brilliant colleagues from around the world

🌟 Enjoy free access to our journal Editors’ top articles from recent issues. Access these articles for free until 30 April. Congrats to all featured authors! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit...

India AI Impact Summit 2026 takes place this week. Here is our blog post on what to expect from it and how does it compare with previous AI summits www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/... #AI

EU Ombudswoman probes use of AI to evaluate research funding bids sciencebusiness.net/news/ai/eu-o... #AI #HorizonEU @sciencebusiness.net

Call for Special Issue Proposals! The Editors welcome proposals for Special Issues comprising 6-8 original research articles on a shared theme. Deadline: 28 Feb bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

📢 Calling all emerging scholars in the field of Knowledge Politics and Policies Please consider applying for the 2025 excellent paper award of the ECPR Knowledge Politics and Policies Standing Group Deadline 15 March, more info on how to apply here ecpr.eu/news/news/de... @ecpr.bsky.social

New OA article just out on "assetizing academic content" led by @jkom.bsky.social with me, @keanbirch.bsky.social & Klaus Beiter, exploring how academic materials are turned into value-generating digital assets by HE institutions, edtech platforms, and AI companies link.springer.com/article/10.1...

✨ Nice to see our panel 'Artificial Intelligence politics and policy in uncertain times' with five great papers accepted for #ecprgc26 Continuing our conversation on #AI politics and policy for 7th year in a row ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecpr.bsky.social

Now being read at PDP Risk-based approach to EU AI act: benefits and challenges of co-regulation by Ronit Justo-Hanani Browse it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

✍️Want to advance scholarship on evidence-based policy, policy advice & expertise? See @evidencepolicy.bsky.social call for special issue proposals, deadline 28 February bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #evidence #policy

This looks good: Other Cultures of AI (online seminar series) www.eventbrite.com/cc/other-cul...

Happening tomorrow, 27 January, more info here cpai.ku.dk/events/refra... #AI

What can we expect and what should we be demanding from India AI Summit? Our researchers share their insights about the upcoming summit in India. Find out more: www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

Interesting talk by @ingaulnicane.bsky.social on how to reframe AI policy next Tue 27 Jan! 👀 follow the link to sign up 👇

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