Digital Identity in Times of Crisis
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, in collaboration with metaLAB (at) Harvard, the Edgelands Institute, and AccessNow, welcomed 34 early career scholars and practitioners working in 16 countries who participated in a ten-week research sprint exploring the ethical, human rights, and societal impacts of digital identity in times of crisis.
The sprint, “Digital Identity in Times of Crisis: Designing for Better Futures,” challenged participants to evaluate how digital identity systems can best serve communities in times of crisis, how to guard against harms arising either from well-intended plans gone awry or the misuse of power, and how to envision a future in which people's digital identities are respected and supported. The participants, who brought a range of backgrounds and areas of expertise to the discussion, worked with practitioners to create one of three outputs: data visualizations that inform how people’s digital identity is captured or used, pieces of speculative fiction that envision better engagements with digital identity in the future, or policy recommendations for the design of sociotechnical systems that respond nimbly to crisis while treating people’s digital identities with respect and responsibility.
Program Contributors:
Kim Albrecht, Savita Bailur, Beatriz Botero Arcila, Eduoard Bugnion, Alejandra Caraballo, Juan Castañeda, Justin Clark, Alexandre Connat, Yasodara Cordova, Sandra Cortesi, Yves Daccord, Marianne Díaz Hernández, Judith Donath, Laura García Vargas, Valerie Gomez, Jeremy Grant, Armando Guio Español, You Jeen Ha, Jennifer Hauseman, Nien-hê Hsieh, Amy Johnson, Ashley Lee, Daniel Lefeur, Florian Martin-Bariteau, Madeline McGee, Sabelo Mhlambi, Joana Moll, Petra Molnar, Adam Nagy, Sarah Newman, Jonas Parnow, Ankur Patel, Leah Plunkett, Mawish Raza, Dario Rodighiero, Marie-Claude Sawerschel, Jeffrey Schnapp, Hélène Smertnik, Fabro Steibel, Justinas Sukaitis, Lis Sylvan, Santiago Uribe, Ethan Veneklasen, Stefaan Verhulst, Benjamin Welby, Ellen Willemin
Research Sprint Announcement and Participant List
Output: To Be Announced (Check back here soon)
