Five theme-based fellows have been awarded a ten-month fellowship to work on individual projects within the overall theme of 'Democracy and Digital Citizenship'.

The fellows will investigate the relationship between data/algorithms and democracy/citizenship, and thereby contribute to SHAPE’s collective task of developing insights into digital citizenship. 

AIAS-SHAPE Fellows - 2023-2024:

• Cecilie Eriksen, Department of Society and Ethics, Network and Strategy, Danish National Center for Ethics 
  Project at AIAS: 
  "Mapping Movements in the Moral Landscape of Danish Democracy: A philosophical investigation of the use of algorithms in public administration"
• Janet Frances Rafner, Department of Management, Aarhus University
  Project at AIAS: 
  "Human-AI co-creativity to engage policy makers, general public and researchers in societal issues"
• Lene Aarøe, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
  Project at AIAS: 
  "Social Media Exemplars and Democratic Citizenship"
• Lindsay Weinberg, Clinical assistant professor at John Martinson Honors College, and Director of the Tech Justice Lab at Purdue University, US
  Project at AIAS: 
  "From Smart Campuses to Smart Cities: Democracy, Digital Citizenship, and Higher Education"
• Nicholas Semi Haas, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
  Project at AIAS: 
  "Using AI to Test Effects of Inclusive Narratives on Notions of Citizenship and Support for Democracy"

SHAPE-Fellow and PI of SHAPE Group

• Christian Ulrik Andersen, Department of Digital Design and Information Studies, Aarhus University
  Project: Digital Activism

Why 'Democracy and Digital Citizenship'?

Our societies and individual lives are increasingly and rapidly shaped by data and algorithms. This technological development and increased digitalization have both direct and indirect human consequences. To promote democracy and active citizenship in a world which is characterised by data and algorithms, we need to generate knowledge at a high international level as well as contributing to the public debate, business communities and civil society. 

About SHAPE

SHAPE - Shaping Digital Citizenship is an interdisciplinary research centre at Aarhus University which aims to promote democracy and active citizenship in a world which is characterised by data and algorithms. The goal is to generate knowledge at a high international level as well as contributing to public debate, business community and civil society. SHAPE is a knowledge-seeking, open centre at which a cross-disciplinary approach is regarded as a necessity; and where collaboration with politicians, decision-makers, organisations and other stakeholders is given high priority. SHAPE wishes to contribute to the development of the digital democratic society of the future: locally, nationally and internationally.

For further knowledge about SHAPE, please refer to: https://shape.au.dk