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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.
If you have an idea, get in touch at [email protected].
Reframing Our Relationship to Technology
How to Think Like a Sociotechnical Researcher
Start by recognizing that every technical system represents a set of choices.
The Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab: Methods from the Field
The AIMLab team reflects on why they’ve shifted from thinking of their work as being about “impact assessment” to understanding it as a form of impact engagement.
Reframing Our Relationship to Technology
Contributions to the Field
A look at our researchers’ peer-reviewed work in journals, books, and conferences over the past academic year, broadly concentrated across AI, infrastructure, and labor.
Series
Reckoning with Mis/Disinformation in 2024
In this four-part series, members of our research network lay out essential questions and insights to bolster public discourse in fraught times.
Policy and Accountability
July 24, 2024
Why AI Safety Requires a Sociotechnical Approach: Our Top Ten Reads
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
Participation and Trust
September 18, 2024
The Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab: Methods from the Field
The AIMLab team reflects on why they’ve shifted from thinking about their work as being about “impact assessment” to understanding it as a form of impact engagement.
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.
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.