Events

Paul Duguid discusses his new book, Information: A Historical Companion, a landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuries.

Jules S. Damji surveys emerging technologies to address the challenges of data at scale

Cash transfers to people in extreme poverty have become a policy tool of choice; should policy-makers go all the way to Universal Basic Income?

Can widespread misperceptions about others’ beliefs sustain social norms? How do social norms change when new information becomes available?

Recent moral panic around Internet fragmentation hides the uncomfortable truth: the Internet has always been affected by political realities. Our measurements reveal a multi-polar Internet.

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

New research shows that “naming and shaming” can be counterproductive and even dangerous.