{"product_id":"data-and-society-a-critical-introduction-9781529732535","title":"Data and Society: A Critical Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eData and Society: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the growing importance of data as a technological, social, economic and scientific resource. It explains how data practices have come to underpin all aspects of human life and explores what this means for those directly involved in handling data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003efosters informed debate over the role of data in contemporary society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexplains the significance of data as evidence beyond the \"Big Data\" hype\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003espans the technical, sociological, philosophical and ethical dimensions of data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides guidance on how to use data responsibly\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes data stories that provide concrete cases and discussion questions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrounded in examples spanning genetics, sport and digital innovation, this book fosters insight into the deep interrelations between technical, social and ethical aspects of data work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeaulieu, Anne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAnne Beaulieu\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies and director of the Data Research Centre, University of Groningen. She leads the research group Knowledge Infrastructures for Sustainability at Campus Fryslân and developed the minor Data Wise: Data Science in Society (with Gert Stulp). Beaulieu's research focuses on diversity and complexity in knowledge infrastructures, with particular attention to digital data assemblages and interfaces for the creation and circulation of knowledge. She is co-author of Virtual \u003cem\u003eKnowledge: Experimenting in the Humanities and Social Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e and has published widely on the significance of ethnographic methods for the study of data practices. Beaulieu was visiting research fellow at the Pufendorf Institute for Advance Studies, Lund University, Sweden (2017-18) and visiting professor at the STS Department of the University of Vienna, Austria (2018). Since September 2018, she is co-coordinator of the PhD training network of the Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture (WTMC), and has developed numerous innovative courses in the major Responsible Planet at University College Fryslân.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonelli, Sabina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cstrong\u003eSabina Leonelli \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor in Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Exeter, where she co-directs the Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences and leads the governance strand of the Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Her interdisciplinary research and collaborations focus on the epistemology and governance of scientific data and models, and the role of open science in the global - and highly unequal - research landscape. She is Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute and the Académie Internationale de Philosophie de la Science; Editor-in-Chief of \u003cem\u003eHistory and Philosophy of the Life Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e; and Associate Editor of the \u003cem\u003eHarvard Data Science Review\u003c\/em\u003e. She served as expert advisor for national and international agencies and received funding from several public funders including two awards from the European Research Council. Her books include the award-winning \u003cem\u003eData-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study \u003c\/em\u003e(Chicago UP, 2016) and \u003cem\u003eData Journeys in the Sciences \u003c\/em\u003e(Springer, 2020, with Niccolo Tempini).\"","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382714732818,"sku":"9781529732535","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76d4f9a2-9bc0-4404-bb36-f3090c3ec8f1.jpg?v=1728714835","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/data-and-society-a-critical-introduction-9781529732535","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}