Selected Work

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    Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Risk and Impact Assessment (HUDERIA)

    Co-authored the first-of-its-kind Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Risk and Impact Assessment for the Council of Europe’s Committee on AI in addition to practical training materials.

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    AI Metrology

    Conducting research on AI metrology with a group of researchers from across the globe.

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  • Cartton graphic of various young people engaging with digital technologies. One young person has VR goggles on, toddlers are playing with smart toys, a young person in a wheelchair is coding on their laptop

    Lesson plans on generative AI for teachers

    Developing lesson plans with the PSHE Association to support teachers (KS2, 3 and 4) on exploring topics related to young people’s interactions with AI tools.

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    Exploring the impacts of generative AI use in education

    Carried out research with the LEGO Group on the impacts of generative AI use in education through a series of school-based workshops.

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    AI Ethics and Governance in Practice Programme

    Wrote large sections of the eight practical workbooks and developed practical modules to operationalise the UK’s official public sector guidance on AI ethics and safety.

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    Children's AI Summit

    Hosted the world’s first ever Children’s AI Summit which brought together over 150 young people from across the UK. From young people’s submissions, the Children’s Manifesto for the Future of AI was produced and shared by a young person at the Paris AI Action Summit.

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    Advancing data justice research and practice

    Produced actionable resources and a documentary series to help policymakers, practitioners, and impacted communities gain a broader understanding of what equitable, freedom-promoting, and rights-sustaining data collection, governance, and use should look like in increasingly dynamic and global data innovation ecosystems.

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    Project ExplAIn

    Organised and delivered a series of workhops and citizens’ juries and developed practical case studies aimed at operationalising the co-produced Alan Turing Institute and Information Commissioner’s Office guidance, Explaining decisions made with AI.

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    Understanding AI Ethics and Safety for Children

    Led a research project as part of UNICEF’s Pilot Partner Programme to give public sector employees a better practical understanding of how to design responsible AI for children. This capacity-building effort aimed to formulate ethical considerations to support the development of AI policies that are non-discriminatory and inclusive of and for children.

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Research in action.

Selected Publications

Aitken, M., Briggs, M., Mahomed, S. (2025). Understanding the Impacts of Generative AI Use on Children: WP2 School-based Engagements. The Alan Turing Institute.

Aitken, M., Mahomed, S., Briggs, M., & Atabey, A. (2024). Mapping Study on the Rights of the Child and Artificial Intelligence: Legal Frameworks that Address AI in the Context of Children’s Rights. Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on the Rights of the Child (CDENF).

Briggs, M. & Cross, M. (2024). Generative AI: Threatening Established Human Rights Instruments at Scale. In 4th International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence (ICAPAI), Halden, Norway. 8 pages.

Leslie, D., Rincón, C., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Borda, A., Bennett, SJ., Burr, C., Aitken, M., Mahomed, S., Wong, J., Hashem, Y., and Fischer, C. (2024). AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: Responsible Data Stewardship in Practice | The Alan Turing Institute.

Leslie, D., Rincón, C., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Borda, A., Bennett, SJ., Burr, C., and Fischer, C. (2024). AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: AI Safety in Practice | The Alan Turing Institute.

Leslie, D., Rincón, C., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Borda, A., Bennett, SJ. Burr, C., Aitken, M., Mahomed, S., Wong, J., Waller, M., and Fischer, C. (2024). AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: AI Explainability in Practice | The Alan Turing Institute.

Leslie, D., Rincón, C., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Borda, A., Bennett, SJ., Burr, C., Hadjiloizou, S., and Fischer, C. (2024). AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: AI Accountability in Practice | The Alan Turing Institute.

Leslie, D., Rincón, C., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Borda, A., Bennett, SJ. Burr, C., Aitken, M., Katell, M., Fischer, C., Wong, J., and Kherroubi Garcia, I. (2023). AI Fairness in Practice. The Alan Turing Institute. AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: AI Fairness in Practice | The Alan Turing Institute

Leslie, D., Rincón, C., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Borda, A., Bennett, SJ. Burr, C., Aitken, M., Katell, M., Fischer, Wong, J., and Kherroubi Garcia, I. (2023). AI Sustainability in Practice Part Two: Sustainability Throughout the AI Workflow. The Alan Turing Institute. AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: AI Sustainability in Practice Part Two: Sustainability Throughout the AI Workflow | The Alan Turing Institute

Leslie, D., Rincón, C., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Borda, A., Bennett, SJ. Burr, C., Aitken, M., Katell, M., Fischer, Wong, J., and Kherroubi Garcia, I. (2023). AI Sustainability in Practice. Part Two: Sustainability Throughout the AI Workflow. The Alan Turing Institute. AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: AI Sustainability in Practice Part One: Foundations for Sustainable AI Projects | The Alan Turing Institute

Leslie, D., Rincón, C., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Borda, A., Bennett, SJ. Burr, C., Aitken, M., Katell, M., Fischer, Wong, J., and Kherroubi Garcia, I. (2023). AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: An Introduction. The Alan Turing Institute. AI Ethics and Governance in Practice: An Introduction | The Alan Turing Institute

Mahomed, S., Briggs, M., Wong, J., & Aitken, M. (2023). Navigating Children’s Rights and AI in the UK: A roadmap through uncertain territory. Research Square Preprint.

Mahomed, S., Aitken, M., Atabey, A., Wong, J., Briggs, M. (2023). AI, Children’s Rights, & Wellbeing: Transnational Frameworks: Mapping 13 Frameworks at the Intersections of Data-Intensive Technologies, Children’s Rights, and Wellbeing. The Alan Turing Institute.

Briggs, et. al. (2023). Response to the Department for Education’s Call for Evidence on Generative AI in Education. The Alan Turing Institute.

Leslie, D., Katell, M., Aitken, M., Singh, J., Briggs, M., Powell, R., Rincón, C., Chengeta, T., Birhane, A., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., and Mazumder, A. (2022). Advancing data justice research and practice: An integrated literature review. The Alan Turing Institute in collaboration with The Global Partnership on AI.

Leslie, D., Katell, M., Aitken, M., Singh, J., Briggs, M., Powell, R., Rincón, C., Chengeta, T., Birhane, A., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., and Mazumder, A. (2022). Advancing data justice research and practice: An interim annotated bibliography and table of organisations. The Alan Turing Institute in collaboration with The Global Partnership on AI.

Leslie, D., Briggs, M., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., Rincón, C., Raval, N., Birhane, A., Powell, R., Katell, M.,and Aitken, M. (2022). Data justice stories: a repository of case studies. The Alan Turing Institute in collaboration with The Global Partnership on AI.

Leslie, D., Katell, M., Aitken, M., Singh, J., Briggs, M., Powell, R., Rincón, C., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S. (2022). Data justice in practice: A guide for impacted communities. The Alan Turing Institute in collaboration with The Global Partnership on AI.

Leslie, D., Katell, M., Aitken, M., Singh, J., Briggs, M., Powell, R., Rincón, C., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S., and Burr, C. (2022). Data justice in practice: A guide for developers. The Alan Turing Institute in collaboration with The Global Partnership on AI.

Leslie, D., Katell, M., Aitken, M., Singh, J., Briggs, M., Powell, R., Rincón, C., Perini, A., Jayadeva, S. (2022). Data justice in practice: A guide for policymakers. The Alan Turing Institute in collaboration with The Global Partnership on AI.

Aitken, M. & Briggs, M. (2022). Engaging children with AI ethics. In AI, data science, and young people. Understanding computing education (Vol 3). Proceedings of the Raspberry Pi Foundation Research Seminars.

Leslie, D. and Burr, C., Aitken, M., Katell, M., Briggs, M., and Rincon, C. (2021). Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law Assurance Framework for AI Systems: A Proposal. The Alan Turing Institute.

Pauwels, E., Briggs, M., Aitken, M., Leslie, D. (2021).  Case Study: Understanding AI Ethics and Safety for Children The Alan Turing Institute. UNICEF. 

Leslie, D., Burr, C., Aitken, M., Cowls, J., Briggs, M. (2021). Artificial intelligence, human rights, democracy, and the rule of law: A primer. The Council of Europe.

Leslie, D. & Briggs, M. (2021). Explaining decisions made with AI: A Workbook (Use case 1: AI-assisted recruitment tool).

Leslie, D. & Briggs, M. (2021). Explaining decisions made with AI: A Workbook (Use case 2: Machine learning for children’s social care).