AI in Recruitment: Risks of Discrimination
Date
From: Wednesday February 26, 2025, 5:30 pm
To: Wednesday February 26, 2025, 7:00 pm
AI in Recruitment: Risks of Discrimination
This presentation reports on findings from qualitative empirical research investigating the use of AI hiring systems by Australian employers. It demonstrates that the way these systems are operated in practice creates serious risks of algorithm-facilitated discrimination. This may arise from the training data, the use of proxies, the system’s implementation, the construction of new structural barriers, a failure to provide reasonable adjustments and/or the facilitation of an intention to discriminate.
These findings are significant. There is a lot at stake when AI hiring systems are used by employers. As one research participant acknowledged, a ‘job application is literally a person’s attempt to change their life with a new job’.
About the Speaker
Dr Natalie Sheard is a lawyer and McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne with expertise in discrimination by AI systems, particularly those used in recruitment. Dr Sheard's work investigates how, when and where such discrimination may occur, its impacts and the adequacy of existing Australian and international legal responses. In 2024, Dr Sheard won the prestigious Nancy Millis Medal awarded for doctoral theses of exceptional merit.
Dr Sheard also has significant experience as a social justice lawyer, in digital innovation to increase access to justice and in law reform and policy development. She is a member of the Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group and the digital equality group of the Berkeley Center for Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law.
Event Details
Date: | Wednesday 26 February 2025 |
Time: | 6pm and runs until approximately 7pm. Attendees welcome to arrive from 5:30pm to enjoy drinks downstairs (at own cost) |
Cost: | Free for members / $10 for non-members |
Venue: | The Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000 |
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The Kelvin Club
14-30 Melbourne Place, Melbourne VIC 3000