Please join us on Thursday, December 5 from 5:00-6:30pm in Schultz Dining Room, Robertson Hall for an Environmental Policy Mixer! Come out for a fun evening of networking at the end of the semester and get to know grad students, researchers, and faculty who are working on environmental topics from scientific, engineering, and…
Responsible tech development frameworks often urge technologists to anticipate potential harms of their product, include the voices of affected stakeholders, reflect on the values inherent in their work, and be responsive to the concerns of others. But how do we teach the value of these things? It’s one thing to build…
Stratospheric ozone protects Earth against the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation from the sun including skin cancer, cataracts, suppression of the human immune system, damage to agricultural crops and ecosystems, diminishing of terrestrial and aquatic carbon sinks, and degradation of the built environment. The Montreal…
Ad delivery algorithms play an important role in shaping access to information and economic opportunities. However, the opaque nature of these algorithms to both users and advertisers has raised societal concerns about bias and discrimination. These concerns have led to increased scrutiny through research, civil rights audits,…
Aurélien Saussay is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Economics in the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. He currently holds a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2022-2025). He will be visiting Harvard Kennedy School in the Fall Semester 2024.
Facilities for collecting data and metrics are central to both the goals and operations of the Internet today. Given this, it’s interesting that with the exception of ubiquity and operational scaling, the way the world collects data today has not changed much in decades. Mathematical and engineering wizardry has unlocked more…
