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2024 was dubbed the “year of democracy”, a super election year in which, by some counts, half the world went to the polls. It shone a light on the yawning flaws in our information ecosystems, with persisting concerns about the...
Concerns about the impact of generative AI on elections are increasing as the tools grow in sophistication and become more accessible. This raises multiple concerns about the potential impact on electoral misinformation and disinformation (which we discuss in our new...
In Summer 2023, JRF’s innovative new Insight Infrastructure team commissioned CASM, the digital research unit at the cross-party think tank Demos, to complete an exploratory project examining how people with lived experiences of financial hardship are talking about their experiences...
Yesterday we published our new groundbreaking research that uses social media listening analytics to explore the experience and impact of poverty, by listening to those with direct experience of the issues we care about. In my previous blog, I described the reasoning behind...
We’ve tried something new. At JRF we are exploring how to make greater contributions to the generation of better and timely insights on poverty, social and economic inequalities, by adopting an ‘infrastructure’ mindset. One of the key aspects of our...
What have you done today? You have (probably) woken up, eaten breakfast, and got ready for work – taking a quick look at your calendar to see what’s ahead. You might have checked the news, and you’ll almost certainly have seen...
Multi-award winning journalist and author James Ball has joined Britain’s leading cross-party think tank Demos as a Fellow. James has worked as the global editor of TBIJ, a special correspondent at BuzzFeed UK and special projects editor at The Guardian,...
The Government’s commitment to acting to support the development of better and more responsible AI technologies is welcome, and a principles-based approach that puts fairness, accountability and transparency at the heart is the right one. But setting out principles alone...
Strengthening Information Environments 2023 This programme looks at how we can build a more healthy, resilient and sustainable information environment for citizens in support of their democratic and digital rights. It is led by CASM at Demos. Digitalisation and the...
