Data Ethics

Education facts

Code: MKGA99

The course covers critical and ethical questions related to the use and interpretation of data in the contexts of research and organisations. The first part of the course introduces basic ethical issues and approaches, and students develop a use-oriented understanding of current ethical problems in data analysis. The second part of the course includes discussion of several legal frameworks and industry-specific guidelines in order for students to consider data analysis in relation to the perspectives of different involved parties and understand how data is constructed socially. Students are also introduced to discourses regarding bias in socio-technological systems, the openness and division of responsibilities of algorithms, ideological aspects of data, information asymmetries, and the political economy of data. In the final part of the course, this knowledge is applied to a concrete area of study, focused on the question of how the advantages of data analysis could benefit a more democratic and sustainable development of society beyond established views of effectiveness as a result of automation and rationalisation.

Entry requirements

General admission requirements plus upper secondary school level English 6 or B, or equivalent

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Data Ethics

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 9 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %