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28. März 2019
Professor Dr Elena Esposito receives ERC Advanced Grant
The Bielefeld sociologist is studying what happens to society when algorithms predict the future
Computers
evaluate data that are then used to make predictions for medicine,
insurance, or policing: what effect do these algorithms and their
predictions have in society? The Bielefeld academic Elena Esposito is
receiving an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC)
for her sociological research on this topic. This grant is awarded to
outstanding researchers who are already established, leading principal
investigators in their field of research. It is worth 2.1 million euros
over a period of five years. In the eleven-year history of the ERC
Grants, Esposito is only the second person to bring an Advanced Grant in
this field to Germany.
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