50+ Resources for Aspiring Technology Policy Professionals

Written By Rebekah Tweed

All Tech Is Human is building out a series on career paths within the wider field of Responsible Technology, highlighting 50+ resources to guide students and career changers who may be exploring and considering pursuing a particular area of interest. We started a few weeks ago with 50+ Resources on Content Moderation and Mis/Disinformation for Aspiring Trust & Safety Professionals, and today the series continues with 50+ Resources for Aspiring Technology Policy Professionals.

Included are reading lists, articles, podcasts, current issues in 2022, key organizations and their resources, and academic tech policy labs pushing the field forward. 

Technology Policy covers a wide range of issues, spanning concentrations of power, geopolitics of technology, mis/disinformation, governance of artificial intelligence, genetic discrimination, data privacy & GDPR, mass surveillance, privacy regulation, Section 230, platform moderation, net neutrality, internet access & connectivity, facial recognition, and algorithmic fairness, among many other topics.

Here, we’ve compiled 50 key resources that could be useful in building your tech policy knowledge base. We plan to expand this over time – please reach out and let me know what else should be included!

Email Rebekah Tweed: Rebekah/AllTechIsHuman.org

Do The Reading:

Tech Policy Journalism Resources:

  • MIT Technology Review, Tech Policy section/topic: “Tech policy: Who’s responsible when technology causes harm? We look at how the world is dealing with problems like fake news and misinformation, AI bias, Big Tech’s power, genetic discrimination, privacy intrusions, mass surveillance, and more. What matters in Tech policy right now? AI Ethics, Kids and tech, Privacy, Tech and health” https://www.technologyreview.com/topic/tech-policy/ 

  • Politico: https://www.politico.com/tag/technology-policy 

  • Protocol, Tech Policy section/tag: https://www.protocol.com/tag/tech-policy 

  • Tech Policy Press: “Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis. At a time of great challenge to democracies globally, we seek to advance a pro-democracy movement in tech and tech policy. Our key areas of concern include:

    • Concentrations of power: the role and interaction of tech platforms, governments and the media and the future of the public sphere;

    • Geopolitics of technology: how nation states approach technology in the pursuit of advantage;

    • Technology and the economy: the relationship between markets, business, and labor;

    • Racism, bigotry, violence & oppression: how tech exacerbates or solves such challenges;

    • Ethics of Technology: how technology should be viewed alongside existing democratic ethos, especially with regard to privacy, surveillance and personal freedoms;

    • Election integrity & participation: mechanisms of democracy, problems such as disinformation and how citizens come to consensus.” https://techpolicy.press/ 

  • The Verge: “POLICY From platform moderation on Facebook and YouTube to big government struggles like the FCC and privacy regulation, policy is where we take on the rules of the internet. Watch here to follow Ajit Pai's ongoing fight against net neutrality, and Europe's push to protect its citizens' data with the GDPR. We're tracking broadband speeds to look for carrier throttling, making sure your connection stays clean. We're tracking moderation and free speech online, making sure the policies match up with what's happening in the real world. The law isn't always made with the internet in mind, and with antitrust and monopoly concerns overwhelming tech giants, there aren't many powers left standing up for the open web. So check in here to keep an eye on those stories, and we'll make sure you stay ahead of the rules of the internet — even the weird and confusing ones.” https://www.theverge.com/policy 

Podcasts:

Overviews of Current Tech Policy Issues in the U.S.:

Key Organizations and Resources:

AccessNow, U.S. Digital Rights in the Biden Era:

  • Incredible infographics tracking progress on 7 tech policy issues - Data Protection, Net Neutrality, Internet Access & Connectivity, Section 230, Disinformation, Facial Recognition, Foreign policy. — “As the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration and new U.S. Congress get to work, human rights in the digital era need to be at the top of their agenda. 2021 presents a unique opportunity to methodically advance policy changes that can improve the lives of millions in the U.S. and around the world — and we’re here to help make it happen. Over the past four years, we have seen the harms that result when leaders fail to put human rights and racial justice at the heart of tech policy. We have a lot of work to do. The Biden-Harris administration has campaigned on promises to put people first. To help keep them accountable, and to empower all of us to take action, Access Now created this Digital Rights Tracker covering some of the major themes we’re following in 2021.” https://www.accessnow.org/biden-era-tech-policy-tracker/ 

  • TRANSPARENCY REPORTING INDEX (tracking corporations): Transparency reporting is one of the strongest ways for technology companies to disclose threats to user privacy and free expression. Such reports help users understand a company’s policies and safeguards against government abuses. Disclosures illuminate the scope and scale of online surveillance, internet shutdowns, content removal, and a host of other practices impacting our fundamental rights. Investors also look to these reports to ensure that companies are upholding their duty to respect human rights. Notably, we see stagnation in transparency reporting as the growth rate of companies publishing transparency reports has been decreasing persistently since 2013. As all companies become technology-based with possession of massive personal data, all should release transparency reports. https://www.accessnow.org/transparency-reporting-index/ 

Aspen Tech Policy Hub:

  • “The Aspen Tech Policy Hub mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy, science, and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. At the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, we take STEM experts, teach them the policy process through fellowship and executive education programs, and encourage them to develop outside-the-box solutions to society’s problems. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. We’re building new ideas for policymaking — every fellow must complete one practical policy output during their time with us — and an alumni base of technologists who understand policy and want to engage with it. The Hub is part of the Institute’s Aspen Digital program, which empowers policy makers, civic organizations, companies, and the public to be responsible stewards of technology and digital media in the service of a more just and equitable world.” https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 

  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Tech Briefs: “ACM TechBriefs is a series of short technical bulletins by ACM’s Technology Policy Council that present scientifically-grounded perspectives on the impact of specific developments or applications of technology. Designed to complement ACM’s activities in the policy arena, the primary goal is to inform rather than advocate for specific policies. Topics under consideration for future TechBriefs include facial recognition, election security, smart cities, and encryption, among others.” https://www.acm.org/public-policy/techbriefs 

  • ACM’s US Technology Policy Committee (USTPC), Resources for Digital Privacy, AI & Algorithms, Election Security, Internet of Things, Health Tech, Cybersecurity, Ethics, Accessibility, Intellectual Property: “ACM’s US Technology Policy Committee (USTPC) currently comprising more than 130 members, serves as the focal point for ACM's interaction with all branches of the US government, the computing community, and the public on policy matters related to information technology. The Committee regularly educates and informs Congress, the Administration, and the courts about significant developments in the computing field and how those developments affect public policy in the United States. USTPC's substantive work, which is entirely non-partisan and apolitical, is done largely through standing Subcommittees of dedicated volunteers and in coalition with other organizations. The USTPC carries out its mission by responding to requests for authoritative technical expertise and guidance, publishing and distributing its materials, presenting findings at policy briefings, participating in public meetings, and engaging with a range of stakeholders. The Committee also advances public policy through educational programs and collaborations with other ACM policy entities, special interest groups, task forces, and committees.”: https://www.acm.org/public-policy/ustpc

  • ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee, Commentary: The ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee promotes dialogue and the exchange of ideas on technology and computing policy issues with the European Commission and other governmental bodies in Europe, and the informatics and computing communities. The Committee engages in policy issues related to the importance of technology in boosting jobs, economic growth, competition, investment, research and development, education, inclusive social development, and innovation. The Committee promotes sound public policy and public understanding of a broad range of issues at the intersection of technology and policy. Its policy statements reflect the expertise of ACM Europe Council professional members from the public and private sectors experienced in informatics, computer science, and other computing-related subjects. As the internet is global, the Committee works with other ACM entities on publications, projects, and policies related to emergent cross-border issues, such as e-privacy, cybersecurity, cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things, and internet governance.” https://www.acm.org/public-policy/europe-tpc 

The Bridge

  • “Tech. Policy. Politics. Culture. Our vision at TheBridge is to solve big problems at the intersection of innovation, regulation and culture in unorthodox ways. We break down silos and bridge this divide through education, community and deep cross-functional expertise. TheBridge network is a diverse, cross-sector community of professionals spanning the entire tech policy ecosystem — from the c-suite to the white house to engineers to researchers — with a common interest in breaking down silos and collaborating to solve problems.” https://thebridgework.com/ 

Brookings Institution, Center for Technology Innovation, TechStream

  • “Brookings TechStream aims to host “tomorrow’s tech policy conversations today.” As the scale and reach of the technology sector has grown, so too have the societal and political implications of each new product and protocol. Yet by the time the downstream risks of a technology become clear, it’s often too late. Either the damage has been done or the technology has moved on. The goal of Brookings TechStream is to demystify new technologies and discuss their policy implications as early as possible. By bringing together leading technology and policy experts from around the world, Brookings TechStream seeks to debate how best to secure the benefits of new technologies while limiting their risks—before they occur. https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/ 

Center for AI and Digital Policy:

  • “The Center for AI and Digital Policy aims to ensure that artificial intelligence and digital policies promote a better society, more fair, more just, and more accountable – a world where technology promotes broad social inclusion based on fundamental rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law. As an independent non-profit corporation, the Center for AI and Digital Policy will bring together world leaders, innovators, advocates, and thinkers to promote established frameworks for AI policy – including the OECD AI Principles and the Universal Guidelines for AI – and to explore emerging challenges.” https://www.caidp.org/

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) Digital Innovation Initiative:

  • “Ensuring a Democratic Digital Domain: Technology is the epicenter of geopolitics. The race to dominate in technological innovation goes far beyond market competition – more importantly, it is normative competition between authoritarian and democratic visions. Technology is ideology. To keep their competitive edge, democracies must develop a shared strategic approach that reflects values of openness, drives innovation, and establishes a legal framework for digital governance. The transatlantic alliance should be the driver of such a 21st-century democratic digital agenda. CEPA’s new Digital Innovation Initiative (DII) explores trends in tech-policy in Europe and the United States to advocate for transatlantic unity on digital regulation. Bringing together governments, companies, and expertise, DII works to ensure that democracies maintain the competitive edge on tech innovation.” https://cepa.org/programs/digital-innovation-initiative/ 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsfVfRQ7QG0 A Transatlantic Effort to Take on China Starts with Technology: “Only unity on tech policy can keep democracies’ competitive edge. As the European Union releases an ambitious digital regulatory agenda, Alina Polyakova and Eileen Donahoe call for strategic cooperation between the United States and Europe on technology policy to increase competitiveness, protect the democratic digital domain, and engender innovation. https://cepa.org/a-transatlantic-effort-to-take-on-china-starts-with-technology/ 

  • Democratic Offense Against Disinformation: Pivoting from defense to offense. As malign disinformation campaigns continue to evolve, it is no longer feasible to rely on a defensive strategy to mitigate foreign influence operations. Alina Polyakova and Daniel Fried explain that the United States and Europe must now pivot from defense to offense to address the disinformation challenge. https://cepa.org/democratic-offense-against-disinformation/ 

Center for Humane Technology

  • Policy Principles “These principles are designed to (1) guide the internal development of legislative, regulatory, and other policy proposals by CHT, either alone or together with our partners and collaborators, and (2) provide a means by which to evaluate any legislative, regulatory, or other policy proposals put forward by parties external to CHT…They are intended to cover a broad array of legislative, regulatory, and other policy proposals relating to “tech policy,” broadly construed. This may include proposals related to the regulation of technology itself, the classification or legal status of tech companies, the taxation of tech companies or their services, the expansion of existing regulatory authority and/or the creation of new regulators, competition-related measures, and data governance-related measures (including privacy legislation).” https://www.humanetech.com/policy-principles 

  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORCd7iIoxNg 

Color of Change - Beyond the Statement tech policy framework:

  • “Big Tech’s unregulated power has gone on for too long — and Black people have faced harm online because of it. Color Of Change demands an end to the tech industry’s damages through independent racial equity audits and widespread accountability. We have now developed an affirmative framework that guides tech corporations in the journey to make racial justice a reality within and outside of their firms.” https://colorofchange.org/btstech/ 

Day One Project:

  • “We are on a mission to collect, refine and push to implement innovative and actionable science & technology ideas…The Federation of American Scientists’ Day One Project is dedicated to democratizing the policymaking process by working with new and expert voices across the science and technology community, helping to develop actionable policies that can improve the lives of all Americans. Ready Promising Science And Tech Policy Ideas For Action: The current moment offers an important opportunity for the science and technology community to inform agenda-setting by developing innovative proposals. Through policy workshops, accelerators, and conversations, we work to engage the broader science, technology and innovation community to develop and share promising policy ideas.”

Future of Tech Coalition:

  • “The Future of Tech Commission is an independent and bipartisan working group of civic leaders developing a comprehensive, inclusive tech policy agenda for the nation…Over the last year, the Future of Tech Commission convened the American public, leaders, and experts from across sectors to generate input on the most urgent tech policy challenges and opportunities facing America's economy and democracy. Americans across the aisle agree that urgent action is needed to protect our privacy, protect our families, and protect our future.” https://www.futureoftechcommission.org/ 

IEEE https://standards.ieee.org/industry-connections/ec/autonomous-systems/ 

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation Tech Policy To-Do List:

  • “Policy discussions about technology and innovation issues often focus narrowly on iconic places like Silicon Valley or Boston’s Route 128 corridor. But America’s innovation-driven, high-tech economy actually is widely diffused—and every state and congressional district has a stake in its success. As a nonpartisan think tank focusing on the rapidly evolving intersection of technology, innovation, and public policy, one of the ITIF’s most important roles is to develop actionable insights and proposals that policymakers can trust to foster innovation, growth, and progress for every congressional district and state in the country. Here, we provide a menu of such ideas for the administration and Congress. The Tech Policy To-Do List is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis of all tech policy issues currently before Congress. Nor should the fact that a proposal is excluded here be interpreted to mean that ITIF doesn’t support it. Rather, this list is intended to highlight a selection of new ideas (beyond simply increasing funding for existing programs or broad regulatory or tax changes) that may not yet have received adequate attention. It is organized by topic area, with short summaries of each idea and citations for additional details.” https://itif.org/tech-policy-to-do-list 

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Technology Policy Program:

  • “The Joint Center’s tech policy program analyzes how data privacy, AI, and other tech policy issues affect Black communities…The Joint Center’s Technology Policy Program is dedicated to exploring the impact of emerging technologies and developing policy solutions to improve the lives of Black communities. Through evidence-based research, convenings, and strategic communications, we work with leading experts and scholars to create new ideas in the tech ecosystem. Our research and analysis provide compelling and actionable tech policy solutions to inform decision-making by policymakers. We do this by highlighting urgent issues on platform accountability, broadband access and adoption, and privacy & algorithmic fairness. Our research, convenings, and strategic communications reflect a diversity of ideas across a spectrum of viewpoints, expertise, and sectors.” Categories: Platform Accountability, Broadband Access and Adoption, Privacy and Algorithmic Fairness https://jointcenter.org/tech-policy/ 

Knight Foundation - The future of tech policy:

  • American views “In a series of new reports, Gallup and Knight Foundation explore the shifting landscape and how policymakers and technology companies might adapt to face evolving challenges concerning a host of issues, including how to control the spread of misleading and harmful content as well as false political ads online.” https://knightfoundation.org/reports/the-future-of-tech-policy-american-views/ 

Plaintext Group:

  • “Plaintext Group is a nonpartisan, technology innovation policy initiative being developed by Schmidt Futures. Our mission is to strengthen U.S. leadership through the advancement of technological exploration and scientific discovery. Schmidt Futures' incubation of Plaintext Group is part of our effort to take on important public problems where systemic solutions may be available, by creating interdisciplinary institutions of exceptional people. Governments, think tanks, and other policy institutes face a void of technical expertise, too often resulting in decision making that lacks the information needed to guide technology innovation policy and its implications on our nation's future. Plaintext Group brings together technologists and policy professionals to translate complex technical concepts into comprehensible “plain text” for policymakers, researchers, philanthropies, and nonprofits. We aim to inform debate by producing novel, relevant, and considered research insights into today's most important technology innovation policy issues, including AI research and development, semiconductor manufacturing, modernization of government, and more.” https://www.plaintextgroup.com/ 

Ranking Digital Rights at New America, policy recommendations:

  • “Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) works to promote freedom of expression and privacy on the internet by creating global standards and incentives for companies to respect and protect users’ rights. We do this by ranking the world’s most powerful digital platforms and telecommunications companies on relevant commitments and policies, based on international human rights standards. We work with companies as well as advocates, researchers, investors, and policymakers to establish and advance global standards for corporate accountability.” https://rankingdigitalrights.org/ 

  • “Recommendations for governments and policymakers: Tech companies will not—and in fact cannot—fully respect human rights unless governments uphold their own duty to protect human rights. Citizens must be able to hold governments accountable for how they exercise power over online speech and personal data. Below is a summary of recommendations for governments informed by the findings of the RDR Corporate Accountability Index. These recommendations are intended for policymakers as well as policy advocates working to ensure that laws and government regulations support and sustain human rights online.”  https://rankingdigitalrights.org/governments-policy/ 

Reset:

  • “Reset is an initiative engaged in programmatic work on technology and democracy. We provide grants and contracts while working alongside partners with a shared policy, technology, and advocacy agenda in countries with immediate opportunities for change. Our goal is to stop Big Tech companies from profiting off public harm by resetting the rules for online media. Every other major industry – from automotive to pharmaceutical, telecommunications to banking – must follow rules that protect the public interest. Tech giants should be no different.” https://www.reset.tech/ 

Technology | Academics | Policy:

  • Technology | Academics | Policy (TAP) is a forum for academics leading the dialogue on the impact of technological innovation in the following areas:

    • artificial intelligence,

    • competition policy and antitrust,

    • innovation and economic growth,

    • intellectual property,

    • interoperability and standards,

    • networks,

    • the internet,

    • cloud computing, privacy and security

  • The goal of TAP is to promote academic research and generate substantive policy debate around these topics. https://www.techpolicy.com/ 

Technology Policy Institute:

  • “The Technology Policy Institute is a think tank that focuses on the economics of innovation, technological change, and related regulation. Our mission is to advance knowledge and inform policymakers by producing independent, rigorous research and by sponsoring educational programs and conferences on major issues affecting information technology and communications policy…THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: Today’s digital economy may be new, but the economic principles underlying it are not. First principles still matter in both developed and emerging economies. Thus, government should intervene in these dynamic markets only when markets fail and when proposed solutions will demonstrably improve society’s well-being…INFORMING POLICY: New technologies can greatly improve standards of living around the globe, but policymakers must carefully consider how policies affect the development of those technologies. Our research will help inform those deliberations…” https://techpolicyinstitute.org/ 

Tony Blair Institute, Technology and Public Policy team:

The Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion (WashingTECH):

  • “We are the inclusive voice of technology law and policy in Washington, D.C. Since 2014, the Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion, d/b/a WashingTECH, Inc. has been a leading voice for an inclusive technology law and policy dialogue. Our mission is to put diversity, inclusion, and accessibility at the heart of policymaking to secure a safe and reliable digital experience for everyone…The Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion -- WashingTECH -- is a technology policy organization committed to the principle that technology public policies cannot promote well-being without improving relations with and drawing from the experience and knowledge of, America's diverse citizenry. Given the lack of racial, ethnic, ability, gender, age, and internationally-diverse diverse viewpoints among technology policy influencers in Washington, our goal is for lawmakers to enact a technology policy framework that reflects these diverse perspectives. To that end, we work to ensure aspects of the knowledge base from which high tech institutions, influencers, lawmakers, and other stakeholders draw, when they render advice, influence public policy, or allocate resources, reflects, in part, the perspective of a representative cross-section of America's overall population. In order for America's innovation system to work, the nature of its political discourse must improve. Slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, mass incarceration, employment discrimination, conquest, decades of Asian exclusion, and media concentration are just a few of the roots of polarization in America today. The enforced prevention of Americans from all walks of life coming together to influence policy has produced severely one-sided outcomes. The high tech industry will either scale up those disparities with selfish internal and external policymaking tactics, or they will pursue diversity and inclusion, with as much enthusiasm and investment as they have pursued assigning their research funds towards engineering goals, increasing market share, and allocating r&d resources to inform science or advance new technologies.” Issues: Access, Artificial Intelligence, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Intellectual Property, Media, Privacy & Data Security, Wireless (5G) https://www.washingtech.org/ 

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

  • “The mission of OSTP is to maximize the benefits of science and technology to advance health, prosperity, security, environmental quality, and justice for all Americans. The OSTP advises the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the scientific, engineering, and technological aspects of the economy, national security, homeland security, health, foreign relations, and the environment. OSTP leads efforts across the Federal government to develop and implement sound science and technology policies and budgets, and works with the private and philanthropic sectors, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, the research and academic communities, and other nations toward this end. OSTP also assists the Office of Management and Budget with an annual review and analysis of Federal research and development in budgets, and serves as a source of scientific and technological analysis and judgment for the President with respect to major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal government.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

World Wide Web Foundation, Tech Policy Design Lab:

  • “We create space for policymakers, tech companies and researchers to learn directly from those affected by technology. Together, we create solutions that limit the worst of humanity and encourage the best online. How the Tech Lab works:

    • 1. Evidence: We generate evidence to inform our work, including diverse perspectives from across sectors and geographies so that the solutions we develop respond to the needs of all internet users.

    • 2. Solutions: We use a human-centered approach and design thinking to develop and rapidly prototype solutions to tech challenges, making sure we have the right mix of expertise and experience at the table. The solutions we develop are effective, practical and built upon sound evidence.

    • 3. Actions: Together with our partners, we work to make sure the companies and governments that take part in the Lab follow up with action. And we get these solutions into the hands of others with the power to act. All our materials and processes are openly available for anyone to use, adapt and adopt.” https://techlab.webfoundation.org/ 

Academic Tech Policy Labs & Research Institutes:

Battelle Center for Science Engineering & Public Policy, Ohio State University:

  • “Ohio State Battelle Center tackles the most important challenges at the intersection of technology and public policy. We create actionable intelligence for decision-makers to address ‘wicked’ national challenges by advancing research in policy modeling and simulation; data integration and visualization; human-machine teaming; decision-science; and risk communication…From combating misinformation to predicting the next pandemic, we tackle the complex challenges that require the knowledge of multiple disciplines while preparing students to be innovative in their careers.” https://battellecenter.osu.edu/ 

Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, Georgetown University: 

CITP Tech Policy clinic, Princeton:

  • “CITP’s interdisciplinary tech policy clinic gives our research community the opportunity to contribute to vital policy discussions concerning the role of digital technologies in our society. We engage directly with policy makers to develop state-of-the-art research and we translate that research into practical proposals that advance the public interest. In keeping with Princeton’s commitment to service, the clinic provides nonpartisan research, analysis, and commentary to policy makers, industry participants, journalists, and the public. There is a long tradition of educating public-spirited lawyers through clinical programs; we are building a similar program for the next generation of public-spirited technologists.” https://citp.princeton.edu/programs/clinic 

Cornell Tech Policy Lab:

  • “The Cornell Tech Policy Lab aims to foster interdisciplinary and collaborative research at the intersection of technology and politics, with the ultimate purpose of influencing policy…The Cornell Tech Policy Lab consists of a community of faculty and students that conduct innovative and empirical research to study the effects of emerging technologies on the politics of defense, democracy, and health in the United States and across the globe.” https://www.tpl.as.cornell.edu/ 

Internet Policy Research Initiative, MIT:

  • “The Internet Policy Research Initiative (IPRI) collaborates with policymakers and technologists to improve the trustworthiness and effectiveness of interconnected digital systems like the Internet. Our work provides global policymakers with technically grounded guidance for policies regarding cybersecurity, Internet privacy, and more. We accomplish our mission by relying on: core engineering and public policy research, education, and outreach.” https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/ 

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School:

  • “The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to increasing understanding of how people access, create, and process information, particularly as it relates to news and societal issues, and describing potential solutions to the problems facing our information ecosystem.” https://shorensteincenter.org/ 

SIPA Ideas Lab, Tech & Policy Initiative, Columbia University:

  • “SIPA is Columbia University’s interdisciplinary hub for research and engagement in the area of technology and policy. By convening scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and technologists of varied expertise, we can work in concert to examine complex questions—related to cybersecurity, internet governance, digital economy, among other issues—and reach effective, innovative solutions.” https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ideas-lab/techpolicy 

Tech & Society, Georgetown University:

  • “Our diverse contributing programs provide an extensive foundation at the intersection of technology, ethics, law and public policy. By leveraging all of the university’s intellectual resources, the Tech & Society Initiative empowers practitioners to test, model, and scale cutting-edge projects…Georgetown’s experienced faculty, renowned policy centers, and location in the center of Washington, D.C. put us at the heart of cutting-edge policy debates. We engage lawmakers, incubate new policy ideas, and convene world-class experts to develop innovative solutions at the intersection of technology and public policy.“

Tech Policy Design Centre, Australian National University :

Tech Policy Lab, University of Washington:

  • “The Tech Policy Lab is a unique, interdisciplinary collaboration at the University of Washington that aims to enhance technology policy through research, education, and thought leadership. Founded in 2013 by faculty from the University’s Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Information School, and School of Law, the Lab aims to bridge the gap between technologists and policymakers and to help generate wiser, more inclusive tech policy.” http://techpolicylab.uw.edu/ 

Technology Policy Lab, Duke University, Sanford:

  • “The goal of the Technology Policy Lab is to provide a platform for Duke Sanford researchers, faculty, and students — to promote timely research and insights; stimulate scholarship in the technology-policy area, and bridge the gap between long-term research and real-world application. The Lab focuses on both Engagement and Research.” https://sites.sanford.duke.edu/techpolicy/technology-policy-lab/

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