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Author: J. Nathan Matias

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Study Results: How well do harassment prevention interventions transfer between communities?

August 2022

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

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How Do Ideas about Good (Computer) Science Shape Who Does Science?

August 2022

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

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I Have Altered The Deal: James Grimmelman on Smart Contracts

July 2022

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

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Call for Collaboration: Seeking Researchers to Develop New Studies with Communities

June 2022

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

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Path Independent: Public-Interest Research Engineering & Data Science & RightsCon

June 2022

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

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A Community of Practice for Public-Interest Research Engineers & Data Scientists

June 2022

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

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Test & Protest: A Conversation With Consumer Reports Digital Lab

May 2022

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

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Developing Trustworthy Community Research Collaborations

March 2022

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

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Built in 1932, and perched just outside the North Cascades National Park in northern Washington State, the Hidden Lake Lookout was used until decommissioned by the Forest Service sometime around 1953, and has now stood as a historic monument longer than it served its original function as a fire lookout. In 1987, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Three Suggestions for the US Federal Strategy On AI R&D

March 2022

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

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Why We Co-Create Research Systems with Communities

February 2022

Have you ever gotten a finger squeeze from a pulse oximeter? This device can measure your blood-oxygen without a painful […]

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