Anne Mollen (she/her)

Senior Research Associate

Photo: Julia Bornkessel, CC BY 4.0

German, English

mollen@algorithmwatch.org

As a Senior Research Associate at AlgorithmWatch, Anne addresses ADM and sustainability, ADM at the workplace, and ADM in the public sector. She holds a PhD on technologies and people’s digital media practices in increasingly digital democracies from the University of Bremen and works as a Post-Doc researcher at the University of Münster on socio-technical systems and data-centred technologies as well on sustainability and digitisation.

Projects

SustAIn: The Sustainability Index for Artificial Intelligence

How sustainable is Artificial Intelligence? At this point in time, we are aware that a lot of energy is needed in the development and application of AI, that so-called click workers classify data sets for training AI systems under very poor working conditions and that these systems quite often reinforce existing patterns of discrimination. In view of an increasing number of AI systems in use, there is an urgent need to discuss how AI can be made more sustainable. This is where our project SustAIn comes in.

New magazine on how sustainable AI can be put into practice

The environmental, social and economic sustainability costs of AI urgently need to be addressed by academia, industry, civil society and policy makers – based on evidence. With the first edition of our SustAIn magazine, we hope to fuel this debate.

Articles for AlgorithmWatch

New study highlights crucial role of trade unions for algorithmic transparency and accountability in the world of work

Our report shows that trade unions are now called upon to focus on practical advice and guidance to empower union representatives and negotiators to deal with the challenges that automation puts onto workers.

Policy Brief: Our recommendations for strengthening data access for public interest research

Sustainability criteria for Artificial Intelligence – evaluation approach presented

The sustainability of AI systems is sometimes not in good shape. Among other things, AI systems are discussed for issues relating to discrimination, high energy and resource consumption, as well as the reproduction of social inequalities. In a new publication, the "SustAIn" project has presented comprehensive criteria for a systematic sustainability assessment of AI-based systems – eventually with the aim to promote more sustainable AI.