Four Compelling Reasons to Urgently Integrate AI Development With Humanities, Social and Economics Sciences

Iadine Chadès; Melanie McGrath; Erin Bohensky; Lucy Carter; Rebecca Coates; Ben Harwood; Md Zahidul Islam; Sevvandi Kandanaarchchi; Cheng Soon Ong; Andrew Reeson; Samantha Stone-Jovicich; Cecile Paris; Mitchell Scovell; Kirsty Wissing; David Douglas

doi:10.1109/TTS.2025.3556879

Four Compelling Reasons to Urgently Integrate AI Development With Humanities, Social and Economics Sciences

Iadine Chadès, Melanie McGrath, Erin Bohensky, Lucy Carter, Rebecca Coates, Ben Harwood, Md Zahidul Islam, Sevvandi Kandanaarchchi, Cheng Soon Ong, Andrew Reeson, Samantha Stone-Jovicich, Cecile Paris, Mitchell Scovell, Kirsty Wissing, David Douglas

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As AI systems increasingly influence various aspects of human life, it is critical to ensure their development and deployment align with ethical standards and societal values. Our paper argues that integrating expertise from Humanities, Social, and Economic Sciences (HSES) into AI development is essential to achieving responsible AI. We present four compelling reasons to advocate for this integration: enhancing social legitimacy, ensuring meaningful impact, strengthening credibility and capability building. These reasons emerged from a collaborative effort involving 16 researchers from AI and HSES fields. Together, we explored the enablers and barriers to integrating our knowledge for the purpose of developing effective, responsible, and socially grounded AI products. We aim to inspire others to adopt an integrated approach to AI development, promoting innovations that are both technologically advanced and aligned with societal needs.

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3556879
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2025

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Chadès, I., McGrath, M., Bohensky, E., Carter, L., Coates, R., Harwood, B., Islam, M. Z., Kandanaarchchi, S., Ong, C. S., Reeson, A., Stone-Jovicich, S., Paris, C., Scovell, M., Wissing, K., & Douglas, D. (2025). Four Compelling Reasons to Urgently Integrate AI Development With Humanities, Social and Economics Sciences. IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3556879

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