Oxford Child-Centred AI (Oxford CCAI) Design Lab engages in a series of research activities aimed at designing better AI for children. It is part of Human-Centred Computing research theme at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford.

Currently OxfordCCAI focuses on the following research themes, see research.

Design for children’s agency

• Define agency for children in the digital context
• Identify children’s sense of agency;
• Investigate how to design and support children’s agency development in the digital context

Define AI ethics principles for children

• Why do we need a child-specific perspective on AI ethics principles?
• Respect the developmental aspect of childhood
• Revisit the role of parental support
• Prioritise child-centred evaluations
• Promote cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches

Creating a new paradigm of digital parenting in the AI of age

• What technological supports are needed by parents and children?
• How could a co-learning and collaborative approach be applied for better digital parenting?
• This research is built on our previous project KOALA: Kinds Online Anonymity and Lifelong Autonomy

Investigating age-appropriate AI algorithmic design patterns

• What design practices are applied in current AI systems for children?
• How do children perceive dataficiation in existing recommendation platforms (e.g. YouTube or Tiktok)?
• How can new and ethical AI algorithmic systems be designed, with more transparency, users’ control, and digital autonomy?
• This research is being carried out as part of the [Oxford EWADA Project](http://ewada.ox.ac.uk; 2022-25), investigating new ways to enable data autonomy.