ABSTRACT
Big data analyses and artificial intelligence systems are increasingly being used in public administration contexts around the world. While the digitalization of public decision-making processes offers opportunities for faster, more efficient, and consistent outcomes, it also creates risks related to equality, fairness, accountability, and other unintended consequences (Reisman et al. 2018). In the Netherlands, the impact of algorithmic decisionmaking systems on citizens and society at large has been widely discussed as part of the Dutch Digitalisation Strategy 2021 (Nederland Digitaal 2021; Van Til 2019). At the request of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Prof. Janneke Gerards, together with Dr. Mirko Tobias Schäfer, Iris Muis, and Arthur Vankan of Utrecht University’s Data School, developed the Fundamental Rights and Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA)—an instrument to help identify and address the human rights risks posed by algorithms used by public organizations.
