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Data & Society studies the social implications of data-centric technologies & automation.

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We produce original research on topics including AI and automation, the impact of technology on labor and health, and online disinformation.

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The Latest from Data & Society

New Report
Report
Repairing Innovation: A Study of Integrating AI in Clinical Care
"Repairing Innovation" by Madeleine Clare Elish and Elizabeth Anne Watkins is a case study that reveals the hybrid, sociotechnical nature of repair work required to integrate an AI system into clinical health care.
Madeleine Clare Elish, Elizabeth Anne Watkins
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Academic Workshop
Against Platform Determinism
On Thursday, January 14, 2021, Data & Society will host an academic workshop on how platform governance is mediated and shaped through interactions and entanglements with users, industries, and infrastructures.
Apply to participate by October 21, 2020
Request for Proposals
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultants
Data & Society is seeking a consultant to advise leadership, management, and staff around advancing anti-racist policies at Data & Society.
Submit a proposal by October 30, 2020
New Report
Report
Repairing Innovation: A Study of Integrating AI in Clinical Care
Madeleine Clare Elish, Elizabeth Anne Watkins
Apply now
Academic Workshop
Against Platform Determinism
Apply to participate by October 21, 2020
Request for Proposals
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultants
Submit a proposal by October 30, 2020

About Us

Data & Society is an independent nonprofit research organization. We believe that empirical evidence should directly inform the development and governance of new technology. We study the social implications of data-centric technologies and automation, producing original research that can ground informed, evidence-based public debate.

We combine academic rigor with creative outreach to connect, convene, and sustain expert and practitioner networks. Since 2014, Data & Society has defined the field with original research and programming to break down disciplinary silos and connect provocative thinkers across sectors. Read more

Spotlight

Technology & The Pandemic

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Data & Society has brought together voices on topics such as health misinformation, low-wage and gig economy workers, and racial disparities in COVID-19's impact, reporting, and analyses.

Blog Post
Who Benefits from Health Misinformation?
This pandemic exposes the erosion of our collective trust in health expertise.
Blog Post
Paid Sick Leave Flattens the Curve
Low-wage workers need paid sick leave now. The alternative is a permanent state of emergency.
Blog Post
COVID-19 misinformation is a crisis of content mediation
Platforms struggle to moderate constantly changing information.
Event, Video
The Fact of Blackness
Farrow and Nopper discuss strategies for demanding & using race-focused data.
Tip Sheet
Working from Home During COVID
New cautions for HR managers on worker surveillance.
Blog Post
Pandemic Narratives
Bodies of empirical knowledge on misinformation, reporting standards, and public health can join forces now.

Highlights

Blog Post
Silicon Valley Nationalism
Alex Rosenblat
Video, Podcast
Automating Inequality
Virginia Eubanks, Alondra Nelson, Julia Angwin
Video
Deepfakes: Can You Spot a Phony Video?
Watch on KQED's Above the Noise

Upcoming Events

Online Event
Metrics, Media, and Race
Angèle Christin and Joseph Torres
October 6, 2020
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET
Data & Society Research Institute
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Event
Lawgorithms: Everything Poverty Lawyers Need to Know about Tech, Law, and Social Justice
Michele Gilman, Meredith Broussard
October 16, 2020
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
Data & Society Research Institute
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