Author: J. Nathan Matias

As technology platforms have become integrated into the daily lives of billions of people, they have found themselves taking responsibility […]

Can clear institutional policies against harassment reduce its prevalence in a community? And what side effect (if any) do they […]

How are the boundaries of “good” science shape who gets to do science? How are those boundaries drawn? And how […]

What do smart contracts provide that legal contracts don’t? How do both kinds of contracts manage problems of ambiguity, and […]

Are you interested in working with online communities to test interventions that help them achieve pragmatic goals like reduce harassment, […]

How can the engineers and data scientists who work on public-interest research offer mutual support in our work to create […]

Are you an engineer or data scientist working on software infrastructures and processes for independent, public-interest research on technology and society? […]

As our lives become more and more shaped by digital technologies, how can consumer protection organizations work together with the […]

How can researchers do right by communities when collaborating on research?  Social scientists are increasingly collaborating with communities – volunteer […]

In March 2022, the U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy requested comments on how to revise the […]