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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Fourth international Data Justice conference: The Datafied State</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Date:  <b>1-2 June, 2026</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Location: <b>Cardiff University in Cardiff, UK</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Host: <b>Data Justice Lab</b></p>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal">Although contested and multifaceted, the 
field of data justice continues to engage critical debates on the 
societal implications of datafication in all its iterations, from social
 media to platform capitalism to the current hype around
 Artificial Intelligence (AI). Much of this focus has been on the 
potential harm of such technologies on different communities and on the 
societal shifts associated with their uses by a diverse range of actors.
 Less focus, perhaps, has been on the way the advent
 of data-driven technologies has intermingled with and transformed the 
state. From high-stake uses, such as those revealed in the Snowden 
leaks, to crisis management as evidenced during the Covid-19 pandemic, 
to the mundane and everyday delivery of public services,
 platforms and AI systems a<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">re</span>
 now deeply embedded within roles and functions associated with the 
state. At the same time, the state has been instrumental in the 
advancement of datafication and the role that technology, and its 
providers, now play in society.
 At a time when governments and technology companies are seen to be 
closer than ever, examining their relationship and its consequences 
seems pivotal for our understanding of data justice.</p></div></div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;font-family:Cambria;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#666666"><br></font></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;font-family:Cambria;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1" color="#666666">- </font></span></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1" color="#666666"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"calibri light","helvetica light",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"calibri light","helvetica light",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></b></p></span></font></div>


<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#666666">Dr Emiliano Treré</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#222222"></span></p>

<p style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#666666">Distinguished
ATRAE Researcher, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Santiago de
Compostela (USC) and Institute of Studies and Development of Galicia (IDEGA),
Spain </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>

<p style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#666666">Co-director Data
Justice Lab</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0cm;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#666666">Reader in Data
Agency and Media Ecologies, School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC),
Cardiff University (on career break)</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>

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