Rebooting Democracy: Democratic innovation for the information age

在我的研究中，我进行了开创性的研究，并率先创新的举措，领导一个团队，探索和设计民主创新的技术增强。我综合运用了人工智能、设计方法和社会科学，整合了数据，并分析和比较了案例，为民主提供了经验教训。我设计的软件使用参与式方法来制作技术和干预措施，优先考虑民主程序中的人类经验和透明度。这个项目的驱动力是通过了解哪些干预措施可以建立和巩固民主活动，从而赋予公民权力，加强社区安全，提高对社会机构的信心。它涉及为经常被边缘化的声音创造空间，遏制仇恨言论，并确保不同的社区参与公共话语和治理。我的重点在于创建跨学科的数据科学工具，允许分析政治文本，演讲和视频。该方法包括构建先进的模型，以回答相关的研究问题，并导航部署算法在民主参与的道德和社会后果。该项目团队致力于设计和工程民主软件，超越暂时的成功，重点是适应各种治理，工作场所和社区设置的干预措施。我们的目标是建立有关如何在需要做出集体决策的地方使用技术的知识，并和平公平地处理分歧。我们将开发人工智能干预措施，以增强现有的民主创新，这些创新在日常环境中是实用和适用的。我们渴望了解这些创新如何以最佳方式进行排序，以实现透明度，信任和相互监督。这包括进行随机对照试验和采用其他研究方法，以确定何时以及如何介入，以恢复对机构的信任，从而加强新兴技术的治理。该奖学金支持我领导英国的多学科研究和创新中心，一个热切致力于维护和丰富民主的中心。该项目旨在提供涉及许多科学学科的新颖研究，为英国及其他地区繁荣的经济和社会做出贡献。

In my fellowship I have conducted groundbreaking research and spearheaded innovative initiatives, leading a team to explore and devise technological enhancements for democratic innovation. Employing a mix of artificial intelligence, design methodologies, and social science, I've amalgamated data, and analysed and compared cases to draw out lessons for democracy. I have designed software using participatory methods to craft technologies and interventions that prioritise human experience and transparency in democratic procedures.This project is driven by the aspiration of empowering citizens, bolstering the safety of communities, and heightening confidence in societal institutions through understanding which interventions build and fortify democratic activities. It involves making space for often marginalised voices, curbing hateful speech, and ensuring diverse community participation in public discourse and in governance. My focus lies in the creation of interdisciplinary data science tools that allow for analysis of political text, speech, and video. The approach involves constructing advanced models that answer pertinent research questions and navigate the ethical and social consequences of deploying algorithms in democratic engagement.The project team is committed to designing and engineering democracy software that transcend temporary successes, with an emphasis on adapting interventions to a variety of governance, workplace, and community settings. We aim to build knowledge about how techniques can be used wherever we need to make collective decisions, and deal peacefully and fairly with disagreement. We will develop AI interventions that augment existing democratic innovations, that are pragmatic and applicable in day-to-day contexts. We aspire to understand how these innovations can be sequenced optimally for transparency, trust, and mutual oversight. This involves carrying out randomised controlled trials and employing other research methods to ascertain when and how to step in to restore trust in institutions, and consequently, enhance the governance of emerging technologies.The fellowship supports me to lead a multidisciplinary research and innovation hub in the UK, one that is fervently devoted to preserving and enriching democracy. This project aims to deliver novel research involving many scientific disciplines contributing to a flourishing economy and society in the UK and beyond.