Welcome to our proposal initiative Empowerment of Citizens – Democratizing AI for human flourishing!
This website aims to support the formation of an NWA-ORC “Empowerment of Dutch citizens through Transparent AI” consortium to build a synergic proposal that we offer to coordinate.
What do you mean by synergic?
Based on the submitted initiatives, we have extracted six interrelated work packages that we believe can be the basis for a synergistic framework that allows for scientifically challenging and societally relevant trans- and interdisciplinary collaborations.
What is the reasoning behind the title of the initiative?
We believe that the central theme of this NWA-ORC Route is: “Citizens are increasingly concerned about the unequal power relations vis-à-vis AI technology; they often feel that AI is something that just happens to them and, as a consequence, they have little control and often do not entirely trust AI either. Therefore, there is a considerable need for knowledge and methods with which Dutch citizens can be empowered to get a better grip on the AI society.”
How can we partner together?
We would like you and your team to join us by filling out the interest form. In the matchmaking form, we invite you to describe how your initiative or expertise relates to each of the work packages.
What do we offer you?
- Project coordination.
- Professional support in project design and -writing phase.
- Expertise and experience in guiding inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations.
- A wide range of expertise relevant to the work packages.
- Widen and deepen your expertise in AI through this project.
- Building lively and inspirational networks.
- Engaged community.
- Access to many facilities (e.g., DesignLab, BMS-lab, citizens lab) at the UT.
What we are looking for in a partner
- Commitment to the societal and scientific objectives of the project.
- Commitment to the NWA-ORC vision.
- Active participation in the project design and -writing phase (deadline October 1 2024).
- Relevant expertise to one or more of the work packages.
- Willingness to work inter- and transdisciplinary.
- Willingness to collaborate and be part of the learning community in this project
- Willingness to communicate with and learn from citizens.
- Open-mindedness, epistemic humility, and creativity.