The
Datavysts'
manifesto

How do we reboot the role of data science so it enables us to build a healthier, fairer and more sustainable future for all? We have four far-reaching commitments toward a new model of AI for common good.

#1 Cultivate a new generation of social innovators

Blending disciplines and schools of thought, we’ll grow a network of next-generation social innovators dedicated to using AI & data science for common good.

How we'll do this

Robust research roadmap: modelling multidisciplinary ways of teaching, learning and co-creating that blend the best of intent with the best knowledge and skill
Academy of data science and AI for common good: training cohorts of data-savvy social pioneers and socially savvy data scientists
Clearer career pathways: for data science and AI that drives social innovation, inspiring and incentivising a purposeful data science workforce
Capacity building and training: equipping social innovators to shape, inform and use AI and data science for the benefit of their communities

#2 Pioneer practical solutions for real-world problems

Working with communities, we’ll co-create cutting-edge ways technology can answer some of our greatest social and environmental challenges, in turn catalysing more purposeful collaboration from the ground up.

How we'll do this

Health & ageing: Harnessing data, citizen science and social innovation to tackle health challenges among an ageing population, and scale up the benefits of active ageing
Social justice: Innovating routes to inclusion and involvement in our public sectors, addressing welfare, equality and justice
Democracy: Creating trustworthy tools to simulate wider political participation
Climate change: Developing sustainable, socially acceptable nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change risks

#3 Revolutionise and democratise data science

We’ll model a more inclusive, trustworthy and transparent role for data science in society, ensuring it empowers and is guided by grassroots innovation.

How we'll do this

Presenting a model toward data science and AI for common good, demonstrating how it can empower and be guided by the social economy
Building a clear ethical commercial structure for AI and data science
Providing support to embed needs-centred data science practices, guiding policy and leadership from the ground up
Making all new evidence and advances open source, for the benefit of all

#4 Rewrite the script for new technology

By setting a new social precedent for how AI can be more helpful to humans, we’ll show the world what’s possible when we use data science ethically, equitably and sustainably.

How we'll do this

Building belief in a clearer definition of AI for common good by sharing results that demonstrate it
Telling alternative stories to challenge the status quo and inspire a shift in thinking: why we must innovate not for self-interest nor just for the sake of it, but for the sake of humanity
Better connecting technological and human worlds through shared understanding, purpose and goals

See our social code

Help us turn possibilities into positive impact

Our four years of doctoral research, real-world development and multidisciplinary training is just the beginning.

If we’re to make human advances more helpful to humans at scale, then the world needs not just a few bright minds and able hands, but a whole movement of them.

Will you help us reboot the role of AI & data science to serve social innovation and help build a better future for all?