The Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS) is a new large-scale piece of research infrastructure funded by Smart Data Research UK’s Data Services Call. The SDDS combines extensive research facilitation with construction of technical infrastructure at scale at the University of York. The SDDS is about making people’s data rights work for them. Corporations hold vast amounts of behavioural data about citizens, but this data is often inaccessible either to the individuals who generated it, or to independent researchers who need it to understand the impacts of online environments. However, under GDPR, individuals have the right to data portability: If they wish, they can obtain a copy of their personal data from a corporation - they could then share this data with the research community. This ‘data donation’ paradigm is at the heart of the SDDS. It will break deadlocks in understanding domains like gaming and social media by enabling individuals to exercise their right to data portability en-masse, crowdsourcing massive-scale data donations at a national scale.
Further information about the SDDS can be found at https://sdds.org.uk.
We are looking for an experienced, adaptable, and passionate community engagement manager with experience of engaging, involving and collaborating with the public, and extensive knowledge of public involvement, engagement and co-production methods, to ensure the success of this incredible project. This role is a unique opportunity: a successful applicant will help to drive profound societal change at a key juncture in online safety and digital wellbeing; and will support large-scale team science, tapping into an inclusive and vibrant new research institution to enact this vision.
Interview date: TBC
For informal enquiries: please contact Faye Chivers on faye.chivers@york.ac.uk
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