Our Clinic has three activity strands, open for students, practitioners, and partners to get involved in:

• Become a Data Empowerment Advisor – KCL students can gain hands-on experience and training at the intersection of law, technology, and governance.
• Work with the Clinic – Partner with us on to co-design and test participatory, empowering data practices in your organisation/community.
• Contribute to learning resources – Help curate and shape accessible tools, case studies, and insights on ethical and empowering uses of data.

Want to Use Data for Social Good? Become a Data Empowerment Advisor – Join a new student cohort reshaping data from the ground up

Want to use data for social good? We are looking for students who are passionate about data justice, social equity and community-led solutions to become a Data Empowerment Advisor.

Why join the clinic?

By participating in the Data Empowerment Clinic, you will:

• Receive training in data empowerment, participatory methods, and community engagement
• Work on a real-world project in collaboration with civil society or community partners
• Build professional relationships by working directly with expert practitioners and external partners
• Contribute to an emerging field of practice and take part in shaping a more equitable data future
• Receive formal recognition for your participation
• Connect with a growing peer and practitioner network

How to apply

Applications are now closed. Please email dec@kcl.ac.uk if you are interested in applying in the next round.

While we will prioritise students from Law, Digital Humanities, Informatics or related interdisciplinary fields, we encourage all final-year undergraduates and postgraduate students at King’s motivated by questions of data equity, participation and impact to apply. 

Our goal is to support a wide range of organisations, such as social enterprises, grassroots organisations and advocacy groups at all stages of their data empowerment journey.

Our approach

We provide support that is underpinned by our goals:

• Ethical data generation – designing data practices where communities can shape how their data is collected, owned, shared, and used
• Participation pathways – exploring ways for communities to actively participate in stewarding their data, or be meaningfully represented in decision making, beyond one-time consent
• Privacy by design – considering which safeguards and technologies are best suited to protect communities form potential data harms
• Impact orientation and acceleration – developing new ways for communities to generate insights from their data and use it to improve and shape shared impact agendas.

Interested in collaborating?

We are currently inviting expressions of interest for case studies to kick-off the launch of our advisory support in January 2026.

If you’re curious about how data could empower your community, support your mission, or amplify your impact—we’d like to hear from you.

We’re also always interested to hear from potential partners or collaborators, who are interested in:

• Co-designing a workshop with us
• Contributing to our learning resources

Email us at dec@kcl.ac.uk.

In partnership with Mozilla Foundation, we are producing a range of accessible learning materials for students and practitioners on ethical and participatory data practices.

More details will be available shortly.