Guided Choices: The ethics of using algorithmic systems to shape philanthropic decision‑making
Rhodri Davies’s chapter for the Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy, which explores the ethical implications of using algorithms to shape and influence individuals’ giving decisions.
Giving More & More Equitably: Reflections on the Gates Foundation’s Greater Giving Summit 2023
10th May 2023
Rhodri reflects on the key insights and topics of discussion at the recent Greater Giving Summit 2023, hosted by the Gates Foundation in Seattle.
Martha Lackritz-Peltier – Technology, International Development & Cross-Border Giving
How fundraising can bring Americans back to giving — If it changes
In this article by Drew Lindsay for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Rhodri Davies is quoted asking whether approaches to fundraising and giving have become too transactional, and whether that means nonprofits are failing to meet people’s desire for participation.
What Does the Blackbaud/NRA Controversy Mean For Nonprofits?
29th June 2022
Following concerns about links between social good tech provider Blackbaud and the NRA, we assess how this fits into wider debates about “tainted” money and the ethics of tech platforms.
Networking Opportunities: Rediscovering decentralisation in philanthropy?
A paper given at the 2019 ARNOVA conference in San Diego. It explores whether new technological affordances are enabling a renewed focus on the the concept of decentralisation in philanthropy and civil society, and what challenges and opportunities this might bring.
