Term 1, Year 2 completed! This term has been quite light in that I have only had two modules, though as they both had group projects I found I spent a lot of time working with other students to get work done. I’ve found the engagement at the start of the year to be a […]

  I’ve done so much reading on AI and the issues around it for the last few years that I needed to organise my thoughts. I’ve started a MIRO mind map that I will add to as I read more, but here it is so far. It’s referencing a lot of different papers and books, […]

We Need More Flutter Over the last several months, as part of my political campaign, I have knocked on over 5,000 private residential doors in my community. This effort to reach voters has given me the chance to make unplanned observations of differences in “flutter activity” from one property to the next. I’m defining flutter […]

Last April, I decided to run for public office in my community in the United States – specifically, School Board Director. The experience has given me a front row seat to how our process works both explicitly and behind the scenes. While I am not surprised to learn that there are structural inequalities stabilizing the […]

For a number of reasons, I struggled to select courses this term that I thought had anything to do with my interests. Specifically, I thought Power, Data and Inequality in Value Chains would be the death of my motivation in this program. So far, I love it. To be fair, this first blush comes only […]

I’m inspired by Rhi to talk about my reading this summer. A book I was surprised to find myself reading was Improving School Board Effectiveness: A Balanced Governance Approach, edited by Thomas L Alsbury and Phil Gore. Not my typical beach read, ha! Public school education started to pique my interest during second term due […]

I tried to focus on reading ‘for fun’ this summer and while I read some fiction I did end up consuming a few non-fiction books and podcast series that gave me some food for thought. The first book that really got the brain whirring is by Frans de Waal, a primate behavioural scientist who’s book […]

Finally, the last project has been submitted. What a year for me.   Think back to this year. It is truly a transformation from a pure programming student to a comprehensive interdisciplinary student. As a completely new program since last year, I still had a rather rich experience in this program.   To conclude my […]

MEETING BRIXHAM DATA TRUST Last week I meet with Natasha and Pamela from the Brixham Data Trust to hear about the valuable work they’re doing and to learn about the challenges they are facing. The Brixham Data Trust is funded by the Data Trusts Initiative as one of three pilot projects to explore the potential […]

Data Trusts Essay Summary A key reference for my thinking on my final project is the essay that I put together for the Datafication, Accountability and Democracy module in Semester 1 of 2022. I’m sharing a quick outline, meta summary, and reflection on this essay for referencing back to in future blog posts. Why have […]