Gear Shift: Driving Change in Public Sector Technology through Community Input
This primer explores why public agencies do not typically look to affected people for input on…
June 25, 2025
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Curated Collections
These thematic collections represent over a decade’s worth of key research and events produced by Data & Society.
Privacy, Surveillance, and Power
Our research explores how the promises of data technologies in all spheres of life can mask the creeping spread of surveillance and the resulting concentration of power.
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The Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab: Methods from the Field
Launched in May 2023, Data & Society’s Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab (AIMLab) takes an…
September 18, 2024
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Medicalizing Inequity: The Risks of Financial Wellness for Workers
Financial wellness is a trend that redefines financial status as a form of health that can be…
July 24, 2024
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Keywords of the Datafied State
Produced in collaboration with global scholars and edited by Jenna Burrell, Ranjit Singh, and…
April 24, 2024
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Data In/Visibility
Nikita Shepard and Harris Kornstein discuss the problem of data in/visibility as they explored it…
February 14, 2024
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Wellness Capitalism: Employee Health, the Benefits Maze, and Worker Control
Employee health and wellness benefits in the United States have surged in popularity over the past…
June 21, 2023
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April 23, 2023
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The Social Life of Algorithmic Harms Workshop March 10-11, 2022
On March 10–11, 2022 Data & Society held an online workshop that brought together researchers and…
March 14, 2023
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Essential Workers are Essentially Unprotected
In their Data & Society report Essentially Unprotected: Health Data and Surveillance of Essential…
March 8, 2023
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