Trust, Technology and Society under COVID-19 - Cambridge Research Perspectives
The COVID-19 Pandemic is accelerating the adoption of digital technology. Which effects of the pandemic are amplified by the digital revolution, wich are mitigated by it? What are the repercussions for society, temporarily and permanently?
The Trust & Technology Initiative invited Cambridge researchers to give us their thoughts on trust and technology in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The following contributions reflect the impact of COVID-19 on data science, potential digital solutions to curb the epidemic, macroeconomics and information management.
To read the research perspectives and find out more about the authors, please follow the individual title links or use the left hand navigation pane.
Contents:
Dr William H Janeway: Reflections on the effects of the digital revolution
Drs Sander van der Linden, Jon Roozenbeek: Online misinformation about Covid-19
Prof Jon Crowcroft: Challenges and pitfalls of smartphone contact tracing
Dr Julian Huppert: Tales ancient and new
Dr Marwa Mahmoud: Machine learning models
Dr Didem G. Broo: Future studies - impact of COVID-19 on the built environment
Dr Richard Milne: Trust and trustworthiness in Covid-19 data
Dr David Erdos: European data protection law: From “Plato” to “Nato”
Michelle Seng Ah Lee: Data Ethics in combating COVID-19 after lockdown
Dr Ann Sofie Cloots: Central Bank Digital Currency and blockchain
Dr Timea Nochta: Deciding our (urban) futures: data and digital modelling
Dr Robert Harle: Health going mobile?
Dr Jennifer Cobbe: Contact Tracing apps: potential side effects
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd: Social Distancing measures: art and science
Robert Dorschel: Digital Professionals, Surveillance and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr Manu Sasidharan: Rebooting our travel behaviour and transport infrastructure management practices
