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Jill Toh
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Jill Toh is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Information Law (IViR). Her work looks at the concept and power of online platforms through technology, law and political economy approaches, in order to explore new regulatory forms of governance. Her research is situated within the Digital Transformation of Decision-Making research initiative, led by prof. dr. N. Helberger, prof. dr. J.V.J. van Hoboken and prof. M.M.M. van Eechoud. Jill has a background in Media Studies (BA, First-class honours) from the University of Sussex and International Relations (MA, cum laude) from Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs. Previously, she spent some time at the Global Public Policy think-tank in Berlin, where she worked on policy issues surrounding AI governance, technology regulation and privacy, specifically on data-driven methods in political campaigning.
Publications
| Appelman, N., Fahy, R., Toh, J., van Hoboken, J. Techno-optimism and solutionism as a crisis response 2020, (Chapter in L. Taylor, G. Sharma, A. Martin, and S. Jameson (eds.), Data Justice and COVID-19: Global Perspectives, Meatspace Press, 2020)). @inbook{Appelman2020, title = {Techno-optimism and solutionism as a crisis response}, author = {Appelman, N. and Toh, J. and Fahy, R. and van Hoboken, J.}, url = {https://pure.uva.nl/admin/files/49662485/Data_Justice_and_COVID_19.pdf}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-08-27}, abstract = {The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped how social, economic, and political power is created, exerted, and extended through technology. Through case studies from around the world, this book analyses the ways in which technologies of monitoring infections, information, and behaviour have been applied and justified during the emergency, what their side-effects have been, and what kinds of resistance they have met.}, note = {Chapter in L. Taylor, G. Sharma, A. Martin, and S. Jameson (eds.), Data Justice and COVID-19: Global Perspectives, Meatspace Press, 2020)}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped how social, economic, and political power is created, exerted, and extended through technology. Through case studies from around the world, this book analyses the ways in which technologies of monitoring infections, information, and behaviour have been applied and justified during the emergency, what their side-effects have been, and what kinds of resistance they have met. |