I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.

💹 As the political underpinnings of value creation become ever more pressing, Science as Culture is making available free access the commentary "On the Political Vernaculars of Value Creation," by Fabian Muniesa, released almost ten years ago.

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I’m often asked about the European Health Data Space (EHDS), so I thought I would put together a brief primer on the new regulation. For more information or additional resources feel free to get in touch: www.josephdonia.com/ehds

How do evolving practices of valuation shape the assetization of digital health data over time? In this paper we look at the role of 'proxy work' in a digital health startup: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I'm thrilled to announce that Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, co-authored and co-edited with my amazing collaborator Neda Atanasoski, is officially out now from Duke University Press! You can download the first chapter and buy the book here: www.dukeupress.edu/technocreep-...

New review in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social. I unpack 5 normative logics of algorithmic accountability in health care, looking at what kinds of 'work' accountability is expected to do, who's meant to do it, and how they configure the algorithm as an object of reference journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Intervention — “The Assetization of Research: How Publishers are Selling Our Work to the AI Industry” by Maxim Tvorun-Dunn (University of Tokyo) antipodeonline.org/2025/04/07/t...

Not sure if ‘depressingly relevant’ or ‘disturbingly prescient’ are the appropriate accolades, but am glad to have finally read this.

Just out! My new paper w/ @damolaadediji.bsky.social on #bigtech #personaldata and #competitionpolicy in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social ||

"Undermining competition, undermining markets? Implications of Big Tech and digital personal data for competition policy"

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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Co-Design in Practice: Bringing STS to Post-Brexit Agricultural Policy" by Judith Tsouvalis, Charlotte Burns, José Fajardo-Escoffié, David Christian Rose, Sue Hartley and Ruth Little #Brexit #landmanagement #participation
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I was always troubled by the participation craze in data governance, especially in countries/communities/groups where neither participation (voice) nor exit is a realistic option. Here are some reflections on data justice & its potential to defy datafication’s dehumanisation. More to come on this!

The Brussels Affect: For Europe, being the 'universal standard' for tech regulation has become an end unto itself; write @petroster.bsky.social and @jvh.bsky.social.

New paper – through an empirical case it looks at some of the essential junctures that shape an AI technology as it progresses through development and use, and offers some key questions for responsible policy and governance link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"money has flowed to tech giants and others in their orbit... [and] raises an uncomfortable prospect: that this supposedly revolutionary technology might never deliver on its promise of broad economic transformation, but instead just concentrate more wealth" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...