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A home for ideas and reflections at the intersection of technology and society, our blog publishes pieces that consider timely issues and essential questions related to our work and the field.
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Participation and Trust
Why You Should Apply to Be Our First Research and Reference Librarian
Associate Director of Research Patrick Davison reflects on why we’re hiring a librarian now, and why we’ve proposed to study the problem of archiving, organizing, and circulating independent social science research.
Reframing Our Relationship to Technology
The Science and Technology of Social Justice
Dr. Sará King on healing through contemplative technology
Participation and Trust
A Working History of the Verified Internet
Part one: Studying a moving target
Policy and Accountability
Why We're Endorsing the AI Environmental Impacts Act
It is critical to have a grounded understanding of AI's impact on the natural environment. This bill calls attention to the necessity of studying those impacts and putting government resources behind it.
Policy and Accountability
November 15, 2023
I Implemented a Federal Government Executive Order on Technology in Mexico. Here's What I Learned.
And how it applies to the Biden administration’s AI executive order.
June 7, 2023
Highlights from the 2023 Platform Governance Research Network Conference
April 3, 2023
AI Harms are Already Here
And we can’t rely on the tech industry to address them.
Participation and Trust
October 18, 2023
Shaping AI Systems By Shifting Power
Why we need participatory methods in AI, and what this looks like at Data & Society.
September 20, 2023
Nurturing the Network: Why Meditation for Black Researchers Matters
Joan Mukogosi and Tunika Onnekikami write about their work to create a space for Black researchers to engage in mindful practice and decompress within a trusted community — and why such spaces are so necessary.
March 31, 2023
The TikTok Teens Go To Washington
TikTok videos underscore the gap in expertise between those who seek to regulate technology and those who use it.
Reframing Our Relationship to Technology
May 29, 2024
The Science and Technology of Social Justice
Dr. Sará King on healing through contemplative technology
January 24, 2024
When Kindness Kills
How algorithms accelerate savior swarms
August 16, 2023
Doppelgangers in a Digital world
From deep fakes and avatars to big data, we all have a doppelganger that lives and acts online.