Data and Society

A NYC-based think/do tank focused on social, cultural, and ethical issues arising from data-centric technological development.

Data & Society is a research institute in New York City that is focused on social, cultural, and ethical issues arising from data-centric technological development. The issues that Data & Society seeks to address are complex. The same innovative technologies and sociotechnical practices that enable novel modes of interaction, new opportunities for knowledge, and disruptive business paradigms can also be abused to invade people’s privacy, provide new tools of discrimination, and harm individuals and communities. To provide frameworks that can help society address emergent tensions, Data & Society is committed to identifying issues at the intersection of technology and society, providing research that can ground public debates, and building a network of researchers and practitioners who can offer insight and direction.