Time:2025.4.17(Thursday)  14:00-16:00

Venue:Room 321,School of Public Policy and Management,Tsinghua University

Title: Going Digital, Staying Human: AI (Artificial Intelligence) and IA (Impact Assessment)

Moderator:Yixin Dai  Associate Professor,School of Public Policy and Management,Tsinghua University

Presenter:Sara Bice  Professor,Co-Founder and Director, I2S (Institute for Infrastructure in Society) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Discussant:Yuan Zhou Associate Professor,School of Public Policy and Management,Tsinghua University

Language:English

Abstract:

Technological advances, including online consultation and AI, are changing the human interactions central to impact assessment (IA), including environmental impact assessment (EIA) and social impact assessment (SIA) practice. This highly interactive workshop explores the intersection of emerging technologies and that most human of impact assessments, SIA.  At its very best, SIA can foster sustainable social development, mitigate negative impacts and enhance benefits for local communities and societies. Historically, SIA relies heavily on in-person interactions between assessors and stakeholders through approaches including in-depth qualitative interviews, workshops, focus groups, ethnography and other, ‘people-intensive’ methods.

Today, use of digital technologies creates more SIA participation opportunities for diverse and distal stakeholders. Technologies may assist with access, collaboration and relationships. Creative formats may open new ideas and accessible means of engagement.

But digital technology can also lead to exclusion, loss of trust and a sense of alienation or disconnection. Digital information can be hacked or faked, and ethical protocols and standards can be challenging to monitor and uphold.

Presenter Bio:

Professor Sara Bice is Co-Founder and Director, I2S (Institute for Infrastructure in Society) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, where she serves as Special Advisor, Executive Education. She is the immediate past Head of Department, Department of Policy and Governance. Sara is Past President, International Association for Impact Assessment, the world’s leading organisation for impact assessment practitioners, researchers and clients, representing almost 7,000 members in 120 different countries. She is an award-winning author and teacher. Past roles include time in Beijing as Professor (Special International Guest) at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management.

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