Arjita Mital, M.A.
- Scientific staff
- Research group “Digital Technologies and Societal Change”
- Room: 413
- Phone: +49 721 608-26813
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Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Doctoral student at the Cooperative Graduate School “Accessibility through AI-based Assistive Technology (KATE)”
- Scientific staff member at ITAS, Research group “Digital Technologies and Societal Change”
Fields of work
- Algorithmic fairness and disability justice
- Reimagining dominant cultural scripts around AI-based technologies that offer to assist and support disabled individuals
- Vision assessment, technology design and collaborative futures
Current projects
- Staff member in the project “Visions and best practices for the digital transformation. Visionary strategies for worker-led technology design”
- Doctoral thesis “Discrimination and integration potentials through AI for people with disabilities from a technology assessment perspective”
Professional background
| 2022 - 2023 | Research associate at Digital Futures Lab, India |
| 2020 - 2022 | Researcher at MAKAAM, India |
| 2020 - 2022 | Program officer at iCALL Psychosocial Helpline, Field Action Project of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India |
| 2019 - 2020 | Program Officer at Rising Flame, India |
| 2017 - 2019 | Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India |
| 2014 - 2017 | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English Literature, University of Delhi, India |