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How we process personal data The General Data Protection Regulation, a new important regulation for the protection of personal data, came into force in May 2018. It entails improved rights for you to d
The Geographies of Recruiting a Partner from Abroad. An Exploration of Swedish Data
Working Paper 2009 no. 21 The chance of meeting a potential partner from abroad has expanded through international partnering websites, increasing international marriage migration. This paper explores
How software developers can fix part of GDPR’s problem of click-through consents
AI & Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-00970-8 Abstract When General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR) arrived, most people probably noticed a practical flaw in the pr, p. 858)—revealing a practical flaw in the GDRP regulation, in which individuals’ privacy fail to be properly protected.
The fast and furtive spread of AI by infusion into technologies that we already in use – a critical assessment
In Hanemaayer, A. (editor) Artificial Intelligence and Its Discontents. Palgrave. Abstract AI has often reached individuals covertly, rather than by their own choosing. Standard automatic version update
Homophily and Insularity Dynamics in an Echo Chambers: Computational Models for the Study of the Conspiracy Subculture in Facebook
Social Indicators Research Abstract The research focuses on developing a computational model (agent-based) to describe and analyse the structure and evolution of a conspiracy bubble within Facebook. Thedescriptiveexperimental
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Ann-Sofie Isaksson
I am a researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and at the University of Gothenburg. My research interests and empirical work cover a broad range of issue
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Here you will find different texts written by researchers that are working for the Institute. All texts are not the result of research within the Institute's research program but are by theme and auth