Coming from backgrounds including public policy and law, AI governance, communications, academia, and the arts, the breadth and depth of our advisors’ expertise reflects Data & Society’s strategic priorities and ambitions. D&S advisors offer advice and feedback on issues including institutional development, equity and inclusion, donor relations, policy engagement, and strategy, and help facilitate other collaborations.

Data & Society affiliates make up a cohort of talented researchers, thinkers, and advocates who actively collaborate with the organization, whether by producing reports, policy briefs, and workshops; participating in D&S programming; or otherwise contributing their insights to our community.

A group of experts who study technology and data’s role in society, our Scholars Council helps Data & Society chart a path forward in our research. Members provide feedback on research-in-progress, provide mentorship to early career scholars, and take part in exploratory discussions aimed at rethinking research practice, developing new research areas, and advancing existing ones.

Anchoring a field of researchers and practitioners that’s growing in size and influence, our nine cohorts of fellows have pursued academic research, written code, created art, brought together communities of activists and practice, run workshops and hosted convenings, worked closely with Data & Society’s inhouse research teams, and so much more. As we consider how to best serve our network going forward, the fellows program is currently on pause.