Ten New Affiliates Join Data & Society
Jess Reia, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, joins a group of researchers, thinkers, and advocates who actively collaborate with Data & Society to advance its mission.
Photo Essay in “The Smartification of Everything”
Megan Wiessner, DTD Lab postdoctoral research fellow, has contributed a short photo essay to a new edited volume including case studies on "smart" cities, agriculture, disaster relief, manufacturing and more, from around the world.
Karen Hao’s new book explores the impact of artificial intelligence
An Evening with Karen Hao takes place on October 21 at Old Cabell Hall. It is hosted by UVA’s Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, Sloane Lab, and the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Voices of Democracy Student Writing Contest Winners Announced
UVA's CCP and DTD Lab are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Voices of Democracy Student Writing Contest. The contest invited 6th–12th grade students in Charlottesville City and Albemarle County to reflect on the theme, “Democracy in a Digital World.” Winners were selected from 141 submissions by local public, private, and homeschooled students.
Artificial intelligence as heteromation: the human infrastructure behind the machine
A new article from DTD Lab faculty co-lead, David Nemer, and DTD Lab postdoctoral research fellow, Andre Sobral, interrogates the widespread narrative of AI as autonomous, intelligent, and self-sufficient, and instead centers on the largely invisible human labor that sustains these systems.
Smart infrastructure, techno-authoritarianism, and the threat to democracy in Brazil
DTD faculty co-lead Jess Reia, has written a new piece in the journal Dialogues on Digital Society examining the use of surveillance technologies and the influence of foreign and local tech companies in shaping urban governance through opaque, corporate-led policymaking.
AI and Democratic Values Report
Maria Lungu, DTD Lab postdoctoral research fellow, has contributed to the CAIDP AI and Democratic Values Index 2025. With delegates gathered in New York City from around the world for the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations, the Center for AI and Digital Policy calls attention to the CAIDP "AI and Democratic Values" report, a comprehensive review of AI policies and practices worldwide.
Q&A: How is AI enhancing scams? This UVA expert knows
Lana Swartz, DTD Lab seed grant recipient, examines how shadowy internet scammers are using AI to dupe more people through both common and complex frauds.
A galvanizing triumph at Ford’s Theatre in ‘The American Five’
Mona Kasra, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, has just completed work as the projection designer for a new production, 'The American Five', on stage at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The production tells the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his inner circle who imagined a pluralistic society in which equality and justice is guaranteed for all. In the face of surveillance, intimidation, arrests and life threats, five giants form a powerful coalition to advance civil rights and shape a defining moment in American history.
Textual convergence in national domain name dispute resolution regimes: a mixed-methods analysis of ccTLD arbitration policies
Ahmed Alrawi, DTD Lab Postdoctoral Fellow, has published a collaborative work in Computer Law & Security Review titled "Textual Convergence in National Domain Name Dispute Resolution Regimes: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of ccTLD Arbitration Policies".
