Ethical Web and Data Infrastructure in the Age of AI
Ethical Web and Data Infrastructure in the Age of AI (EWADA) is an ambitious 3-year programme funded by the Oxford Martin School. Its mission is to reform the concentration of power on the World Wide Web by developing and deploying new forms of technical and legal infrastructure.
Our mission
We aim to reform the concentration of power on the World Wide Web by developing and deploying new forms of technical and legal infrastructure.
Data Autonomy
How can we support individuals to control, manage, maintain and use personal data?
Data Privacy
How can we provide privacy-preserving machine learning (PPML) methods that can perform AI training in a decentralised way?
Accountability
How can we develop methods to assess whether AI or algorithmic decision making is fair, equitable and complies with regulatory requirements?
Data Sharing
How can we explore new institutional and legal constructs within which to hold data or algorithmic outputs?
Latest Updates
Paper accepted at WWW2026
Toward Standardized and Transparent Model Licensing" has been accepted by the premier computer science conference WWW2026
Core team
Our multidisciplinary approach brings together diverse stakeholders to create meaningful change
