We are conducting interviews for a research project at Georgia Tech to learn more about how (1) technology professionals think about and address issues related to social or ethical implications in their professional practices; (2) the pathways, strategies, tools, and processes that people use to approach these issues; and (3) the social and organizational barriers they face.
The principal investigator, Professor Richmond Wong, has done some prior research studying how technologists and their tools approach ethics in different organizational contexts. This project builds on this prior research. Summaries of results from past research can be seen here:
This study is being conducted by Professor Richmond Wong at the Georgia Institute of Technology and has been approved the Georgia Tech Institutional Review Board (IRB).
For more information, please see our Study Information Form (.pdf).
About the researcher: Richmond Wong is an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Digital Media Program. His background is in human computer interaction and design, and he has previously conducted research about how UX professionals address ethics in their work, and creating new design-oriented methods to address privacy and ethical issues. He previously worked at the UC Berkeley
Send an email to Richmond Wong at rwong34 {at} gatech.edu with the subject line Tech Study.