My project "Participatory Design Justice for Ethical AI Transitions" has just been awarded 1.3 M € by MUR.
Soon, I'll be hiring 6 PhD students in the space of #designresearch, #HCI, #socialjustice, #participatoryAI, and #explainability. Send good people my way! ✨

How is generative visual AI changing participation in urban planning? Take a look at our new academic research article published by Sampo Ruoppila & Konsta Anastasiou.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#ParticipatoryPlanning #UrbanAI #ParticipatoryAI #ParticipatingWithAI #GenerativeVisualAI #DistributedAgency

Thank you to everyone who joined Partnership on AI and Data & Society for our mixer at FAccT 2025! It was a pleasure to connect with researchers, advocates, and practitioners who are actively shaping what participatory AI can look like in practice.

See you next year!

#ParticipatoryAI #FAccT2025

🚨 New in Big Data & Society 🚨

“Public say versus public sway: ‘Lived experience literacy’ in the pursuit of participatory AI” by @pjcreates.bsky.social, Stef Garasto, and Lara Groves.

🔓: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....

#responsibleAI #participatoryAI #AIliteracy

Join us at #CHI2025 for our workshop on participatory AI design in the public sector (participatoryaidesign.github.io). We’re exploring emerging practices that prioritize worker and community engagement—cornerstones for smart city innovation! Submissions due by March 14! #SmartCities #PublicSectorAI

"Power to the People? Opportunities and Challenges for Participatory AI" Improve AI fairness, inclusion, and community empowerment—but only when power, accountability, and local interests remain central. #AI #ParticipatoryAI #MachineLearning #AIEthics arxiv.org/abs/2209.07572

A paper submitted on 16 Sep 2025 proposes applying Scandinavian Participatory Design principles to AI, aiming for transparency, control, inclusivity, and value alignment. Read more: https://getnews.me/participatory-ai-a-scandinavian-human-centered-design-approach/ #participatoryai #scandinavian