Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees (AFAR) A 4-year research project funded by @VolkswagenSt Oct 2021 - Sept 2025

Berlin
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👉Live on the 2nd day of the 30th Anniversary Conference of @unipotsdam Human Rights Centre as our researcher @FPalmiotto talks about “Algorithmic Fairness in the Asylum Process”. #AFAR
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📢 New article out! 📱💡 Co-authored by AFAR researcher @tgammeltoft, the paper in @TheOfficialACM explores the practice, ethics, and legal challenges of using mobile phone data in asylum decisions in Denmark. 🔗 Open access: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36964…
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🎉 Registration OPEN! Join Prof. @ProfCCostello & Dr.@FPalmiotto for a panel discussion on "Algorithmic Fairness in the Asylum Process" on the 2nd day of the 30th Anniversary Conference of @unipotsdam Human Rights Centre! 🆓 Free entry! 🔗 tinyurl.com/tf78abvb
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🚨 New Publication Alert! In @CompLawSecRev, AFAR researcher @FPalmiotto examines the legal challenges of digitalising asylum procedures, questioning how rights like privacy and data protection can enhance fairness in RSD. Openly accessible here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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🎆🎆 The #TechLitigationDatabase is now live! 🎆🎆 Visit this brand new free legal resource via the link below & begin browsing cases on automated systems and new technologies. tech-litigation.com
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1 day to go! The landmark Schufa Holding case on credit scoring provided the very first judgment on the concept of automated decision-making. The #TechLitigationDatabase will help us understand how judges are defining this concept worldwide.
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2 days to go! New tech & automated systems are increasingly employed within public administration. The #TechLitigationDatabase aims to shed light on instances like Republic v Joe Mucheru and others, as these legal challenges are crucial to the protection of fundamental rights.
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3 days to go! Moritz Schramm @schrammmo, Associate Researcher @HumboldtUni and National Rapporteur for the #TechLitigationDatabase, on the value of caselaw:
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4 days to go! In this landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada sided with prison inmate Jeffrey Ewert, finding that the risk assessment tools used in some Canadian prisons could lead to biased outcomes. One of the many cases you will find on the #TechLitigationDatabase!
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5 days to go! Sebastian Björnberg, PhD Student of Law at @umeauniversity on the value of the #TechLitigationDatabase, which aims to aid the work of lawyers, legal scholars and civil society actors on a global scale:
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