Data Justice and justice data | Gülşen Güler
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If you thought of data as objective, listen to Gülşen Güler discuss all the biases that we should look out for when collecting and utilising datasets. Gülşen is the Research Director for Civic Software Foundation and one of the Young Justice Leader for Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a group focusing on the UN sustainable development goal 16+. Gülşen talks about her develpment and how that sparked her interest for data and digitalisation. She explains how data is socially constructed and how keeping that in mind is key when making decisions based on data, if we do not want to replicate and amplify current power imbalances. Justice data and data justice are also key component in this conversation and you will hear from Gülşen why “there is no justice without data justice”.