GETTING-Plurality Research Network

Based at Harvard University’s Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, this network of senior advisors, fellows, and researchers, led by Danielle Allen, assembles expertise from disciplines across Harvard and other higher education institutions. Network members collaborate with public and private sector impact and support partners including Plurality Institute, RadicalXChange, new_publics, UMass Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Microsoft Research, Council for Responsible Social Media, Collective Intelligence Project, Open Society University Network, and the Digital Humanism Initiative. 

Together, we hope to advance the understanding of how to shape, guide, govern, and deploy technological development in support of democracy, collective intelligence, and other public goods. Our focus is on how to do so, given the plural nature of human and artificial intelligence. The team will pursue foundational analysis and theory, field-building, and policy development in key focus areas to foresee and mitigate potential harms to democracy and to strengthen the public benefit and democracy-supportive effects flowing from technology innovation. 

Seth is a member of the GETTING-Plurality Research Network.