Making Technology Work For Everyone: Empowering Civil Society and Technologists to Work Together to Shape our Future | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Type: Public event
Host: Science, Technology, and Public Policy program

Making Technology Work For Everyone: Empowering Civil Society and Technologists to Work Together to Shape our Future

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Speaker

Shobita Parthasarathy, Molly Kleinman, Trevor Odelberg, Divya Ramesh, Annabella Vidrio, Melvin Washington II

Date & time

May 20, 2025, 3:30-5:00 pm EDT

Location

This is a Virtual Event.
stpp-pit

Join STPP for a webinar about the importance of bringing together technical experts with civil society organizations to produce technology and technology policy that serves the public interest. Learn about our approach to training the next generation of technologists to work with civil society both on the collaborative design of technology, and on building civic capacity for participating in tech-related public and policy discourse.

Shobita Parthasarathy

Faculty Expert

Shobita Parthasarathy

Professor of Public Policy; Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy program
Parthasarathy studies the governance of emerging science and technology and the politics of evidence and expertise in policy in comparative and international perspective. Her current research focuses on equity in innovation and innovation policy. She co-hosts The Received Wisdom podcast.