Tim Davies
@timdavies.org.uk
Director of Research & Practice at @ConnectedByData.org working on participatory and open governance of tech. Adoptive parent.
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🫧 There is talk of the AI bubble bursting.
@jenitennison.com recently wrote for Big Issue about AI in 2026 and suggests "If the bubble doesn’t burst, we will still be trapped in it, along with AI firms increasingly desperate to bring in revenue".
📰 www.bigissue.com/opinion/art...
@jenitennison.com recently wrote for Big Issue about AI in 2026 and suggests "If the bubble doesn’t burst, we will still be trapped in it, along with AI firms increasingly desperate to bring in revenue".
📰 www.bigissue.com/opinion/art...
From bubbles to 'SlopTok': Why 2026 could see both the highs and lows of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is everywhere, with some grim consequences. But 2026 could be a turning point, writes Jeni Tenison.
www.bigissue.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🫧 There is talk of the AI bubble bursting.
@jenitennison.com recently wrote for Big Issue about AI in 2026 and suggests "If the bubble doesn’t burst, we will still be trapped in it, along with AI firms increasingly desperate to bring in revenue".
📰 www.bigissue.com/opinion/art...
@jenitennison.com recently wrote for Big Issue about AI in 2026 and suggests "If the bubble doesn’t burst, we will still be trapped in it, along with AI firms increasingly desperate to bring in revenue".
📰 www.bigissue.com/opinion/art...
"Workers and other stakeholders must be actively involved in decisions about adoption of data and AI tools in the workplace and public life, and adoption decisions must be made at the lowest possible level in consultation with those affected." (2/2)
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"Workers and other stakeholders must be actively involved in decisions about adoption of data and AI tools in the workplace and public life, and adoption decisions must be made at the lowest possible level in consultation with those affected." (2/2)
Well, @greenparty.org.uk policy on AI states: "We shall place deliberative & democratic processes, & the voices of those most affected by particular technology development and deployment, at the heart of data governance and AI regulation." (1/2)
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Well, @greenparty.org.uk policy on AI states: "We shall place deliberative & democratic processes, & the voices of those most affected by particular technology development and deployment, at the heart of data governance and AI regulation." (1/2)
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Okay, hive mind! I'm doing a foresight review on the safe adoption of AI in engineering - am planning a research trip to the Bay Area in Feb, and am looking to speak to folk working on
- transparent approaches to the full AI supply chain, inc data, labour practices, environmental footprint (1/2)
- transparent approaches to the full AI supply chain, inc data, labour practices, environmental footprint (1/2)
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Okay, hive mind! I'm doing a foresight review on the safe adoption of AI in engineering - am planning a research trip to the Bay Area in Feb, and am looking to speak to folk working on
- transparent approaches to the full AI supply chain, inc data, labour practices, environmental footprint (1/2)
- transparent approaches to the full AI supply chain, inc data, labour practices, environmental footprint (1/2)
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Despite Labour bringing a wrecking amendment that fell, and abstaining on the vote, the Green group passed a full council motion this week to ask the government not to cut funds to the vital Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Despite Labour bringing a wrecking amendment that fell, and abstaining on the vote, the Green group passed a full council motion this week to ask the government not to cut funds to the vital Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
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THIS WEDS AT 2PM
The latest @connectedbydata.org Data & AI Public Engagement community of practice (online) meeting, a stats special, with:
- Office for Stats Regulation on their new public involvement/engagement toolkit
- @data4sdgs.bsky.social with lessons from their Data Values Campaign
The latest @connectedbydata.org Data & AI Public Engagement community of practice (online) meeting, a stats special, with:
- Office for Stats Regulation on their new public involvement/engagement toolkit
- @data4sdgs.bsky.social with lessons from their Data Values Campaign
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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December 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
THIS WEDS AT 2PM
The latest @connectedbydata.org Data & AI Public Engagement community of practice (online) meeting, a stats special, with:
- Office for Stats Regulation on their new public involvement/engagement toolkit
- @data4sdgs.bsky.social with lessons from their Data Values Campaign
The latest @connectedbydata.org Data & AI Public Engagement community of practice (online) meeting, a stats special, with:
- Office for Stats Regulation on their new public involvement/engagement toolkit
- @data4sdgs.bsky.social with lessons from their Data Values Campaign
And @jwyg.bsky.social's brilliant new Public Data Cultures also offers much inspiration - and critical learning from decades of open data www.hive.co.uk/Product/Jona...
www.hive.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And @jwyg.bsky.social's brilliant new Public Data Cultures also offers much inspiration - and critical learning from decades of open data www.hive.co.uk/Product/Jona...
If you're looking for big picture view and inspiration on AI in many sectors, can I offer a plug for the State of Open Data book? www.d4d.net/state-of-ope... (and the 2024 update).
I've a few printed copies spare I could share if of interest
I've a few printed copies spare I could share if of interest
resource-centre
www.d4d.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If you're looking for big picture view and inspiration on AI in many sectors, can I offer a plug for the State of Open Data book? www.d4d.net/state-of-ope... (and the 2024 update).
I've a few printed copies spare I could share if of interest
I've a few printed copies spare I could share if of interest
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75 years ago today, the European Convention of Human Rights, ECHR, was created. The UK played a key role in shaping it.
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
75 years ago today, the European Convention of Human Rights, ECHR, was created. The UK played a key role in shaping it.
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!
Hey @shane.mccracken.org.uk - would be lovely to catch up and explore. Can you pop over an email and let's find a time?
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey @shane.mccracken.org.uk - would be lovely to catch up and explore. Can you pop over an email and let's find a time?
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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...
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
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...
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...
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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.
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.
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📢 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.
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.
If you've been thinking of sending in an abstract - please do!
2026 Timeline: short abstracts due Friday 31st October; Notifications by 5th December; final papers, posters or presentations due 30th Jan.
www.pairs.site
2026 Timeline: short abstracts due Friday 31st October; Notifications by 5th December; final papers, posters or presentations due 30th Jan.
www.pairs.site
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you've been thinking of sending in an abstract - please do!
2026 Timeline: short abstracts due Friday 31st October; Notifications by 5th December; final papers, posters or presentations due 30th Jan.
www.pairs.site
2026 Timeline: short abstracts due Friday 31st October; Notifications by 5th December; final papers, posters or presentations due 30th Jan.
www.pairs.site
When we ran the 1st edition of PAIRS in Paris in Feb we were blown away by range of work shared on putting public voice at the heart of AI development, governance, audit & response. Hoping to build on that with discussions at PAIRS26. Recordings from 2025 here: www.pairs.site/Participator...
Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium: 8th Feb 2025 | Notion
Agenda
www.pairs.site
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
When we ran the 1st edition of PAIRS in Paris in Feb we were blown away by range of work shared on putting public voice at the heart of AI development, governance, audit & response. Hoping to build on that with discussions at PAIRS26. Recordings from 2025 here: www.pairs.site/Participator...
...and we're pleased to have just secured budget this year for some travel support to people with selected papers, presentations or posters at the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium - helping with our goal of supporting a diversity of voices to shape AI governance discussions.
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
...and we're pleased to have just secured budget this year for some travel support to people with selected papers, presentations or posters at the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium - helping with our goal of supporting a diversity of voices to shape AI governance discussions.
This is the nerve-wracking week of preparing a conference, as there is ofter a flurry of submissions just before the deadline, but I never want to bank on it! This year, our submission deadline is quite a bit ahead of the AI Summit we're running alongside to help with travel arrangement etc...
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This is the nerve-wracking week of preparing a conference, as there is ofter a flurry of submissions just before the deadline, but I never want to bank on it! This year, our submission deadline is quite a bit ahead of the AI Summit we're running alongside to help with travel arrangement etc...
⏳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.
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
⏳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.
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.
"We are asking government to join us in creating a future where that support is not a privilege but a guarantee, a system built on partnership, evidence and understanding."
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Add Your Signature: An Open Letter to Josh MacAlister MP, Minister for Children and Families - Action Against ASGSF Changes
12 October 2025 Re: The urgent need to restore the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Adoptive, kinship and special guardianship families across England continue to feel the signif...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"We are asking government to join us in creating a future where that support is not a privilege but a guarantee, a system built on partnership, evidence and understanding."
asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig...
asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig...
"Love exists in abundance in our homes and our families, but love alone cannot repair the harm of early trauma. Our children need the right expertise around them to grow, learn and belong."
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"Love exists in abundance in our homes and our families, but love alone cannot repair the harm of early trauma. Our children need the right expertise around them to grow, learn and belong."
Just signed @asgsfprotest.bsky.social's Open Letter on Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Funding asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig... calling on government to address devastating cuts to funding for therapy and assessment.
Add Your Signature: An Open Letter to Josh MacAlister MP, Minister for Children and Families - Action Against ASGSF Changes
12 October 2025 Re: The urgent need to restore the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Adoptive, kinship and special guardianship families across England continue to feel the signif...
asgsfprotest.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Just signed @asgsfprotest.bsky.social's Open Letter on Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Funding asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig... calling on government to address devastating cuts to funding for therapy and assessment.
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Looking forward to speaking at the Data Empowerment Clinic launch at Kings College London next Thursday on @connectedbydata.org work on Community Campaigns on Data: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-... and reflecting on how all campaigns are data campaigns...
Launching the Data Empowerment Clinic: Paving the way to participatory Data
Join us to launch a new hub that builds capacity, networks & learning resources to shape just, participatory digital futures.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the Data Empowerment Clinic launch at Kings College London next Thursday on @connectedbydata.org work on Community Campaigns on Data: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-... and reflecting on how all campaigns are data campaigns...
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We're thrilled to share episode one of our new Democracy Conversations series, featuring the wonderful Tim Davies from Connected by Data.
▶️ 🎙️ 📖 Watch, listen to or read our full conversation now.
www.adso.co.uk/democracy-co...
▶️ 🎙️ 📖 Watch, listen to or read our full conversation now.
www.adso.co.uk/democracy-co...
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We're thrilled to share episode one of our new Democracy Conversations series, featuring the wonderful Tim Davies from Connected by Data.
▶️ 🎙️ 📖 Watch, listen to or read our full conversation now.
www.adso.co.uk/democracy-co...
▶️ 🎙️ 📖 Watch, listen to or read our full conversation now.
www.adso.co.uk/democracy-co...
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We've got some #Weeknotes from @timdavies.org.uk reflecting on a trip to the US; education and housing work; planning of the Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium; some politics and reading.
connectedbydata.org/weeknotes/2...
connectedbydata.org/weeknotes/2...
Tim Weeknotes
Lots of update in these, rather sporadic week month notes.
East Coast and West Coast
In the middle of September I had a week in the USA, anchored around a draft paper I was presenting at the World Bank Global Forum on Coalitions for Reform (still in review, more on that soon hopefully), but building in the opportunity to catch-up with friends and colleagues in Ithaca, Washington, New York and the Bay Area.
Thanks to kind hosting by Joe Foti at the Open Government Partnership I was able to run a hybrid workshop on draft principles for public participation in AI procurement (see below) at the Open Gov Hub, and the timing of the trip worked out just right to be able to join the Open Environmental Data Project for a convening on climate data infrastructures on Oakland (hosted in a building just next door to the home of one of my favourite infrastructure/architecture podcasts).
I was also able to catch up with some of the team from the Collective Intelligence Project, and with leaders of
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October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We've got some #Weeknotes from @timdavies.org.uk reflecting on a trip to the US; education and housing work; planning of the Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium; some politics and reading.
connectedbydata.org/weeknotes/2...
connectedbydata.org/weeknotes/2...
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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.
connectedbydata.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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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You can read more here:
🔗 connectedbydata.org/resources/m...
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