Who we work with

Ensuring that data and AI work for people and society is an immense task and not one we can achieve alone. To achieve this positive vision we need to engage, collaborate, share knowledge and develop new thinking with everyone involved in creating, implementing, governing and regulating technologies – as well as people who are affected by them.

Through our work building evidence, shaping policy and practice, and convening diverse voices, we work with national and international organisations from government and policy, industry, civil society and academia, as well as people affected by technologies.

Together, we help to ensure the transformative power of data and AI is used and harnessed in ways that maximise social wellbeing and put technology at the service of humanity.

Our team of legal, public policy, social science, philosophy, economics, culture, technology and participation experts works with our stakeholders to:

• conduct research
• hold informal or formal interviews and focus groups
• host roundtables/workshops/events
• run citizens’ councils or other public participation projects
• co-create other forms of novel and collaborative learnings relating to our research domains.

Interested in working with Ada? Click on a research domain below:

• Emerging Technology & Industry Practice
• Law & Policy
• Public Participation & Research
• Society, Justice & Public Services

Funders

The Ada Lovelace Institute was established by the Nuffield Foundation in early 2018, in collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute, the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Royal Statistical Society, the Wellcome Trust, Luminate, techUK and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

We are funded by the Nuffield Foundation, an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance social wellbeing. The Foundation funds research that informs social policy, primarily in education, welfare and justice. In addition to the Ada Lovelace Institute, the Foundation is also the founder and co-funder of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.

We are grateful for the additional funding we have received from:

• Luminate
• MacArthur Foundation
• Minderoo
• Network of European Foundations (European AI Fund)
• Omidyar
• Open Societies Foundation

Partnerships

JUST AI

JUST AI (Joining Up Society and Technology in AI) was established in 2019 by Dr Alison Powell from the London School of Economics (LSE) with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and support from the Ada Lovelace Institute.

JUST AI is an open research network made up of academics and creative practitioners that identifies issues and intervenes in data and AI ethics. They use network theory to cluster and connect interdisciplinary ideas, encouraging difference and reimagining norms in the field.

JUST AI’s unique methodology enables creative intervention in issues of fairness, justice, and materiality in relation to data and AI ethics research.

The Racial Justice Fellowship

The Racial Justice Fellowship was established by JUST AI in collaboration with the Ada Lovelace Institute and support from the AHRC. The Fellowship was in set up in response to the gaps in ethical thinking about data and AI in relation to racial justice. Four fellowships were appointed to the programme’s first cohort. Find out more about the JUST AI Fellows.

In 2022, JUST AI moved to being hosted by the LSE. Learnings from this pilot project have contributed to greater understanding of the challenges and approaches to funding and hosting fellowship programmes, within the Ada Lovelace Institute and in the development of a broader data and AI research and funding community globally.

BRAID

BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) is a 6-year national research programme funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), led by the University of Edinburgh in partnership with the Ada Lovelace Institute and the BBC.

As the Collaborating Partner, Ada has a strategic decision-making role, supporting research (for example, into emerging responsible AI practices and public attitudes), stakeholder mapping and policy engagement.

Partnership on AI

Partnership on AI (PAI) is a non-profit partnership of academic, civil society, industry, and media organisations creating solutions so that AI advances positive outcomes for people and society.

The Ada Lovelace Institute is a partner of PAI. Partners support PAI’s work by participating in convenings, collaborating on research, pro
viding expertise and supporting more effective public and policymaker education.

Doteveryone

Between 2015 and 2020, Doteveryone helped to shape conversations around how technology is made and used so that it serves a fair, inclusive and sustainable democratic society. To ensure Doteveryone’s research remains in the public realm, continuing to inform debate and decision-making, the Ada Lovelace Institute maintains Doteveryone’s website. The Open Data Institute has taken on the ‘TechTransformed’ resources for responsible innovation.