ELSA-NN

The ELSA AI lab Northern Netherlands (ELSA-NN) is committed to the promotion of healthy living, working and ageing. By investigating the ELSA (Ethical, Legal and Societal), cultural and psychological aspects of the use of AI in different decision-making contexts and integrating this knowledge into an online ELSA tool, ELSA-NN aims to contribute to knowledge, development and implementation of trustworthy human-centric AI.

ELSA-NN is integrated within the Data Science Center in Health (DASH), AI hub Northern-Netherlands, Health Technology Research & Innovation Cluster (HTRIC) and Population Health Data NL. They offer a solid base and infrastructure for the ELSA-NN consortium. ELSA-NN is a quadruple-helix consortium consisting of knowledge institutions, societal partners, business partners and patient and public organisations. ELSA-NN will be set-up as a learning health system in which much attention will be paid to dialogue, communication and education.

Specific focus is on investigating low social economic status (SES) perspectives, since health disparities between high and low SES groups are growing world-wide, including in the Northern region and existing health inequalities may increase with the introduction and use of innovative health technologies such as AI.

The ELSA-NN objectives, including generating an overview of ELSA aspects concerning the implementation of AI in healthcare, are achieved through a number of interconnected and synergistic activities, which are divided in work packages (WP), with their own deliverables and milestones. Prof. Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici and Dr Ratumbra Manuvie lead one of those work packages.

Duration of the project

2022 - 2027

Awarded grant

2,193,063 euros (of which 261,160 euros for the UG), obtained from the National Research Agenda (NWA – NWO)

Contact persons at our Faculty

Prof. G.P. (Jeanne) Mifsud Bonnici
Dr. R. (Ritumbra) Manuvie
Drs. A.M. (Alma) Erenstein

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