Using Digital Tools to Understand Policy Making

June 2018

Was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights merely an imperialistic ploy? Who was responsible for enshrining gender equality in the Charter of the United Nations, the first international instrument to recognize women’s rights? In what ways did Indian constitution-makers seek to balance democratic principles against a need for technical competence? These are just three examples of research questions raised at the Negotiated Texts Network seminar on Monday, 11 June 2018. The Network was a guest of the Department of Informatics at King’s College London. The opening panel was chaired by Dr Nicholas Cole, the Director of the Quill Project. He and his fellow panellists highlighted some of the challenges and opportunities posed by negotiated texts, while a second panel, chaired by Dr Alfie Abdul-Rahman, showcased how natural language processing and visualization might be employed to open up negotiated texts for research, education, and public engagement.

Speakers:

  • Elise Luhr Dietrichson, Research Associate, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS, University of London

  • Dr Jan Lemnitzer, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark

  • Udit Bhatia, Lecturer in Politics, University of Oxford

  • Dr Omer Gunes, Junior Reseach Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford, and full-time member of the Quill Project

  • Dr Rita Borgo, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Human Centred Computing Research Group, King’s College London

  • Dr Cagatay Turkay, Senior Lecturer, University of London

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