What we research

CAIDE's research focuses on taking high level concepts of AI Ethics and applying them to specific technologies in order to understand the social, legal, technical and regulatory implications of their use.

Research Streams

CAIDE has a series of research streams that cover our areas of interest and ongoing projects.

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New Legal Thinking for Emerging Technologies

The Ninian Stephen Law Program: New Legal Thinking for Emerging Technologies is led by Professor Tim Miller with Dr Fahimeh Abedi

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Art, AI and Digital Ethics

This research stream is led by Dr Vanessa Bartlett, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Culture and Communications, Faculty of Arts

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AI in Private Spaces

This research stream is lead by Co-Director, Professor Jeannie Paterson

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Animals and AI

This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.

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Autonomy and AI

Co-Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, Professor Tim Miller

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Ethics of AI in Healthcare

This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.

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EdTech

This research stream is led by Dr Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems.

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AI, Regulation and Government

This research stream is led by Professor Jeannie Paterson, Co-Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics.

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2022 Seed Funding Projects

The theme of this year's CAIDE seed funding round was 'Don't blame me!': Accountability and Human Systems in Algorithmic Decision-Making.  We received many excellent submissions, and are delighted to present the two projects that were awarded funding below!

Beasts and Bushes, Bits and Bytes: Inclusive Accountability and Algorithmic Decision Making

Dr Sarah Webber (FEIT,) Professor Christine Parker (MLS,) Professor Brock Bastian (MDHS,) Doug Brock (Melbourne School of Design,) Dr Mia Cobb (School of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences,) Dr Stanislav Roudavski (Melbourne School of Design,) Dr Kylie Soanes (School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences.)

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Mitigating the Crumple Zone: Developing Ethical AI in Healthcare Forums

Dr Mel Mistica (MDAP,) Dr Greg Wadley (FEIT,) Professor Nicola Reavley (MDHS.)

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Research Projects

Below are our ongoing research projects from across our member faculties and with our partners. At the bottom of this page you can also view CAIDE publications. Our blog postsmedia and thought pieces can be view on our news, media and events page.

CAIDE Publications

CAIDE Researchers have published across our areas of expertise in the AI Ethics space.

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Policy Submissions

Disseminating our research by contributing to policy discussions is an integral part of CAIDE's work. Follow the link below to view the submissions we have made to various inquiries and reports.

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