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The campaign for communities to have a powerful say on data and AI, to help create an equitable and sustainable world.
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Data and AI are changing our world. Let's decide how, together.
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🪧 The next Data & AI public engagement community of practice is on Wed 10 Dec at 2pm (online).

We will be joined by the Office for Statistics Regulation and the Office for National Statistics.

Register at link in threaded post 👇
Teal slide listing confirmed speakers and affiliations, with bullet points reads Helen Miller-Bakewell, Head of Development and Impact; and David Ross, Statistics Regulator; at Office for Statistics Regulation, on the new public involvement and engagement in official statistics toolkit for statistics producers and Representatives from the Office for National
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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We enjoyed some engaging presentations & conversations at today's Data & AI public engagement community of practice. The next session is:

📅 Wednesday 20 December
🕑 2pm - 3:15pm UTC
💻 Online, free of charge

For more information and to register visit our website: connectedbydata.org/events/2025...
Data and AI public engagement: Community of Practice
On Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 2pm we will hold the fourteenth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🪧 The next Data & AI public engagement community of practice tomorrow at 2pm (online).

We will be joined by @sciencewise.bsky.social; and
Mohn Centre for Children's Health & Wellbeing
@imperialmed.bsky.social.

Register at link in threaded post 👇
Our confirmed speakers are: • Trupti Patel, Programme Lead at Sciencewise about their recent projects • Sandeepa Arora, Postdoc at The Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, on 'Data Detectives: 10-year-olds' views on their health data and how it should be used'
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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This Wednesday!

It's the latest Data & AI Public Engagement community of practice @connectedbydata.org!

We'll hear from @sciencewise.bsky.social, & from the Mohn Centre @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on ‘Data Detectives: 10-year-olds’ views on their health data & how it should be used’!

Join us!
Data and AI public engagement: Community of Practice
On Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 2pm we will hold the thirteenth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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🏫 We (well, mainly @timdavies.org.uk) have been creating a small toolkit to help schools, colleges and informal education settings to discuss Generative AI in Education.

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A four-square infographic showing ways teachers and students can use generative AI in education. Top left: “Plan lessons” section with an icon of a teacher at a board in front of students. Text says teachers can use AI to create lesson plans, slides, worksheets, and quizzes. Tags: Creating content, Reducing teachers work. Top right: “Check what you have learnt” section with a checklist icon. Text says AI can create quizzes or tests to check learning and give feedback. Tags: Creating content, Personalised learning. Bottom left: “Mark work” section with a checkmark icon. Text says AI can mark written work and write school reports. Tags: Assessment, Reducing teachers work. Bottom right: “Help research” section with a magnifying glass over a globe icon. Text says AI can help research new topics and create study guides or short explanatory videos. Tags: Research & writing help. Alt text created by ChatGPT.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🏫 We (well, mainly @timdavies.org.uk) have been creating a small toolkit to help schools, colleges and informal education settings to discuss Generative AI in Education.

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A four-square infographic showing ways teachers and students can use generative AI in education. Top left: “Plan lessons” section with an icon of a teacher at a board in front of students. Text says teachers can use AI to create lesson plans, slides, worksheets, and quizzes. Tags: Creating content, Reducing teachers work. Top right: “Check what you have learnt” section with a checklist icon. Text says AI can create quizzes or tests to check learning and give feedback. Tags: Creating content, Personalised learning. Bottom left: “Mark work” section with a checkmark icon. Text says AI can mark written work and write school reports. Tags: Assessment, Reducing teachers work. Bottom right: “Help research” section with a magnifying glass over a globe icon. Text says AI can help research new topics and create study guides or short explanatory videos. Tags: Research & writing help. Alt text created by ChatGPT.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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jenitennison.com Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com · 15d
We @connectedbydata.org are planning a conference next year (early March, in Manchester) about people, power and participation in (public sector) data and AI.

If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Data and AI are changing our world. Let's decide how, together.
📽️ youtu.be/5Y2f15qRgXo...
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🪧 The next Data & AI public engagement community of practice is on Wed 19 Nov 2pm (online).

We will be joined by @sciencewise.bsky.social,
Mohn Centre for Children's Health & Wellbeing
@imperialmed.bsky.social; and Home Office Policy and Innovation Lab.

Register at link in threaded post 👇
Our confirmed speakers are: • Trupti Patel, Programme Lead at Sciencewise about their recent projects • Sandeepa Arora, Postdoc at The Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, on 'Data Detectives: 10-year-olds' views on their health data and how it should be used' • Representative(s) of CoLab, the Home Office Policy and Innovation Lab
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Brilliant to see the Office for Stats Regulation publish a toolkit for involving the public in official statistics, helped by a workshop with @connectedbydata.org osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/guidance/pub...

Might lead to some new additions to this :-) connectedbydata.org/resources/bl...
Public involvement and engagement in official statistics: A toolkit for statistics producers
Public involvement and engagement in official statistics: A toolkit for statistics producers
osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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So excited, I have to share some work of ours @connectedbydata.org (well, mostly @timdavies.org.uk's) that has just gone live.

We've developed a "Workshop in a Box" for teachers to use to get student feedback into the AI in Education Summit early next year.

connectedbydata.org/ai-in-educa...
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Can you find a mix of methods that give voice to the right people, at the right time? This is your challenge in 'The Good Governance Game'.

Recently Tim ran a play test of an adapted version of the game, for procurement processes. Read more connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/1...

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Procurement Remix: Methods for Public Participation in AI
As part of the launch for the Principles on Public Participation in the Procurement of AI this week we ran a play test of an adapted version of the Good Governance Game.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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At our last Data & AI public engagement community @gileslane.bsky.social from @raeng.org.uk spoke on their People's AI Stewardship Summits.

📽️ Watch a video of the presentation youtu.be/5rF7TUCBTHE or read the notes & more connectedbydata.org/events/2025...
Data and AI public engagement: Community of Practice
On Wednesday 8 October 2025 we held the twelfth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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At the end of 2024 @timdavies.org.uk did a mapping study for @opengovpartnership.org to identify the organisations leading work and thinking on participatory digital governance, and to identify examples of promising practice.

You can read more here:
🔗 connectedbydata.org/resources/m...
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Mapping Participatory Digital Governance
This preliminary mapping study, carried out for the Open Government Partnership, seeks to identify the organisations and institutions leading work and thinking on participatory digital governance, and to identify examples of promising practice that might be used in case studies, communications or peer-learning, with a view to informing future SMART recommendations for reforms that could be explored by Open Government Partnership stakeholders.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A couple of weeks ago Jeni Tennison appeared in front of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.

In this clip she is responds to a question about whether the Government is currently 'doing the work' to enable to public to embrace technology.

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hO...
Screenshot of Jeni being shown on Parliament TV. She is a white middle aged woman with dark glasses, dark hair and is wearing a teal jumper.
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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🪧 The next Data & AI public engagement community of practice is on Wed 19 Nov 2pm (online).

We will be joined by @sciencewise.bsky.social,
Mohn Centre for Children's Health & Wellbeing
@imperialmed.bsky.social; and Home Office Policy and Innovation Lab.

Register at link in threaded post 👇
Our confirmed speakers are: • Trupti Patel, Programme Lead at Sciencewise about their recent projects • Sandeepa Arora, Postdoc at The Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, on 'Data Detectives: 10-year-olds' views on their health data and how it should be used' • Representative(s) of CoLab, the Home Office Policy and Innovation Lab
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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📢 Closes tomorrow!

Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀

www.pairs.site/

Open for papers/presentations/poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions.
Image of the India International Conference Centre. Text over the image reads: PAIRS: PARTICIPATORY AI RESEARCH AND PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM India Al Impact Summit Edition February 17th/18th 2026 Online & New Delhi, India
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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📢 Deadline 31st October!

Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀

www.pairs.site/

Open for papers/presentations/poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions.
Image of the India International Conference Centre. Text over the image reads: PAIRS: PARTICIPATORY AI RESEARCH AND PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM India Al Impact Summit Edition February 17th/18th 2026 Online & New Delhi, India
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Can you find a mix of methods that give voice to the right people, at the right time? This is your challenge in 'The Good Governance Game'.

Recently Tim ran a play test of an adapted version of the game, for procurement processes. Read more connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/1...

(1/2)
Procurement Remix: Methods for Public Participation in AI
As part of the launch for the Principles on Public Participation in the Procurement of AI this week we ran a play test of an adapted version of the Good Governance Game.
connectedbydata.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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📢 Deadline 31st October!

Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀

www.pairs.site/

Open for papers/presentations/poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions.
Image of the India International Conference Centre. Text over the image reads: PAIRS: PARTICIPATORY AI RESEARCH AND PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM India Al Impact Summit Edition February 17th/18th 2026 Online & New Delhi, India
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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On 6th Oct @timdavies.org.uk co-hosted a fringe event of the OGP Global Summit, with Participation AI, Open Contracting Partnership & Posterity Global that launched the Principles for Public Participation in the Procurement of AI.
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(photo: @opengovpartnership.org)
Photo of a postcard showing the principles for procurement. Tim is standing (out of focus) in the background.
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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📢 Deadline 31st October!

Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀

www.pairs.site/

Open for papers/presentations/poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions.
Image of the India International Conference Centre. Text over the image reads: PAIRS: PARTICIPATORY AI RESEARCH AND PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM India Al Impact Summit Edition February 17th/18th 2026 Online & New Delhi, India
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
connectedbydata.org
A couple of weeks ago Jeni Tennison appeared in front of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.

In this clip she is responds to a question about whether the Government is currently 'doing the work' to enable to public to embrace technology.

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hO...
Screenshot of Jeni being shown on Parliament TV. She is a white middle aged woman with dark glasses, dark hair and is wearing a teal jumper.
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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⏳Call for Abstracts for PAIRS26 - the 'India AI Impact Summit edition', closes in 5 days on Fri 31st Oct.

www.pairs.site/PAIRS26-Call...

If you've research or practice to share on participatory approaches to AI, or you've been thinking about submitting but not got around yet, please take a look.
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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At our last Data & AI public engagement community Anna Beckett spoke about evaluating @civicdatacoop.bsky.social's Residents’ Assembly, sharing tips & learning from her experience.

📽️ Watch a video of the presentation youtu.be/0Al5iL-otsc or read the notes & more connectedbydata.org/events/2025...
Data and AI public engagement: Community of Practice
On Wednesday 8 October 2025 we held the twelfth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.
connectedbydata.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM