Social Justice and Artificial Intelligence Chair 2020-2022

Social Justice and Artificial Intelligence: Citizen Governance to Reverse Invisibility in Algorithms and Discrimination in Their Uses

The work of this project is divided into two parts:

  • The first part focuses on the conditions for developing a regulatory framework that respects the rights and needs of users as well as those affected by the uses of these technologies. The research also examines the practical implications of consultation methods, AI governance, and the modalities of convergence of formalized citizen governance.
  • The second part concerns initiatives using AI that are deployed locally in different parts of the world by groups, communities, or civil society organizations for their populations. The main objective of these initiatives is to implement internal mechanisms for participation in the governance of AI systems, algorithms, and data that concern them and for which they have designed these initiatives. Ultimately, this will allow for the development of avenues of reflection to define principles of participation and inclusion to be implemented within the framework of effective governance processes.

Research Team

  • Léa Saint-Raymond, Research Coordinator
  • Doaa Abu Elyounes, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Lily-Cannelle Mathieu, Master's student in Knowledge Mobilization and Transfer, Institut national de la recherche scientifique
  • Sandrine Lambert, Doctoral student in Anthropology, Université Laval
  • Sarit Mizrahi, Doctoral student in Law, University of Ottawa

Chairholder

Research team

Sandrine Lambert

Doctoral Student
Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Université Laval

Sarit Mizrahi

Doaa Abu Elyounes

Publications

Digital technology and artificial intelligence as a tool for social justice: Initiatives by and for marginalized groups and communities

Karine Gentelet, Lily-Cannelle Mathieu, Alexandra Bahary-Dionne

This exploratory research looks at initiatives using artificial intelligence (AI) or digital deployed locally in different parts of the world by groups, communities, or civil society organizations, to achieve their social justice goals.

How artificial intelligence reproduces and amplifies racism

Karine Gentelet, Lily-Cannelle Mathieu

In an article in The Conversation Canada on November 23, 2021, «Comment l’intelligence artificielle reproduit et amplifie le racisme», authors Karine Gentelet and Lily-Cannelle Mathieu explain how artificial intelligence systems (AIS) amplify certain types of discrimination. The researchers are currently conducting res ...

Social Justice: the Blind Spot of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution

Karine Gentelet, Sandrine Lambert

Many groups and communities remain invisible to digital technologies either because they are already socially marginalized or because their needs are not a priority. The article written by Karine Gentelet and Sandrine Lambert explains why participatory processes and social justice issues seem to have little presence in ...

First Peoples’ Digital Data Strategies: Decolonization and Sovereignty

Karine Gentelet, Alexandra Bahary-Dionne

Karine Gentelet, Abeona-ENS-OBVIA Chair on AI and Social Justice, and Alexandra Bahary-Dionne, PhD student at the University of Ottawa, co-authored the following article published in the journal tic&société, Vol.15, No.1, on the theme "Algorithmic Logic and Societal Reproduction: Social Mediations Seized by Algorithms" ...

Events

International Conference: Rethinking Social Justice in the Context of Artificial Intelligence: Key Challenges

Conference

This conference is organized in conjunction with the activities of the Social Justice and Artificial Intelligence Chair, established by Fondation Abeona, École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL) and the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of Artificial Intelligen ...

Séminaire gradué #3: Technologies et groupes marginalisés: biais et injustices sociales

Séminaire | En ligne

Le 3e séminaire de la série de séminaires gradués portant sur l’IA et la justice sociale organisé par la Chaire Abeona-ENS-OBVIA

Conférence inaugurale - Les réponses technologiques à la COVID-19: les inégalités dans l'angle mort

Consulter la présentation À l'occasion du lancement de la Chaire Abeona-ENS-OBVIA sur l'IA et la justice sociale, la Fondation Abeona, l'École Normale Supérieure de Paris et l'Observatoire international sur les impacts sociétaux de l'IA et du numérique vous invitent à u ...

Table ronde sur les enjeux politiques, sociaux et organisationnels des applications de traçage en contexte de pandémie

Cette table ronde réunit des experts de l’Obvia qui analyseront les enjeux politiques, sociaux et organisationnels de ces applications de traçage durant la pandémie de COVID-19. Une étude comparée des applications développées en France, en Belgique et au Royaume-Uni permet ...

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