As we begin a new academic year at Harvard Kennedy School, the Shorenstein Center is thrilled that five new faculty have joined us at the Center. Professors Sharad Goel, Jim Waldo, Jennifer Lerner, Julia Minson, and Todd Rogers are joining Professors Matthew Baum, Nancy Gibbs, Thomas Patterson, and Latanya Sweeney, along with Lecturer and Senior […]
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Todd Rogers, Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School and a new resident faculty member of the Shorenstein Center, was profiled in the latest issue of the Kennedy School Magazine. Learn about Rogers’ research into what makes for effective communication that moves people to action, and about BIG, the Behvioral Insights Group, which Rogers
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“If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can’t be safe,” begins the black-bordered TIME cover story published on September 14, 2001 – just days, and a
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The Technology and Social Change Project at the Shorenstein Center is pleased to announce the following new and returning fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year. New Fellows Dr. Brooklyne Gipson is an interdisciplinary communication scholar whose research areas include: digital and social media environments, Black feminist digital/technology studies, and the intersection of race, gender, social media,
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“Every day around 9 p.m., Joan Donovan bids her wife good night, heads into her home office — which she calls the “dungeon” — and binges white supremacist videos and conspiracy theories on YouTube. Donovan’s nightly ritual, which often lasts until 2 a.m., is difficult but essential to her research at Harvard Kennedy School. At
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We are thrilled to announce that Laura Manley will be joining the Shorenstein Center as its next Executive Director. Laura is currently Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs’ Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Project at Harvard Kennedy School, and is an experienced leader in higher education and non-governmental organizations, with over
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Read this announcement also on the Belfer Center’s website. CAMBRDIGE, MA — Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy are launching the Democracy and Internet Governance Initiative (DIGI), a joint initiative to convene a range of stakeholders across government, business, and civil society
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$5 million gift to the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy will advance the work of the Technology and Social Change Research Project The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School has received a 5 million dollar gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support the Technology and
Harvard Kennedy School PhD student Ke Wang, along with his advisor, Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Management & Decision Science Jennifer Lerner – a Shorenstein Center resident faculty member – and a team of other co-authors, published a new study today in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. Read more about their new research
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A new research initiative, the Public Interest Technology Lab at Harvard, a collaboration among faculty across Harvard University and working with a network of other universities, was formally launched today. It is based at Harvard Kennedy School, and supported by a $3 million grant from the Ford Foundation. The new lab, to be housed at
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The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is proud to announce the release of a new white paper from the Technology and Social Change project (TaSC) – Human Rights in Survival Mode: Rebuilding Trust and Supporting Digital Workers in the Philippines. Historically known as the most active civil
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Dr. Joan Donovan, Shorenstein Center Research Director and Director of the Technology and Social Change Project, is featured in this month’s Harvard Magazine profile on disinformation. Read on for an excerpt from the article: When “Stop the Steal” turned violent on January 6, few were less surprised than Donovan. Hours before the Capitol was breached
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In a new paper published today in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, a global team of researchers argue that we are seeing the rise of an important new scholarly approach – affectivism – that will grant new insights into the foundations of human behavior. The scholars, who come from disciplines ranging from computer science to philosophy, highlight
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At a ceremony on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) awarded the Centennial Medal to Marvin Kalb, AM ’53, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School. The critical importance of truth and ethics in American journalism has never been clearer—and Marvin Kalb, is one of
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Ann Cooper was a 2020 Joan Shorenstein Fellow. She previously served as executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists from 1998 until June 2006 and, is professor emerita at the Columbia University School of Journalism. In her latest article for Nieman Reports, she explains the context and implications of the recent diversion of a
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The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School is proud to announce the Harvard Shorenstein News Leaders Summit, a new program to help newsroom leaders fight misinformation and media manipulation. Launching this fall, with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the program will bring together
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The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, and the USC Shoah Foundation, joined Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow and University of Southern California President Carol Folt on April 27, 2021 for an event celebrating Harvard University’s subscription to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive, making the archive available
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This book talk with the authors of “Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology” took place on April 22, 2021, hosted by Professor Latanya Sweeney, Kathy Pham, and David Eaves. It was co-sponsored by the new Public Interest Tech Lab at the Shorenstein Center, and supported by the Teaching Public Service in
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Part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. This event occurred on April 22, 2021. More about the speaker and the research can be found below the video. Abstract: Dannagal G. Young and Erin Maloney While misperceptions about COVID and the 2020 election are attributable to various informational, political, and psychological
This event was part of the Shorenstein Center Alumni Fellows Speaker Series, and was held on April 16, 2021. Former Commissioners of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Tom Wheeler (Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 Walter Shorenstein Fellow) and Michael Copps (Fall 2013 Shorenstein Fellow) joined Shorenstein Center Research Director Joan Donovan for a conversation about
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