Department: Information and Communication Sciences Department

Center: Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)

Research group: CNSC Communication Networks & Social Change

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Email: arosalescl@uoc.edu

Doctor by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra with the thesis Designing wearable and playful accessories to encourage free-play amongst school aged children conception, participatory design and evaluation 2014. Supervised by Dr. Josep Blat Gimeno, Dr. Sergio Sayago.

Dr Rosales studies the impact of algorithm-based decisions on the perpetuation of inequality from various points of view: the influence of stereotypes and design biases on the production of algorithms; how algorithms that deprioritize, ignore or disempower minorities and the most disadvantaged groups operate; the extent to which the degree of awareness of how algorithms work affects digital skills; the impact of algorithm-based decisions on society, and particularly how this affects the dynamics of older people's (lack of) participation in the digital society. Dr Rosales uses a critical approach to analyse the impact of intelligent systems on society and help mould the power relations inherent in digital technologies.