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. 2022 Jun 24;3(7):100537.
doi: 10.1016/j.patter.2022.100537. eCollection 2022 Jul 8.

Data Ethics Club: Creating a collaborative space to discuss data ethics

Nina H Di Cara  1 , Natalie Zelenka  2 , Huw Day  3 , Euan D S Bennet  4 , Vanessa Hanschke  5 , Valerio Maggio  1 , Ola Michalec  5   6 , Charles Radclyffe  5   7 , Roman Shkunov  5 , Emma Tonkin  8 , Zoë Turner  9 , Kamilla Wells  10
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Data Ethics Club: Creating a collaborative space to discuss data ethics

Nina H Di Cara et al. Patterns (N Y). .

Abstract

Awareness and management of ethical issues in data science are becoming crucial skills for data scientists. Discussion of contemporary issues in collaborative and interdisciplinary spaces is an engaging way to allow data-science work to be influenced by those with expertise in sociological fields and so improve the ability of data scientists to think critically about the ethics of their work. However, opportunities to do so are limited. Data Ethics Club is a fortnightly discussion group about data science and ethics whose community-generated resources are hosted publicly online. These include a collaborative list of materials around topics of interest and guides for leading an online data-ethics discussion group. Our meetings and resources are designed to reduce the barriers to learning, reflection, and critique on data science and ethics, with the broader aim of building ethics into the cultural fabric of quality data-science work.

Keywords: data ethics; interdisciplinary; journal club; open science; open source; responsible innovation.

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The authors do not declare any conflicts of interest.

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  • Responsible and accountable data science.
    Wagner B, Müller-Birn C. Wagner B, et al. Patterns (N Y). 2022 Nov 11;3(11):100629. doi: 10.1016/j.patter.2022.100629. eCollection 2022 Nov 11. Patterns (N Y). 2022. PMID: 36419445 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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