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CAT Lab receives new funding for community and citizen science about digital life

December 2022

How can we build a trustworthy Internet that serves the common good, based on high quality scientific knowledge? Since 2017, […]

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Creating Change in Academia – An Introduction

November 2022

How can students make a difference on systemic issues in higher education like persistent inequality? And how can someone choose where to put our time and energy?

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Imagining Lasting Change on Content Moderation: A Citizens Agenda

October 2022

How can communities create lasting change on the most pressing challenges in online behavior, from navigating racism to reducing burnout […]

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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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Play Wikipedia Trivia! (and help us crowdsource questions!)

August 2022

This year, Wikimania’s theme is “Wikimania: The Festival Edition!” so CAT Lab wanted to celebrate by hosting a trivia session! […]

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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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