12. September 2024

To date, TUM researchers have secured a total of 226 of these prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Grants, which are awarded annually across various categories. Starting Grants target early-career scientists and come with funding of up to 1.5 million euros. Proof of Concept Grants are awarded to researchers who want to test the potential of their ERC research projects for marketable innovations. The ERC has awarded nine additional Starting Grants to researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Dr. Amelia Fiske being one of them.

Despite its potential, artificial intelligence (AI) reinforces inequalities between different groups of people and has further negative consequences. Examples include discrimination embedded in the training of AI software, as well as a high level of resource consumption and exploitative labor practices for processing training data. In her project PARTIALJUSTICE, short for „participatory algorithmic justice,“ Dr. Amelia Fiske aims to collaborate with affected communities to better understand better understand who and what AI harms, but also how these harms should be addressed. Ethnographic field studies will focus on border controls in Europe, public health in Africa, and the processing of training data in Latin America. The goal of the study is to amplify the voices and concerns of those most negatively impacted by AI.

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