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Nov 26, 2024

Announcing the Inaugural Cohort of Applied Social Media Lab Fellows at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center

Welcoming Fay Johnson and Louis Barclay to ASML

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) Fellows at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. These…

Nov 1, 2024

BKC x AI Student Safety Team Announce Event Series

Check out upcoming events and previous speakers

BKC x AI Student Safety Team (AISST) are collaborating to present a speaker series featuring a lineup of experts in AI governance. Through engaging one-hour talks with interactive…

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Oct 29, 2024

IAPP and The Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University jointly present Navigate: A Digital Policy Leadership Retreat

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — 30 Oct. 2024 — The Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University announces its partnership with the IAPP to present Navigate: A Digital…

Oct 2, 2024

Call for Applications: ASML Fellowship

Next Deadline: December 15

The Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society invites responsible mid-to-senior-career tech contributors who have an…

Jul 23, 2024

Berkman Klein Center Announces Incoming 2024-2025 Fellows

UNIQUE PROGRAM UNITES EXPERTS ON AI, SOCIAL MEDIA, DISCOURSE

Fellows have expertise and interests that range from psychology and political theology to misinformation and sociology...

Jun 10, 2024

Call for Applications: Public Interest Social Media Solutions Workshop

Applications are due June 30, 2024.

The Applied Social Media Lab seeks applications for a workshop dedicated to imagining and building new public interest technology. Applications are due June 30, 2024.

May 29, 2024

Announcing the Institute for Rebooting Social Media's 2024-25 Visiting Scholars

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media (RSM) at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center (BKC) is thrilled to announce its cohort of Visiting Scholars for the upcoming 2024…

May 7, 2024

Meet Mari Huertas

New Senior Director of Network and Faculty Projects

Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center welcomes Mari Huertas as the Senior Director of Network and Faculty Projects.

May 1, 2024

Hosting Interdisciplinary Conversations About AI

The Student Leaders in AI program brings together 35+ participants across 10 Harvard schools

The Student Leaders in AI program is supported by BKC to bring together Harvard students to share their curiosity, interest, and expertise related to artificial intelligence...

Apr 4, 2024

Boston’s Data Landscapes: Visualizing the Urban Experience to Debut at the Museum of Science, Boston

BKC, in partnership with the Edgelands Institute and the Master of Arts in Design Engineering (MADE) program at RISD and the Brown University School of Engineering, is delighted…

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Mar 19, 2024

Meet Jonathan Bellack, New Senior Director of the Applied Social Media Lab

Jonathan is Senior Director of the Applied Social Media Lab within the Berkman Klein Center. He is building a team of technologists to invent new social media approaches that…

Mar 19, 2024

Jonathan Bellack Joins Applied Social Media Lab

Jonathan Bellack has joined the Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) as its first Senior Director to lead a team of technologists in building social media solutions that center the…

Feb 12, 2024

A Trustworthy Tech Challenge

Join new research on privacy and big tech

A Trustworthy Tech Challenge, a research initiative from the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University and the TUM School of Social Science and Technology in Munich, launched the…

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Jan 25, 2024

Visualizing Boston's Urban Spaces Using Open Data

Research sprint re-imagines new and trustworthy data systems in Boston

Technological tools that use city-based data are encoded with the value systems of their designers. How might data-driven systems be designed for the agency and safety of…

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Nov 28, 2023

Apply for BKC's 2024-2025 Fellowship Program

Applications due January 22, 2024

Calling scholars and practitioners whose research advances Internet & society studies in the public interest!

New AI toolkit for educators
Nov 16, 2023

Harvard's metaLAB Introduces AI Pedagogy Project

New dynamic resource aimed at guiding educators navigating AI in their teaching.

CAMBRIDGE, MA, Nov 16, 2023 — Harvard's metaLAB, part of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, announces the AI Pedagogy Project (AIPP), a dynamic resource aimed at…

Oct 19, 2023

The Future of the Internet Summit

Launching the Applied Social Media Lab

The Berkman Klein Center’s Applied Social Media Lab celebrated its launch with the Future of the Internet Summit on Wednesday. The Summit hosted leaders from the private, public,…

Oct 11, 2023

Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Non-Profit Project Liberty Announce Launch of New BKC Lab

a first-of-its-kind program to assess and build social media technology in the public interest

Oct 5, 2023

Tara Kripowicz Joins Berkman Klein Center as Managing Director

Tara Kripowicz will join the Berkman Klein Center as the Center’s new Managing Director on October 16, 2023, after a nation-wide search. “Tara is an inspiring leader,” said BKC…

Aug 29, 2023

Hiring: Project Coordinator for Research

Work closely with the Senior Director for Strategy and Programming to launch a body of new programs and research activities...