Data & Society

Research and policy for the public interest

Data & Society believes that technology policy must be grounded in empirical evidence, account for tech’s real-world impacts, and serve the public.

The Latest from Data & Society

Generative AI and Labor: Power, Hype, and Value at Work

This new primer shows that understanding how AI will affect work requires examining how work is organized, how industries are structured, and whose and what work is valued.

Call for Applications

Connective (t)Issues Workshop: Apply by January 17, 2025

Join us to reflect, critique, and imagine the manifold ways that digital, physical, and social infrastructures are built, broken, reconstructed, and mythologized.

Announcement

On the Reelection of Donald Trump

The election of a Trump-Vance administration comes at a critical time for our democracy, and for technology policy. In a time of uncertainty, Data & Society will continue to stand for the public interest.

Event

Watch and Listen: Living in the Shadow of AI and Data

In a conversation moderated by D&S Senior Researcher Ranjit Singh, Madhumita Murgia and Armin Samii discussed Murgia’s new book, Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI.

Statement of Independence

Data & Society is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) research institute. We are committed to the independence and autonomy of Data & Society’s initiatives and convenings. We do not accept funding that would affect our ability to pursue work free of external interference, and we fiercely protect the independence of our researchers and fellows in their intellectual activities and individual funding relationships. Read more in our statement on organizational independence and gift acceptance.