Master in Design for Responsible AI

The Master in Design for Responsible Artificial Intelligence is a part-time and low-residency programme, created in collaboration with the creative research lab IAM, for professionals interested in developing skills in creative research, context analysis, critical thinking and storytelling, and strategic decision-making while investigating the multiple ways in which AI systems are impacting our daily lives and engaging with complex questions emerging from wider issue areas related to digital technologies in sustainability, ai ethics, media and social justice from intersectional and transdisciplinary perspectives.

This MA in Responsible AI is created for professionals with backgrounds in digital service design, strategic design and communications, interaction design, cultural management, political science, social innovation, journalism, trend research, data science or other technical disciplines as data or computer science related to artificial intelligence systems, who are working in different areas of the digital economy, leading or participating in digital transformation projects across public institutions and private sector organisations.

Access and Admission Requirements: Design graduates and professionals with experience in the public or private sector of the digital economy in areas related to tech, social innovation, culture or media. It is not essential to have a bachelor’s degree to take this master’s degree; we value professional experience as much as college education.

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We will create the conditions for you to become a specialist in designing for responsible artificial intelligence, an emerging field that aims to understand AI as socio-technical systems to study their various impacts on society and the Planet. This involves researching and designing theories, frameworks, methods, and other tools for the ethical, legal, and sustainable development, governance, and use of AI systems.

There is a growing need in both the public and private sectors, particularly in the United States and Europe, for designers and other creative professionals with both technical and non-technical training. These professionals should be capable of applying a critical design mindset and a transversal set of skills and attitudes to collectively learn how to transform principles (ways of thinking) like transparency, justice and fairness, non-maleficence, accountability, and privacy into actions (ways of doing). This includes assessing and mitigating risks, increasing digital media literacy among the general public, and learning the best ways for humanity to use these powerful technologies to address the socio-ecological implications of the environmental emergency and make possible the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

This Master in Responsible AI is designed as a creative research collaboratory with a strong focus on collaborative and transdisciplinary learning offering participants a unique context to develop skills in investigating and analysing complex topics while specialising on the design and implementation of strategies, narratives, decision-making techniques and methodologies for responsible AI systems to engage with a broad range of stakeholders. All of this taking into account the ethical dilemmas derived from this field and addressing ethical ai as a basic and inseparable approach of this discipline.

The MA in Design for Responsible Artificial Intelligence is organised into three terms offered in a low-residency mode which runs for 40 weeks over 10 months. You will be expected to commit 10-12 hours per week to study, which includes teaching time and independent study.

The programme is delivered via a blended part-time/remote learning journey, online and through 3 in-person residencies in Barcelona that will take place in end of September (Kick-off week), February-March (Mid-program workshops) and mid-June (Graduate show).