IDDP Awards Research Grants to Advance Understanding of Data, Democracy, and AI
IDDP has awarded five research grants to support cutting-edge scholarship examining the evolving relationship between digital technologies and democracy.
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Designing a New Digital Regulator
IDDP and the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator hosted a summit to discuss the need for a New Digital Regulator.
Performing in Autonomy Theater
This study explores how to balance the needs of social media researchers with perspectives of high-profile figures.
From Dashboard to Data Acquisition
Researchers increasingly require data from social media companies to better understand the information environment, product design and social issues.
Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework
Sceptics charge that ordinary citizens are not competent enough to sustain democracy. The researchers challenge this assessment in this paper.
Message from the IDDP Directors
Fall 2025 marked the beginning of IDDP’s next chapter, with Catie Snow Bailard and Ethan Porter stepping into leadership roles as incoming co-directors.
Designing a New Digital Regulator
IDDP hosted two design thinking workshops with recent civil servants where participants took part in two exercises centered on process-based needs statements.
Ethical Use of Pervasive Data for Research
The IDDP Council for Pervasive Data Ethics - Next Steps for the U.S convened to chart a set of actions to advance ethical practices in computing research.
This report makes the 'case for transparency' by presenting a series of influential social media research efforts.