Hackathon

AnyAge.ai Hackathon: Addressing Age Bias and Fairness in AI-Driven Job Recruitment

Date

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Time

09:00 - 19:00 hour

Address

Gorlaeus Building
Einsteinweg 55
Leiden

Room

DM.1.09 & EM.1.09 + online

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the ways in which we work, recruit, and live. However, are these systems being developed in a way that is fair for everyone? While significant attention has been paid to mitigating gender and racial bias in AI, age bias — or ageism — remains a blind spot, despite the fact that we all age and could be affected by ageism at some point in our lives.

Whether your expertise lies in algorithm design, human resources, AI ethics, policy development, or advocacy, your contribution is essential. Together, let’s hack the age bias, make AI better, and contribute to a fairer AI landscape.

For whom

This hackathon invites students, researchers, practitioners, and advocates from a broad range of disciplines — including computer science, psychology, human resource management, sociology, data science, and public policy — to jointly collaborate on innovative tools and ideas that can detect and reduce age bias in AI-based recruitment systems.

Participants will have the opportunity to

• Collaborate in diverse, interdisciplinary teams
• Design innovative tools for fairer, more inclusive hiring processes
• Raise awareness and promote ethical AI in the workplace
• Compete for monetary awards:
  1st prize: €2.000 | 2nd prize: €1.000 | 3rd prize: €500*

* Prize recipients are responsible for managing any applicable tax obligations related to their award.

Registration

Register as a team or individually; individual registrants will be matched with others to ensure inclusive participation.

Register now

Want to join online?

It is also possible to attend this hackathon online. More info will follow after registration. 

Organised by

The event is organised by the Methodology & Statistics unit of the Institute of Psychology, in collaboration with the international AGEAI project.

Language

The language used during the hackathon will be both Dutch and English.