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Everyone is welcome to get involved in Data Ethics Club, as much or as little as youâd like to! We would love to hear your point of view at our discussion groups, to have your support in organising or running a meeting, or to add your contributions to our reading list.
You donât need to be a data ethicist (weâre not!), or a data scientist - having a variety of different people is how we learn from each other. Itâs a friendly and welcoming group and we often have new people drop by, so why not try it?
In term time, we meet every month for one hour on Teams (Wednesdays, 1pm, UK time) to talk about something from the reading list.
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Upcoming meetings#
These are the meetings for the next academic term.
We will update the material and questions based on the previous monthâs vote.
Term time meetings are held at 1pm UK time and last one hour. If you are in another timezone please use a time/date converter like this one to check your local time!
You can see the write ups of previous meetings here!
8th October 2025 - Black History Month#
Material: Henrietta Lacks, the Tuskegee Experiment, and Ethical Data Collection: Crash Course Statistics
Discussion prompts:
What training did you receive in ethics for data collection? Had you heard any of the stories in the video before?
What are the attitudes you have witnessed/experienced towards ethical data collection? How has this varied amongst different people?
The line between âparticipantâ and âuserâ for online platforms makes data collection quite blurry. How do you think research ethics should be applied in these digital spaces?
Writeup coming soon!
12th November 2025#
Material: Oura Wants Its Wearables to Revolutionize Pregnancy Studies
10th December 2025#
Material TBC
14th January 2026#
Material TBC
11th February 2026#
Material TBC
âŠmore dates to follow!
Past Meetings#
You can see a record of what we have discussed previously here.