GLOBAL DATA JUSTICE

Our current model for data governance represents the interests of the largest players in the technology sector and the states in whose economies they are embedded. Data is primarily conceptualised as an asset and citizens as data suppliers. We promote a data governance model that represents a plurality of perspectives and positively contributes to people's autonomy, participation and accountability... The technology firms are using the pandemic of COVID-19 to expand their reach, change their business strategies and capture new public functions and market positions around the world. We aim to relate the long-running investments in computer infrastructures with recent developments in business strategies to understand the implications of the rapid expansion of technology firms globally... This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme(Grant agreement No. 757247).

Primary location: Tilburg Netherlands