DESIGN JUSTICE AI is an interdisciplinary collaboration exploring community-centered engagement of “Generative AI” (the statistical modeling and synthesis of human languages, communication, arts, and cultures).
Global Humanities Institute 2024:
Design Justice AI
June 30 – July 13, 2024 | Pretoria, South Africa
The program and recorded talks can be viewed at this link.
To watch panel talks at the May 2025 post-institute held at Rutgers University, click here.
Critical AI @ Rutgers organized a 2024 CHCI-Mellon Global Humanities Institute in collaboration with the Rutgers Center for Cultural Analysis, the Center for Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria, the Humanities Research Centre at ANU, and the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut.
Design Justice AI Institute is a Global Humanities Institute sponsored by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes and the Mellon Foundation.
Call for Early Career Participants - NOW CLOSED
Early career scholars and advanced graduate students across the disciplines are invited to apply to join our Design Justice AI Institute, a CHCI-Mellon supported Global Humanities Institute. Our international team will cross the humanities, social sciences, arts, sciences, and engineering, and reach out to affected communities as we foster creative thinking, model new forms of research and design, and produce resources for scholars and the general public.
Date: June 30 – July 13 2024
Location: Centre for Advancement of Scholarship in collaboration with the Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Proposal Due Date: January 5, 2024 – NOW CLOSED
Keynote Speakers
Associate professor at Northeastern University and a faculty affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Founder and Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), author, public speaker, and Sociology professor
Associate Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, a research scientist and lead at DeepMind in London, founder and trustee of the Deep Learning Indaba, and an Honorary Professor of University College London
Brooklyn-based writer and finance editor of Logic(s) Magazine and co-host of This Machine Kills, focusing on Silicon Valley, technology, finance, and labor
Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI at Mozilla Foundation; Assistant Professor at Trinity College. Researches human behavior, social systems, and responsible and ethical AI.
Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers; Director of the Race and Gender Equity (RAGE) Lab at Rutgers; co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective.
Founder & Chairperson, Safe Content Advocacy Network, advocate for digital rights, labor activism, and the creation of a safer online environment.