1-3 July, University of Queensland and Online
This Symposium unites ADM+S researchers, technologists, social service professionals, and policymakers to showcase innovative responses to the challenges of building inclusive, ethical, and responsible automated social services.

Autism Supports for Comfort, Care and Connection
Tuesday 8 April, 3pm- 4pm, Online
Autistic people employ a range of non-human devices, services and creatures to find comfort, care, social acceptance and intimacy. In this seminar, ADM+S Research Fellow Megan Catherine Rose and Chief Investigator Deborah Lupton will launch their report detailing their research with autistic people about the supports they use in their daily lives.

Signal to Noise Exhibition 
12 April- 11 September
Signal to Noise explores how artists work with, challenge, or complicate the relationship between signals and noise—disruptions, glitches or interference—in communication technologies and the messages they send. 

Seeking Research Participants
Are you a renter in Australia with experience using digital rental platforms? A new research project, led by ADM+S PhD researcher Samantha Floreani is looking for participants to share their experiences with ‘RentTech’ and its impact on housing justice.

Research Coordinator Position, RMIT University
The Research Coordinator will support a range of digital inclusion research projects to support the delivery of high quality, internationally recognised research, and coordinate and oversee administrative processes, in coordination with ADM+S. Applications close 6 April.

How is AI Impacting the Music Industry?
ADM+S PhD student Miguel Loor Paredes from Monash University, explores the future of automated work at the intersection of music and technology, examining how human and machine collaboration shapes creative and musical applications.

Cultural production in the age of AI
ADM+S PhD student Jiaru Tang from QUT discussed her research on how AI-generated content (AIGC) is reshaping cultural production, power dynamics in the creator economy, and our values around diversity, creativity, and authenticity.

“This robot is dictating her next steps in life”: disability justice and relational AI ethics

AI & Society | Georgia van Toorn, Jackie Leach Scully & Sandra Gendera
This study explores how socially disadvantaged groups, particularly disabled people, form ethical judgments about AI and automated decision-making systems, emphasizing the influence of self-determination, caring relationships, and identity recognition in shaping their views on justice and fairness.

Unhealthy food advertising on social media: policy lessons from the Australian Ad Observatory

Health Promotion International | Tanita Northcott, Katherine Sievert, Cherie Russell, Abdul Obeid, Daniel Angus & Christine Parker
Using data from the Australian Ad Observatory, this study shows that unhealthy food brands target young people, especially young men, with potentially harmful marketing strategies, supporting calls for a broad online advertising ban to protect public health.

Digital determinants of sexual and reproductive health—workforce perspectives on digital and data literacies

Health Promotion International | Kath Albury & Samantha Mannix
This article examines the impact of digital transformation on sexual and reproductive health promotion in Australia, highlighting the need for strategic workforce development, digital policy awareness, and organisational capabilities to enhance equity and data justice in health practice.

Locating fault for AI harms: a systems theory of foreseeability, reasonable care and causal responsibility in the AI value chain

Law, Innovation and Technology | Henry Fraser & Nicolas Suzor
This paper argues that AI harms should be viewed through a socio-technical lens, focusing on system conditions and contextual factors rather than isolated errors, and explores how this perspective can clarify liability and the responsibility of various participants in AI value chains.

University of California Press | Jathan Sadowski
This short book demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together and equips readers with practical tools to dismantle them and build a better world, bit by bit.

The Conversation | Simon Coghlan, Damiano Spina, Falk Scholer & Hui Chia
AI-enhanced search is reshaping how we access information, but different search models—Customer Servant, Librarian, Journalist, and Teacher—offer varying levels of control, relevance, and bias, raising ethical questions about transparency, user autonomy, and misinformation.

360info | Ned Watt & Michelle Riedlinger
Australia’s upcoming federal election faces a crisis of political accountability as the closure of ABC RMIT Fact Check and the rise of AI-driven misinformation threaten voters' access to reliable information.

360 | Katharina Esau, Axel Bruns & Tariq Choucair
Australian politicians and media are using deliberate polarisation strategies to divide voters, stoke conflict, and manipulate emotions, which undermines constructive debate and threatens democratic discourse.