IDSS Faculty and industry experts unpack how data can be used to lead, mislead, manipulate, and inform the public’s viewpoints and decisions. In Data Nation, the podcast produced in collaboration with Voxtopica, our faculty engages in conversations with industry experts on how to find solutions for these problems.
Technology Roadmapping and Development by Olivier L. De Weck
Prof de Weck's new textbook explains Technology Roadmapping, in both its development and practice, and illustrates the underlying theory of, and empirical evidence for, technologic evolution over time afforded by this strategy. Prof de Weck gives a complete review of the principles, methods, and tools of technology management for organizations...
Connection Science Group winners of Stanford Strengthening Democracy Challenge
This intervention presented participants with data showing that rival partisans do not hold as strong of anti-democratic attitudes as participants likely assumed. For example, Republicans were shown data on Democrats’ low support for several anti-democratic practices. Team members included Alia Braley & Gabriel Lenz (UC-Berkeley), Dhaval Adjodah, Hossein Rahnama, &...
‘FAIR’ AI COULD HELP REDRESS BIAS AGAINST BLACK US HOMEBUYERS
The ICSR Housing team explores how AI could guide reparations programs created to redress decades of US housing discrimination against Black homebuyers.
How artificial intelligence can help combat systemic racism
MLK Visiting Professor S. Craig Watkins looks beyond algorithm bias to an AI future where models more effectively deal with systemic inequality. Watkins, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the founding director of the Institute for Media Innovation, researches the impacts of media and data-based systems...
Racial equity and data science
SSRC Director Fotini Christia introduces a new MIT-wide effort to address systemic racism with social science and computation, launched by IDSS.
Community policing in the global south
Professor Fotini Christia is part of a team examining the challenges of implementing community policing across a range of countries.
New EdX course from CBI: Making a Cell Therapy
Cell therapies, such as CAR-T and stem cell therapies, are an exciting new class of therapeutics with the potential to revolutionize medicine. Learn the biology, engineering, and analytical chemistry behind how these amazing new products are manufactured. The course begins Sept. 21, 2021.
The World in 2045 – World leaders explore what the world should look like at the United Nation’s centennial.
(By Stephanie M. McPherson) The UN was formed in 1945 to foster cooperation between governments, intending to “maintain international peace and security, give humanitarian assistance to those in need, protect human rights, and uphold international law.” In the intervening decades the mission hasn’t changed, but the world has. 2045 will...
Mobility patterns influence how we experience income segregation in our cities
Economic segregation isn't just limited to neighborhoods; it's part of the places you visit every day. In a world of increasing urbanization, migration, and mobility, cities are becoming the epicenter of social life. Diverse populations and social cohesion are crucial for sustainable urban development, but cities face rising segregation and...