Where’s my data? The problematic legacy of data-driven campaigning

Description

Join this panel to explore data-driven campaigning in UK elections, and what we might expect in 2023/24.

With the next UK General Election on the horizon, this event will examine the ramifications for citizens of data practices in UK elections, and explore what challenges we may expect around campaign data in 2023/24.

This also follows the publication of recent research by Minderoo Centre Research Associate Julia Rone exploring public participation in decision-making on campaign data during and after referendum campaigns.

Speakers

• Declan McDowell-Naylor, Senior Policy Officer, Information Commissioners Office
• Bethany Shiner, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Middlesex
• Gina Neff, Executive Director, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge
• Julia Rone, Research Associate, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge

About the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy

The Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy is an independent team of academic researchers at the University of Cambridge, who are radically rethinking the power relationships between digital technologies, society and our planet.

We are based in CRASSH (The University of Cambridge Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)