Arjita Mital, M.A.
- Scientific staff
- Research group “Digital Technologies and Societal Change”
- Room: 411
- Phone: +49 721 608-26813
- arjita mital2 ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Doctoral student at the Cooperative Graduate School “Accessibility through AI-based Assistive Technology (KATE)”
- Scientific staff member at ITAS, Research group “Digital Technologies and Societal Change”
Fields of work
- Bias and representational harm in large language models
- Disability and inclusive design in AI systems
- Intersectional approaches to algorithmic fairness
- Human-computer interaction and accessible technology design
Current projects
- Staff member in the project “Changing politics through generative AI”
- Staff member in the project “Visions and best practices for the digital transformation. Visionary strategies for worker-led technology design”
- Doctoral thesis “Disability, Bias, and Inclusive Design in Artificial Intelligence”
Professional background
| 2022 - 2023 | Research associate at Digital Futures Lab, India |
| 2020 - 2022 | Researcher at MAKAAM, India |
| 2020 - 2022 | Program officer at iCALL Psychosocial Helpline, Field Action Project of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India |
| 2019 - 2020 | Program Officer at Rising Flame, India |
| 2017 - 2019 | Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India |
| 2014 - 2017 | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English Literature, University of Delhi, India |
Publications
2026
Conference Papers
Mital, A.; Gnisa, F.; Norman, U.; Weinberger, N.
Public Perspectives on Robot Intervention: Insights from a Low-Supervision Decision Exhibit
2026. Companion of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’26 Companion), March 16–19, 2026, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 5, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3776734.3794569
Public Perspectives on Robot Intervention: Insights from a Low-Supervision Decision Exhibit
2026. Companion of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’26 Companion), March 16–19, 2026, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 5, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3776734.3794569
2025
Journal Articles
Coenen, C.; Frey, P.; Gnisa, F.; Mital, A.
Meeting report: “An Amazon for workers? Visioneering alternatives for digitalized logistics work”. Workshop, 2025, Leipzig, DE
2025. Zeitschrift fur Technikfolgenabschatzung in Theorie und Praxis / Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice, 34 (3), 76–77. doi:10.14512/tatup.7261
Meeting report: “An Amazon for workers? Visioneering alternatives for digitalized logistics work”. Workshop, 2025, Leipzig, DE
2025. Zeitschrift fur Technikfolgenabschatzung in Theorie und Praxis / Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice, 34 (3), 76–77. doi:10.14512/tatup.7261