A series of webinars to hear from cutting edge research developing theories and methods for understanding values in AI research. Organised as part of the ESRC Public Values in AI Research project.

WEBINAR 1

13 November 2025, 4pm - 5.30pm

William Agnew (Carnegie Mellon University)
The Values Encoded in Machine Learning Research

Chair: Cian O'Donovan (UCL) with introductions to the PAIR project from Jack Stilgoe (UCL)

WEBINAR 2 

Thursday 20th Nov. 4 - 5.30pm GMT

Dror Markus (Universität Zürich)
Societal AI Research Has Become Less Interdisciplinary

Sergio Peláez Sierra (Inter-American Development Bank)
Large-scale text analysis using generative language models: A case study in discovering public value expressions in AI patents

Chair: Tommaso Ciarli (UNU-MERIT)

WEBINAR 3 -

Thursday 27th Nov. 4 - 5.30pm GMT 

Shazeda Ahmed (UCLA)
Field-building and the epistemic culture of AI safety

Atoosa Kasirzadeh (Carnegie Mellon University)
AI safety for everyone

Chair: Noortje Marres (University of Warwick)

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