4 papers
Dark Patterns in Indian Quick Commerce Apps: A Student Perspective
Tanish Taneja, Arihant Tripathy, Nimmi Rangaswamy
As quick commerce (Q-Commerce) platforms in India redefine urban consumption, the use of deceptive design dark patterns to inflate order values has become a systemic concern. This…
Building AI and Human Capital for Road Safety
Yug Dedhia, Anjali Singh, Vaibhav Singh Tomar +2
AI is about learning algorithms and huge amounts of data and are drivers of economic growth -- what does this mean for the field of development studies? Can we re-orient to twin AI…
Exploring Gender Disparities in Bumble's Match Recommendations
Ritvik Aryan Kalra, Pratham Gupta, Ben Varghese +1
We study bias and discrimination in the context of Bumble, an online dating platform in India. Drawing on research in AI fairness and inclusion studies we analyze algorithmic bias…
Is Twitter Enough? Investigating Situational Awareness in Social and Print Media during the Second COVID-19 Wave in India
Ishita Vohra, Meher Shashwat Nigam, Aryan Sakaria +2
The pandemic required efficient allocation of public resources and transforming existing ways of societal functions. To manage any crisis, governments and public health researchers…