ILPC Publications
Research & Publications
Publishing Your Research Online (Podcast) – Dr Nora Ni Loideain
As part of the IALS PhD Masterclass Podcast series, Director, Dr Nora Ni Loideain, shares some valuable tips on publishing your research online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=446&v=_GNMAr-_rus&feature=emb_title
Contact-tracing app: Submission to Joint Committee on Human Rights
Our director, Dr Nóra Ni Loideain, submitted written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights concerning the NHSX contact-tracing app, which is going to be rolled out by the UK government in order to reduce Covid-19 transmissions. The submission can be read...
The Coronavirus (Safeguards) Bill 2020: Proposed protections for digital interventions and in relation to immunity certificates
The ILPC welcomed the opportunity to contribute to a draft bill on legislative safeguards, an initiative led by Professor Lilian Edwards (University of Newcastle). The Coronavirus (Safeguards) Bill 2020 sets out the protections necessary to protect an individual’s...
El Pais interview with Dr Rachel Adams
In this interview, Dr Rachel Adams discusses the numbers gap for women in technology, the problematic gendering of VPAs and advises on ways to tackle the issue. Interview and photo used was originally published on El Pais. Why do VPA’s have female voices and female...
AI and Gender: Four Proposals for Future Research
We are delighted to share that Dr Nora Ni Loideain and Dr Rachel Adams contributed to an excellent and informative report, written by Clementine Collett and Sarah Dillon from the LCFI. The report underscores challenges to gender equality brought on by recent...
Female Servitude by Default and Social Harm: AI Virtual Personal Assistants, the FTC, and Unfair Commercial Practices
We are pleased to share the above working paper by our Director, Dr Nora Ni Loideain and Early Career Researcher, Dr Rachel Adams, which explores the social harms that emanate from the problematic gendering of Virtual Personal Assistants and the role of the...
New Publication: Deconstructing the Paradoxes of South Africa’s Emerging Discourse and Framework on ICTs and Internet Governance
Dr Rachel Adams, Early Career Researcher at the Information Law and Policy Centre (ILPC), has co-authored a chapter in the new NUPRI publication ‘Internet Governance in the Global South – History, Theory and Contemporary Debates.’ The chapter is entitled...
Women and AI: Harms, Impacts and Remedies
Date 7th March 2019, 17:30 to 18:45 Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Type Seminar Venue Conference Room, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Description Our daily interactions with AI-driven technologies –...
New approach to media cases at the Royal Courts of Justice is a welcome development
Guest post by Dr Judith Townend. This is an edited version of an article which first appeared in Communications Law journal, volume 23, issue 1 (Bloomsbury Professional) and PA Media Lawyer. In 2012 Mr Justice Tugendhat, ahead of his retirement in 2014, made a plea...
Submissions to the Law Commission’s consultation on ‘Official Data Protection’: British Computer Society
The Law Commission has invited interested parties to write submissions commenting on the proposals outlined in a consultation report on ‘official data protection’. The consultation period closed for submissions on 3 May, although some organisations have been given an...