Welcome to the Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN) blog where we will share the latest updates and projects we’re involved with.<\/p>\n
Led by Professor Felix Ritchie<\/a> the Management Team also includes Dr Kyle Alves<\/a> (Business & Management) Elizabeth Green<\/a> (Economics) Dr Francesco Tava<\/a> (Philosophy) and Damian Whittard<\/a> (Economics). Formed in Autumn 2020, DRAGoN recognised that effective data use and governance requires contributions from many different professions: ethicists, statisticians, computer scientists, psychologists, economists, management scientists.<\/span> <\/span>Our aim is to create an environment for discourse which can bring differing perspectives together for the wider benefit.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n The modern world is increasingly dependent on data. It is central to our lives, directly in our own experience and indirectly through the way organisations use data. Much of the data is personally confidential, at the point of collection or when combined with other data. Often the confidentiality of data is unclear: are street observations by citizen scientists confidential? Photos of one\u2019s family on social media? Facial recognition? Automatic number plate recognition? Data used to train machine learning <\/span>systems?<\/span> Is \u2018sensitive\u2019 or \u2018personal\u2019 the same as \u2018confidential\u2019? The confidentiality of data has a substantial effect on the way it is managed, perceived and exploited. This spills over into the management and use of open data, or data which is confidential for other reasons, such as commercial confidentiality: ethics, public perceptions, data security can also be just as important.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n Data access, management and governance is a highly applied topic; decisions being made every day which affect our lives, our business, our government, often in ways which are obscure or known only to specialists in that area. We see the application of theory to practice as essential to the ethos of the group.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n But we also need to reflect on practice: decisions about data use are often highly political, based on psychological or institutional factors. Working with practitioners helps inform our research with operational insights, as well as allowing us to challenge accepted viewpoints.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n We look forward to sharing developments from this research cluster, but in the meantime you can find out more through our bi-weekly seminars by signing up to our mailing list below and following us on Twitter.<\/p>\n Read more on our website<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up to our email list<\/a><\/p>\n This research cluster is funded through the Expanding Research Excellence scheme at UWE Bristol. The scheme aims to support and develop interdisciplinary, challenge-led research across the University. It is designed to bring together research clusters or networks that will work together to respond to challenges (local, regional, national, global) aligned with major research themes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to the Data Research, Access and Governance Network (DRAGoN) blog where we will share the latest updates and projects we’re involved with. Led by Professor Felix Ritchie the Management Team also includes Dr Kyle Alves (Business & Management) Elizabeth Green (Economics) Dr Francesco Tava (Philosophy) and Damian Whittard (Economics). 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