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Georgetown, Knight Foundation Commit $30M to New Institute on Tech Policy for the Common Good

Georgetown has partnered with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to invest $30 million in a nonpartisan institute that helps policymakers and tech industry leaders address pressing issues related to technology, policy and ethics and make informed decisions on how technology is used to shape, produce and share information across platforms. The new Institute will also join Tech & Society as a new contributing program.

Postdoctoral Fritz Fellow Dr. Katie Wells Launches New Report

A new report from a Postdoctoral Fritz Fellow Dr. Katie Wells reveals the invisible struggles — including safety and health risks, unpredictable wages and unpaid work — that many instant food delivery drivers face in DC. The report was covered in several major publications, including Bloomberg, Washington City Paper, WPFW 89.3FM, the Belabored podcast, and a forthcoming Washington Post podcast. Dr. Wells was also interviewed on camera for a PBS Newshour report.

Tech & Society Week Panel Featured on the Tech Policy Press Podcast

The panel featured a discussion between three podcast hosts focused on tech and tech policy, including Justin Hendrix (Tech Policy Press), Bridget Todd (There Are No Girls on the Internet), and Quinta Jurecic (co-host of Lawfare’s Arbiters of Truth).

Beeck Center names White House and USDS alum Lynn Overmann as its New Executive Director

The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation recently named Lynn Overmann, a veteran of the Biden and Obama administrations, as its new executive director. Overmann takes the lead at a time the civic-tech-oriented think tank is flush with new donations to build out its work on safety-net programs.

Georgetown and UNHCR Collaborate on Big Data and Forced Displacement Project

Georgetown and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have formed a new partnership to blend traditional and new forms of data to better understand and predict mass movements of forcibly displaced populations.

Beeck Center gets $11M to scale up safety-net work

The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation secured more than $11 million in new philanthropic gifts that will allow the civic-tech research unit to scale up its work on designing digital services for safety-net benefits administered by state and local governments.

$443k National Science Foundation Grant Awarded to MDI Director and Professor of Computer Science, Lisa Singh.

Lisa Singh, MDI Director and Professor of Computer Science, was awarded a $443K grant by the National Science Foundation to run a research experience for undergraduate students on Georgetown’s campus, titled “From Formal Computer Science Education to Real World Data Science Research to Policy Decision Making.”

“Most Read” Contribution to Tech Policy Press in 2022 by Executive Director of the Center on Privacy & Technology

The most read contribution to Tech Policy Press in 2022 was written by the Executive Director of the Center on Privacy & Technology, Emily Tucker. Her piece was about why the Privacy Center decided to stop using the terms “artificial intelligence,” “AI,” and “machine learning” in its work to expose and mitigate the harms of digital technologies in the lives of individuals and communities.

Renowned Scholar of Internet Governance, Laura DeNardis, Joins Georgetown

Laura DeNardis, Ph.D., a globally-recognized technology and society scholar, is joining Georgetown University’s faculty as the inaugural endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society in Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Innovation, Policy and Ethics Topics of Inaugural Tech & Society Week

In a week full of panels, workshops, book talks and mixers, the Georgetown Tech & Society Initiative convened students, faculty and other experts to consider pressing issues at the intersection of technology and society.

New Tech Ethics Undergraduate Programs Launching in Fall 2022

Georgetown University undergraduate students in Georgetown College can study the intersection of technology and ethics in society through new major, minor and concentration programs starting Fall 2022.

CSET Receives $42 Million Grant, Set To Self-Fund Through 2025

The Center for Security and Emerging Technology, a nonpartisan technology and policy research organization at the School of Foreign Service, received a $42 million grant, paving the way for the expansion of its operations and increased opportunities for students to conduct policy research.

Leading Technology and Society Researcher Joins Georgetown for the Year To Fuel Cross-Campus Innovation

danah boyd—a leading expert and researcher at Microsoft Research who has studied the intersection of technology and society for nearly two decades—has joined Georgetown as a visiting distinguished professor, accelerating a university-wide initiative on technology, ethics, governance and public policy.