Christoph Kaletka
Christoph is deputy director at TU Dortmund's Social Research Center, an internationally distinguished institute of application-oriented social science work. He teaches innovation, social innovation and digital inclusion at the faculties of social sciences and rehabilitation sciences.
Achievements include
- Editorial board member of the European Public & Social Innovation Review (EPSIR)
- Advisory board member of All Digital, the umbrella organisation of European digital learning centres
- PhD in communications science, Anglistics and psychology
- Co-editor: the Encyclopaedia of Social Innovation
- Co-editor: two volumes of the Atlas of Social Innovation
In my own words…
Data science and AI discussions so far have largely focused on technological progress — algorithms and increasing computing power. We have to reboot this debate and instead ask: What can data science and AI contribute to solving society's pressing and complex challenges?
You could say social innovation is the intentional change of social practices. We need comprehensive discourse on practice change through technology, which crosses and transcends individual disciplines. We must examine innovation's transformative capacity, its impact dimensions and undesired side effects.
The Datavysts network should contribute to a future where the academic as well as the practical social innovation discourse naturally includes data science and AI, and vice versa.
