Digital Futures Lab

Digital Futures Lab

is an independent, interdisciplinary research studio that studies the complex interplay between technology and society in India and the Majority World.

Through evidence-based research, systematic foresight, and public engagement, we work to realise pathways toward equitable, safe and sustainable digital futures.

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Responsible AI Fellowship

Responsible AI Fellowship

As India’s first capacity-strengthening programme on Responsible AI, the Fellowship supports India’s leading social impact organisations to develop knowledge frameworks, tools & capacities for responsible AI, through 1:1 mentoring, peer exchange, & expert lectures.

The AI Series: AI and the Global South | Al Jazeera’s Studio B: Unscripted

The AI Series: AI and the Global South | Al Jazeera’s Studio B: Unscripted

Watch Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa and Digital Futures Lab's Founder, Urvashi Aneja, explore AI's impact in the Global South and why countries need to move beyond “catching up with the North”.

From Code to Consequence: Interrogating Gender Biases in LLMs within the Indian Context

From Code to Consequence: Interrogating Gender Biases in LLMs within the Indian Context

LLMs in India can drive access to crucial information & services, but come with risks including bias & informational harms. This study explored gender bias across the LLM lifecycle & developed bias mitigation strategies for developers & policymakers.

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Code Green Podcast & Newsletter

Code Green is a media series by Digital Futures Lab and Earth Venture Foundation that separates the heat from the hype around AI and climate action.

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Provocations on AI Sovereignty: Confronting Complexities & Shaping Future Strategies

Provocations on AI Sovereignty: Confronting Complexities & Shaping Future Strategies

Based on reflections from a workshop with 18 of India's leading thinkers, this report explores the meaning of digital sovereignty, assesses its feasibility, examines who benefits from such an agenda, and unpacks the new policy conundrums it raises.

ENSURED | Towards Sustainable AI for Climate Action

ENSURED | Towards Sustainable AI for Climate Action

AI may be a game-changer for climate action, but it also comes with hidden environmental and social costs. Urvashi writes for ENSURED experts blog highlighting things policymakers should keep in mind when trying to limit AI’s climate footprint.

Feminist Futures Now: Feminist Re-imaginations of Digital Rights

Feminist Futures Now: Feminist Re-imaginations of Digital Rights

This report focuses on ways of strengthening linkages between grassroots and policy organisations, for the lived experiences of girls and women to be better reflected in dominant policy imaginaries and interventions.

Generative AI and the Future of Work in India: Imagining Possible and Desirable Futures

Generative AI and the Future of Work in India: Imagining Possible and Desirable Futures

This report unpacks the impact of rapid GenAI adoption on India’s future of work. Using foresight methodologies, it imagines layers of GenAI’s potential impacts, identifies key levers of change and policy pathways towards inclusive labour futures.

Urvashi at Global Tech Thinkers in Paris

Urvashi at Global Tech Thinkers in Paris

Urvashi had the honour of participating in a candid discussion with President Macron about Big Tech dominance over the AI ecosystem and implications for democracy, months before the AI Action Summit, Paris in February, 2025.

Democratising AI needs a radically different approach

Democratising AI needs a radically different approach

Urvashi writes for The Hindu on alternative pathways to democratise Al. Not aiming to compete with or replicate the Big Tech model is essential; it should even look at championing ‘small AI’.