Thinking About Misinformation Interventions

The Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) recently launched its Food for Thought series. Designed to spark curiosity and conversation, Food for Thought brings together faculty and university affiliates who want to share their research with the broader university community. Each session highlights innovative work and invites open and insightful discussion across disciplines. Enjoy great ideas, thoughtful dialogue—and lunch is on us.

For our second speaker we are welcoming Adam Berinsky, Mitsui Professor of Political Science at MIT. Professor Berinsky's talk will explore why efforts to fight misinformation keep falling short, and what it takes to actually make progress.  He makes the case for rethinking our approach, abandoning the search for silver bullet solutions and instead focusing on strategically combining modest interventions and building layered defenses.