Volume 13, Issue 3 Public value in the making of automated and datafied welfare futures Doris Allhutter, Austrian Academy of SciencesAnila Alushi, University of LeipzigRafaela Cavalcanti de Alcântara, Austrian Academy of SciencesMaris Männiste, Södertörn UniversityChristian Pentzold, University of LeipzigSebastian Sosnowski, Polish Academy of Sciences PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.3.1803 This article considers the public value of automated and datafied welfare and uses the capability approach, buen vivir, and data justice to explore the relation between the procedural and normative components of emerging infrastructures of welfare. KEYWORDS: Datafication, Public value, Data justice, Social benefit provision, Public sector