In a new episode of The Digital Period podcast, Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, discusses vulnerability and data protection. He explores how power, intersectionality, and value-based design can support more empathetic and participatory technologies.
This episode of The Digital Period examines how concepts of power and intersectionality shape the distribution of digital harms and benefits, and considers how technology might be designed to foster empathy and affinity.
The discussion touches on practical and normative questions for researchers, policymakers and designers, including:
- how "vulnerability" operates in data protection and digital‑rights debates;
- ways to include people in vulnerable positions in research, policy and design processes; and
- approaches to value‑based and human‑centred design that can enhance participation and accountability.
Malgieri also introduces RESOCIAL (User's Resilience and Vulnerability in Social Media and the Metaverse), an NWA‑funded, multi‑partner project he leads. The project examines how to identify, assess and reduce vulnerabilities online, bringing together universities and societal partners to co‑design evidence‑based interventions that improve users' resilience and wellbeing on social media.
The episode with Gianclaudio Malgieri is available on spotify and on other major podcast platforms.
