Bonnie Ervin PhD Candidate
Human & Social Dimensions
of Science & Technology
College of Global Futures
Arizona State University
Digital Governance and the Public Interest
Research Platform
Guardrails, Not Guidelines: PIT in Embedded Governance
Public Interest Technology shouldn’t be tacked on after systems are built. It should act as guardrails — guiding design and governance from the start, keeping equity and responsibility embedded at every level.
This work reframes PIT from a static tool to a living process, grounded in lived experience, structural awareness, and frontline wisdom.
About Me
Bonnie Ervin
I’m a fourth-year doctoral candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science & Technology program in the College of Global Futures at Arizona State University. My research investigates digital exclusion among older adults experiencing homelessness through digital health equity, relational poverty theory, and public interest technology (PIT).
In 2025, I earned an International Doctoral Certificate in Responsible Innovation from TU Delft, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Arizona State University — equipping me with a global, ethics-driven lens on technology and policy.
PROJECT SUMMARY
Relational Systems in Digital Health: Community Co-Designing Public Interest Technology
Focus Areas:
- Digital exclusion and health
- Aging, housing insecurity, and tech equity
- Frontline workers as ethical navigators
- Governance and public interest technology as equity by design process
Methods:
- Trauma-informed interviews
- Field-based ethnography
- Systems mapping
- Public value framing
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