Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Ambiguity

  1. Deepfake, Real Harm: A Participatory Approach for Imagining Infrastructures to Combat Deepfake Sexual Abuse
    Participatory research reveals gaps in deepfake sexual abuse moderation systems and proposes multi-stakeholder infrastructure improvements based on activist and survivor input.
  2. Global AI governance centers on safety, human-centricity, and fairness
    Sociosemiotic analysis of 47 international AI governance documents reveals that consensus on core principles masks implementation gaps and actor tensions in global regulation.
  3. Limited response to 2008 war linked to later conflict conditions
    Analysis of international responses to the 2008 Russia-Georgia war reveals how limited consequences weakened deterrence mechanisms and contributed to structural conditions enabling later conflicts.
  4. Moving Readers
    Ethnography of Berlin's literary field examining how migrant writers navigate cosmopolitan ideals, language as event and memory, and resistance to translation and assimilation demands.
  5. Ghana’s stamp duty system creates legal uncertainty and access barriers
    Ghana's stamp duty system creates barriers to justice through institutional opacity and inflated costs. This study reveals how Lands Commission practices diverge from law and proposes reforms.