Data science in humanitarianism: novel law and policy challenges

该项目旨在研究联合国等机构如何利用数据科学支持人道主义和发展工作中的决策和资源分配，以及如何应对在这方面出现的法律和政策挑战。它将社会法律调查与信息和通信技术的发展联系起来，将产生新的国际法和政策知识。预期结果包括更好地洞察自动化决策支持技术的局限性及其在不同环境下的合法性，以及由此产生的改革建议，以及培养对澳大利亚不断变化的经济至关重要的技术相关技能。世界各地的援助捐助者和受援者将受益于旨在确保人道主义和发展工作中各项决定的合法性的法律和政策的变化。

This project aims to study how agencies such as the United Nations make use of data science to support decision-making and resource allocation in humanitarian and development work and confront law and policy challenges emergent in this context. Its bridging of socio-legal inquiry and developments in information and communications technology will produce new international law and policy knowledge. Expected outcomes include better insight into the limits of automated decision-support techniques and their perceived legitimacy in different settings, and resulting reform recommendations, as well as building technology-related skills that are important for Australia's changing economy. Aid donors and recipients worldwide will benefit from changes in law and policy designed to ensure the legitimacy of decisions in humanitarian and development work.