Want to stay up to date on the tech & social cohesion landscape? In addition to subscribing to the Council’s Substack, here’s a list of substacks and podcasts to follow.

 

Designing Tomorrow by Ravi Iyer and the Psychology of Technology Institute explores how advancing technological intelligence can improve the human-technology relationship. 

USC’s Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making has a newsletter featuring upcoming events, new research and publications related to ethics and technology.

The Better Conflict Bulletin by Jonathan Stray explores conflict, polarization and unpacks conflict dynamics to find constructive ways to address them.

New_ Public publishes a substack highlighting news and insights from their community of thinkers, designers, and technologists building the digital public spaces of the future. 

The Prosocial Design Network Slack channel connects researchers, designers, builders and creatives to share prosocial designs and emerging research in this space.

Build Up’s blog on medium highlights their work and insights as they transforms conflict in the digital age and share insights and recommendations for the field.

The Trust in Tech podcast produced by Integrity Institute members, spotlight the perspective of integrity, trust and safety experts on the evolution of the field and current events. You can also find articles on their blog.

The Center for Humane Technology’s podcast, Your Undivided Attention, features co-hosts Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin discussing about current trends in technologies harming and helping our shared humanity. You can also subscribe to CHT’s newsletter to stay up to date on their latest thinking at the intersection of technology, human behavior, ethics, and systems reform.

Sign up for the latest research and briefings on peace and conflict from the Toda Institute by clicking here.

Reimagining Technology by Aviv Ovadya looks at the intersection between democracy and emerging technology, including AI, offering ways for tech to be harnessed for positive outcomes.

In The Loop is Tactical Tech’s newsletter which includes new releases, open calls, job opportunities, information about our partners, events, recommended resources and more. Tactical Tech works on building capacity through collaboration and co-creation, promoting critical thinking via digital literacy interventions, and field building and advancing specialized knowledge. Click here to subscribe.

The Sunday Show by Tech Policy Press is a podcast from the nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. Tech Policy Press also sends out newsletters which can be found here.

The Civic Hacker Podcast, hosted by the Civic Hacker Network, shares initiatives underway by its members to use data and technology to make a positive impact in their communities. 

Making Peace Visible is a podcast from War Stories Peace Stories and hosted by Jamil Simon, featuring insights from journalists and peacebuilders from across the globe, exploring how the conflict transformation field is evolving.

The Peacebuilding Practitioner is a podcast featuring experts and practitioners in peacebuilding, including a season focused on digital peacebuilding.

Moderated Content from Stanford Law School is podcast content about content moderation, moderated by assistant professor Evelyn Douek. 

Beyond Intractability by Heidi and Guy Burgess is a substack exploring strategies for more constructively handling all types of intractable conflict, including the hyper-polarized, political conflicts that are tearing society apart.

The Mozilla Foundation produces the podcast IRL: Online Life is Real Life, exploring how technology can navigate the risks, grow its trust, and bring benefits to society.

In AI We Trust? is a podcast with Miriam Vogel of EqualAI and Kay Firth-Butterfield of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Trustworthy Technology, where they survey the global landscape for inspiration and best practices in the AI space with an eye toward responsible, trustworthy AI.

Denizen explores how to accelerate a global awakening, unpacking the intersection between economics, politics, technology, culture, justice and consciousness.