Tim Davies
@timdavies.org.uk
Director of Research & Practice at @ConnectedByData.org working on participatory and open governance of tech. Adoptive parent.
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75 years ago today, the European Convention of Human Rights, ECHR, was created. The UK played a key role in shaping it.
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
75 years ago today, the European Convention of Human Rights, ECHR, was created. The UK played a key role in shaping it.
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!
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So excited, I have to share some work of ours @connectedbydata.org (well, mostly @timdavies.org.uk's) that has just gone live.
We've developed a "Workshop in a Box" for teachers to use to get student feedback into the AI in Education Summit early next year.
connectedbydata.org/ai-in-educa...
We've developed a "Workshop in a Box" for teachers to use to get student feedback into the AI in Education Summit early next year.
connectedbydata.org/ai-in-educa...
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So excited, I have to share some work of ours @connectedbydata.org (well, mostly @timdavies.org.uk's) that has just gone live.
We've developed a "Workshop in a Box" for teachers to use to get student feedback into the AI in Education Summit early next year.
connectedbydata.org/ai-in-educa...
We've developed a "Workshop in a Box" for teachers to use to get student feedback into the AI in Education Summit early next year.
connectedbydata.org/ai-in-educa...
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📢 Closes tomorrow!
Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀
www.pairs.site/
Open for papers/presentations/poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions.
Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀
www.pairs.site/
Open for papers/presentations/poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions.
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📢 Closes tomorrow!
Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀
www.pairs.site/
Open for papers/presentations/poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions.
Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀
www.pairs.site/
Open for papers/presentations/poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions.
⏳Call for Abstracts for PAIRS26 - the 'India AI Impact Summit edition', closes in 5 days on Fri 31st Oct.
www.pairs.site/PAIRS26-Call...
If you've research or practice to share on participatory approaches to AI, or you've been thinking about submitting but not got around yet, please take a look.
www.pairs.site/PAIRS26-Call...
If you've research or practice to share on participatory approaches to AI, or you've been thinking about submitting but not got around yet, please take a look.
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
⏳Call for Abstracts for PAIRS26 - the 'India AI Impact Summit edition', closes in 5 days on Fri 31st Oct.
www.pairs.site/PAIRS26-Call...
If you've research or practice to share on participatory approaches to AI, or you've been thinking about submitting but not got around yet, please take a look.
www.pairs.site/PAIRS26-Call...
If you've research or practice to share on participatory approaches to AI, or you've been thinking about submitting but not got around yet, please take a look.
Just signed @asgsfprotest.bsky.social's Open Letter on Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Funding asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig... calling on government to address devastating cuts to funding for therapy and assessment.
Add Your Signature: An Open Letter to Josh MacAlister MP, Minister for Children and Families - Action Against ASGSF Changes
12 October 2025 Re: The urgent need to restore the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Adoptive, kinship and special guardianship families across England continue to feel the signif...
asgsfprotest.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Just signed @asgsfprotest.bsky.social's Open Letter on Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Funding asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig... calling on government to address devastating cuts to funding for therapy and assessment.
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Looking forward to speaking at the Data Empowerment Clinic launch at Kings College London next Thursday on @connectedbydata.org work on Community Campaigns on Data: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-... and reflecting on how all campaigns are data campaigns...
Launching the Data Empowerment Clinic: Paving the way to participatory Data
Join us to launch a new hub that builds capacity, networks & learning resources to shape just, participatory digital futures.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the Data Empowerment Clinic launch at Kings College London next Thursday on @connectedbydata.org work on Community Campaigns on Data: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-... and reflecting on how all campaigns are data campaigns...
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We're thrilled to share episode one of our new Democracy Conversations series, featuring the wonderful Tim Davies from Connected by Data.
▶️ 🎙️ 📖 Watch, listen to or read our full conversation now.
www.adso.co.uk/democracy-co...
▶️ 🎙️ 📖 Watch, listen to or read our full conversation now.
www.adso.co.uk/democracy-co...
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We're thrilled to share episode one of our new Democracy Conversations series, featuring the wonderful Tim Davies from Connected by Data.
▶️ 🎙️ 📖 Watch, listen to or read our full conversation now.
www.adso.co.uk/democracy-co...
▶️ 🎙️ 📖 Watch, listen to or read our full conversation now.
www.adso.co.uk/democracy-co...
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We've got some #Weeknotes from @timdavies.org.uk reflecting on a trip to the US; education and housing work; planning of the Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium; some politics and reading.
connectedbydata.org/weeknotes/2...
connectedbydata.org/weeknotes/2...
Tim Weeknotes
Lots of update in these, rather sporadic week month notes.
East Coast and West Coast
In the middle of September I had a week in the USA, anchored around a draft paper I was presenting at the World Bank Global Forum on Coalitions for Reform (still in review, more on that soon hopefully), but building in the opportunity to catch-up with friends and colleagues in Ithaca, Washington, New York and the Bay Area.
Thanks to kind hosting by Joe Foti at the Open Government Partnership I was able to run a hybrid workshop on draft principles for public participation in AI procurement (see below) at the Open Gov Hub, and the timing of the trip worked out just right to be able to join the Open Environmental Data Project for a convening on climate data infrastructures on Oakland (hosted in a building just next door to the home of one of my favourite infrastructure/architecture podcasts).
I was also able to catch up with some of the team from the Collective Intelligence Project, and with leaders of
connectedbydata.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We've got some #Weeknotes from @timdavies.org.uk reflecting on a trip to the US; education and housing work; planning of the Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium; some politics and reading.
connectedbydata.org/weeknotes/2...
connectedbydata.org/weeknotes/2...
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At the end of 2024 @timdavies.org.uk did a mapping study for @opengovpartnership.org to identify the organisations leading work and thinking on participatory digital governance, and to identify examples of promising practice.
You can read more here:
🔗 connectedbydata.org/resources/m...
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You can read more here:
🔗 connectedbydata.org/resources/m...
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Mapping Participatory Digital Governance
This preliminary mapping study, carried out for the Open Government Partnership, seeks to identify the organisations and institutions leading work and thinking on participatory digital governance, and to identify examples of promising practice that might be used in case studies, communications or peer-learning, with a view to informing future SMART recommendations for reforms that could be explored by Open Government Partnership stakeholders.
connectedbydata.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
At the end of 2024 @timdavies.org.uk did a mapping study for @opengovpartnership.org to identify the organisations leading work and thinking on participatory digital governance, and to identify examples of promising practice.
You can read more here:
🔗 connectedbydata.org/resources/m...
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You can read more here:
🔗 connectedbydata.org/resources/m...
🧵 (1/3)
Just under 5 months until the India AI Impact Summit & just 30 days left to submit abstracts for the parallel Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium.
If you think/work on public voice to shape AI products, governance or citizen response, consider submitting an poster, paper or presentation
If you think/work on public voice to shape AI products, governance or citizen response, consider submitting an poster, paper or presentation
📢 Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀
www.pairs.site/PAIRS-2026-2...
Open for papers, presentations or poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions. Deadline: 31st October.
www.pairs.site/PAIRS-2026-2...
Open for papers, presentations or poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions. Deadline: 31st October.
PAIRS 2026
The 2026 Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium at the India AI Impact Summit - Feb 2026.
www.pairs.site
October 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just under 5 months until the India AI Impact Summit & just 30 days left to submit abstracts for the parallel Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium.
If you think/work on public voice to shape AI products, governance or citizen response, consider submitting an poster, paper or presentation
If you think/work on public voice to shape AI products, governance or citizen response, consider submitting an poster, paper or presentation
"reports on AI pay lip service to the idea that our collective future alongside AI must be determined through public engagement"... but we need more than that. In this piece, @annacolom.bsky.social and I make the case for structurally embedding public voice into the UN's new spaces of AI governance
The UN Independent Scientific Panel must include social, environmental, and public perspectives in its work and membership. And public voices must have a formal, ongoing role in the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, write Tim Davies and Anna Colom.
The UN’s Global Dialogue on AI Must Give Citizens a Real Seat at the Table | TechPolicy.Press
Learning from decades of global convening on climate change, AI Governance must place local lived experiences at its heart, write Tim Davies and Anna Colom.
www.techpolicy.press
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"reports on AI pay lip service to the idea that our collective future alongside AI must be determined through public engagement"... but we need more than that. In this piece, @annacolom.bsky.social and I make the case for structurally embedding public voice into the UN's new spaces of AI governance
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Proposal
We re-boot the entire internet. The only form of communication now available is MUDs.
We re-boot the entire internet. The only form of communication now available is MUDs.
September 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Proposal
We re-boot the entire internet. The only form of communication now available is MUDs.
We re-boot the entire internet. The only form of communication now available is MUDs.
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Marisol calling for citizen panels, dialogue and listening to actually scope out the economic futures local communities want
September 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Marisol calling for citizen panels, dialogue and listening to actually scope out the economic futures local communities want
📢 Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀
www.pairs.site/PAIRS-2026-2...
Open for papers, presentations or poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions. Deadline: 31st October.
www.pairs.site/PAIRS-2026-2...
Open for papers, presentations or poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions. Deadline: 31st October.
PAIRS 2026
The 2026 Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium at the India AI Impact Summit - Feb 2026.
www.pairs.site
September 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📢 Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀
www.pairs.site/PAIRS-2026-2...
Open for papers, presentations or poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions. Deadline: 31st October.
www.pairs.site/PAIRS-2026-2...
Open for papers, presentations or poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions. Deadline: 31st October.
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Biggest number of votes at a general election (nearly 2m) based on 6.7% of the vote. A year later and YouGov poll today has Greens on 12%.
Greens are in touching distance of doing something huge powered (and funded) members not big business.
Join today join.greenparty.org.uk
Greens are in touching distance of doing something huge powered (and funded) members not big business.
Join today join.greenparty.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Biggest number of votes at a general election (nearly 2m) based on 6.7% of the vote. A year later and YouGov poll today has Greens on 12%.
Greens are in touching distance of doing something huge powered (and funded) members not big business.
Join today join.greenparty.org.uk
Greens are in touching distance of doing something huge powered (and funded) members not big business.
Join today join.greenparty.org.uk
Great critical primer on involving public in shaping AI procurement from Meg Young & colleagues @datasociety.bsky.social datasociety.net/library/gear...
Gear Shift: Driving Change in Public Sector Technology through Community Input
This primer explores why public agencies do not typically look to affected people for input on technology design, and explains why technology purchasing will be a focal point for needed change.
datasociety.net
August 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Great critical primer on involving public in shaping AI procurement from Meg Young & colleagues @datasociety.bsky.social datasociety.net/library/gear...
Absolutely love the winning entry here: visual and participatory sense making of data. Fab to see how @databarometer.bsky.social continues to develop
🧵🎉We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Global Data Barometer Data Visualization Challenge!
From playful toolkits to powerful dashboards, the entries blew us away with creativity, clarity, and impact.
👇Meet the winners & special mentions:
globaldatabarometer.org/2025/08/anno...
From playful toolkits to powerful dashboards, the entries blew us away with creativity, clarity, and impact.
👇Meet the winners & special mentions:
globaldatabarometer.org/2025/08/anno...
August 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Absolutely love the winning entry here: visual and participatory sense making of data. Fab to see how @databarometer.bsky.social continues to develop
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A write-up of my evidence to the House of Lords media literacy inquiry and how it relates to our letter to the government to have critical AI literacy for all citizens led by @connectedbydata.org @timdavies.org.uk.
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www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Dr Elinor Carmi calls on government to challenge big tech following digital media literacy report | City St George's, University of London
Dr Elinor Carmi's written evidence published in government inquiry report on online media literacy.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A write-up of my evidence to the House of Lords media literacy inquiry and how it relates to our letter to the government to have critical AI literacy for all citizens led by @connectedbydata.org @timdavies.org.uk.
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www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.
We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.
@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.
Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.
@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.
Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
July 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.
We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.
@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.
Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.
@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.
Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
From me & @markwong.bsky.social in @heraldscotland.bsky.social today: "AI Skills are about more than a workplace technology" www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2533... building on open letter on critical AI literacy for all I organised @connectedbydata.org connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/07...
AI skills are about more than a workplace technology
We must get away from the exclusion, elitism, and corporate capture that has dominated AI development to date
www.heraldscotland.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
From me & @markwong.bsky.social in @heraldscotland.bsky.social today: "AI Skills are about more than a workplace technology" www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2533... building on open letter on critical AI literacy for all I organised @connectedbydata.org connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/07...
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This is exactly why we signed the letter to the UK government. As the UK government just gave Google the keys to get all of our public data and provide the infrastructures to public services, it also wants them to upskill its employees. We think it's a mistake.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
July 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is exactly why we signed the letter to the UK government. As the UK government just gave Google the keys to get all of our public data and provide the infrastructures to public services, it also wants them to upskill its employees. We think it's a mistake.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
📢 Open Letter to UK Govt: we're urging Keir Starmer, Peter Kyle & @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to prioritise critical AI literacy for ALL. It's time everyone had access to learning that supports them to choose how they want to engage with AI. Read here: connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/07... #AILiteracy
Open Letter to the UK Government - Prioritising AI Literacy for All Citizens
On 9th June the Prime Minister announced a skills drive on AI focussed technical/functional skills for students and workers, with the announcement centred on industry collaborations, and economic impa...
connectedbydata.org
July 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
📢 Open Letter to UK Govt: we're urging Keir Starmer, Peter Kyle & @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to prioritise critical AI literacy for ALL. It's time everyone had access to learning that supports them to choose how they want to engage with AI. Read here: connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/07... #AILiteracy
Interesting analysis from @sverhulst.bsky.social comparing @creativecommons.bsky.social Signals for AI with a Social License approach: sverhulst.medium.com/a-new-social... and highlighting the complementarity of governance of both 'inputs to AI' (CC Signals) & 'applications of AI' (Social license).
A New Social Contract for AI?
Comparing CC Signals and the Social License for Data Reuse
sverhulst.medium.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Interesting analysis from @sverhulst.bsky.social comparing @creativecommons.bsky.social Signals for AI with a Social License approach: sverhulst.medium.com/a-new-social... and highlighting the complementarity of governance of both 'inputs to AI' (CC Signals) & 'applications of AI' (Social license).
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The government is making a big deal about public and staff involvement in developing the 10 year health plan.
It's a bit weird, though, that the plan itself doesn't have much to say about continued involvement, especially around data, AI and technology.
youtu.be/76TRwWu0t-A?...
It's a bit weird, though, that the plan itself doesn't have much to say about continued involvement, especially around data, AI and technology.
youtu.be/76TRwWu0t-A?...
10 Year Health Plan: The Story of Change NHS
YouTube video by Department of Health and Social Care
youtu.be
July 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The government is making a big deal about public and staff involvement in developing the 10 year health plan.
It's a bit weird, though, that the plan itself doesn't have much to say about continued involvement, especially around data, AI and technology.
youtu.be/76TRwWu0t-A?...
It's a bit weird, though, that the plan itself doesn't have much to say about continued involvement, especially around data, AI and technology.
youtu.be/76TRwWu0t-A?...