“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 Wong, 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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