Posted by j.laird on 24 March 2022 - 9:30am 

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We are delighted to announce the Panel on Ethics at Collaborations Workshop 2022 (CW22), which will focus on discussions around implementations of ethics in research and software, and give practical guidance to workshop participants on how ethical considerations can strengthen the work they are doing.

The panel will be chaired by Laura Carter (PhD candidate, Human Rights Research Methods, University of Essex), who will be joined by:

• Garnett Achieng (Data & Digital Rights Researcher, Pollicy)
• Arielle Bennett (Research Project Manager, Tools, Practices, & Systems, The Alan Turing Institute)
• Stef Garasto (Ethics Committee Member, DataKind UK)
• Andrew Strait (Associate Director of Research Partnerships, Ada Lovelace Institute)

The aim of the panel is to showcase different dimensions to ethics in research software, how ethical considerations can come up in anything that you work on and why they should therefore be a normal part of your working considerations. The panellists will discuss topics such as the benefits of take ethical considerations into account in your work and resources that can support you; the power dynamics that can come into play in research and who can be impacted by your work; and how to balance the tension between the motivation to work in an open way (for example, developing open source software) with ensuring you do not cause harm. 

About Collaborations Workshop 2022

CW22 will take place online from Monday 4 - Thursday 7 April 2022 and registration is open via Eventbrite. 

The CW22 keynote presentations and panel will be broadcasted live via the Institute’s YouTube channel and immediately made available for everyone, particularly those who are unable to participate in the full programme. 

To find out more information and see the agenda, please visit the CW22 website and sign up to receive CW22 updates here.