We believe that a cross-sectoral approach will derive the highest results.

That’s why the Council convenes and enables collaboration amongst the following stakeholders:

  • Members of technology product teams and integrity teams from both established and smaller platforms;
  • Scholars and activists specialized in the interplay between technology and social cohesion;
  • Leaders from organizations experienced in bridge-building and peacebuilding, especially in highly polarized or violent societies;
  • Tech investors, philanthropic foundations, and other financiers of technology development or peacebuilding initiatives; and
  • Key figures influencing both government and tech sector policies.

 

Meet the Council Co-Chairs

Ravi Iyer , Psychology of Technology Institute/USC Neely Center

Kristin Hansen , Civic Health Project

Lena Slachmuijlder , Search for Common Ground

 

 

Inaugural Steering Committee (2023 – 2024)

Build Up
CHAI
Center for Humane Technology
Civic Health Project
EUI/Global Peacetech Hub
Grebel Peace Incubator
Integrity Institute
Neely Center
New_ Public
Notre Dame
Prosocial Design Network
Psychology of Technology
Search for Common Ground
Toda Peace Institute
University of Waterloo
Ravi Iyer
Psychology of Technology Institute/USC Neely Center

Ravi is the Managing Director of the Psychology of Technology Institute, a project of the University of Southern California Marshall School’s Neely Center. As a technologist and academic psychologist, his work focuses on improving technology’s impact on society. In his prior role at Meta, he led data science, research and product teams to improve the product’s societal impact. Ravi has coauthored dozens of highly cited empirical articles about individual values, political opinions, polarization and technology. He cofounded and was the initial Chief Data Scientist at Ranker.com.

Learn more about Ravi here.

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Kristin Hansen

Kristin is the Executive Director of Civic Health Project, dedicated to accelerating the efforts of academics and practitioners who seek to reduce polarization and improve civil discourse in our citizenry, politics, and media.

In addition to her role at Civic Health Project, Kristin serves on the advisory boards of AllSides, Business for America, and Listen First Project. She also serves as a year-round lecturer in Strategic Communications at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Prior to her current work in civil discourse, Kristin held senior executive roles at Intel, IBM, and multiple start-up software companies. She holds a BA in Political Science and an MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

More about Kristin here

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Lena Slachmuijlder
Search for Common Ground

Lena is the Senior Advisor for Digital Peacebuilding at Search for Common Ground, where she supports and elevates the use of digital tools for conflict transformation across Search’s programs. She has 30 years of experience working for peaceful social change, starting as a journalist with anti-apartheid media in South Africa, and pioneering creative media tools for peacebuilding over the last two decades. She led the design of the Common Ground Approach core curriculum, and published ‘Transforming Violent Extremism: a Peacebuilder’s guide.  Lena is a graduate of Stanford University, an alumni of Amsterdam’s THNK School for Creative Leadership and Brandeis University’s fellowship on Arts and Reconciliation. In 2020, Lena gave a TEDx talk entitled ‘The Vaccine to End War’.

 

Learn more about Lena here.

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