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  • Workshopbeitrag
    Participatory Data Ethics
    (Mensch und Computer 2021 - Workshopband, 2021) Schäfer, Mirko Tobias; Clausen, Nelly
    In public administration, more and more processes are being digitised and data is being used to collect information, determine the probability of events, or directly support the work of civil servants through automated decision-making. This practice offers many opportunities, but also raises a number of issues. The complexity and opacity of datasets, analysis processes, models or proprietary software creates black boxes in public management and calls for checks and balances. Possible harms inflicted through automated decision-making processes, infringement on privacy, autonomy, and the right to information need to be prevented; proportionality, function creep and the competence and capacity of city employees to adequately apply these novel methods are called into question. While there is a lively discourse emphasizing the need for ethics in AI and data practices, many of the available guidelines fall short in providing an applicable framework for responsible data practices. The Utrecht Data School has developed a deliberately dialogic and participatory approach to data ethics. In this paper we show how our tools enable dialogue between different participants in a data or AI project and give concrete examples of the use of our Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA) in municipal data and digitisation projects. We argue that participatory research practices for investigating datafication and algorithmization are very much connected to participatory data ethics.
  • Zeitschriftenartikel
    Wirtschaftsinformatik-Forschung für die Praxis
    (HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik: Vol. 57, No. 2, 2020) Robra-Bissantz, Susanne; Strahringer, Susanne
    Ganz im Sinne der Zeitschrift HMD – Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik existiert in Deutschland neben anderen Ausrichtungen auch eine explizit auf Praxisorientierung ausgerichtete Wirtschaftsinformatikforschung. Dieser Beitrag behandelt aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln deren Entwicklungen und Strömungen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Forschungsmethoden, die Forschung für die Praxis unterstützen. Dies sind insbesondere Methoden der Fallstudienforschung, der Aktionsforschung und der gestaltungsorientierten Forschung in verschiedenen Ausprägungen. Insbesondere diejenigen Methoden, die Forschung gemeinsam mit der Praxis anstreben, benötigen Rahmenbedingungen, die dies ermöglichen. Die gängigsten Kollaborationsformen, ihre Verknüpfung zu Forschungsmethoden, die von den jeweiligen Partnern zu erwartenden Nutzeffekte und Ergebnisse bilden den zweiten Schwerpunkt des Beitrages. Darüber hinaus identifizieren wir weitere Ansatzpunkte, die Forschern Wege aufzeigen, wie die Praxisrelevanz ihrer Forschung gesteigert werden kann. So gibt es methodische Bausteine, die vorhandene Forschungsmethoden um nicht invasive Komponenten ergänzen können, um die Relevanz der Forschungsergebnisse für die Praxis sicherzustellen. Zudem können Forscher auch an der besseren Konsumierbarkeit ihrer Ergebnisse arbeiten und sollten Mut fassen, die üblichen Routinen vergangener Forschung gelegentlich auch zu verlassen. A considerable number of scholars in Germany conduct practice-oriented research that is in line with the aims and scope of the journal “HMD—Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik”. This paper looks at this type of research from different perspectives and addresses research methods suitable for conducting research together with practice and suited for producing results applicable in practice. Against this backdrop, we discuss case study research, action research, and different flavors of design-oriented research. However, in order to conduct research together with practice in joint endeavors also organizational requirements have to be considered. We therefore present how collaboration between science and practice can be organized, how these forms of collaboration comply with research methods and what effects and outcomes are to be expected for each of the collaborating parties. Additionally, we identify other starting points that may help scholars in improving the relevance of their research to practice such as methodological building blocks that can be added to research methods non-invasively in order to ensure importance of research results to practitioners. Researchers can also work on making their research more accessible to practitioners. Ultimately, we also want to encourage researchers to sometimes deviate from the dominant and established ways of conducting research and to be open to new, risky, but perhaps more satisfying forms of research.