The Digital Technology for Democracy Lab is a collaboration across the University of Virginia that explores how rapidly evolving digital technologies can challenge, but might also fortify, democratic institutions and practices.
Pioneering transdisciplinary research to explore democracy in the digital age
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Upcoming Events
Digital Technology and Grassroots Democracy: Lessons from Western Pennsylvania
Friday, November 21, 2025 • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
DTD Lab, 722 Preston Ave., Ste. 201
Gender & Tech: Trans-inclusive Technology Governance
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM EST
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Social Contagions, Artificial Intelligence, and Democracy Workshop
Friday, January 9, 2026 • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
UVA McIntire School of Commerce
Research & Programming
Data in the Dark
Automation’s Ecologies
Visual Misinformation
AI & the Environment
Student Technology Council
Technology & Disinformation
Social Contagions
Gender and Tech
Co-Opting AI
Urban Digital Twins
Technology & Democracy Exchange
Data Center Policies
Descendant-Led Digital Humanities Lab & Network
Cryptocurrency & Democracy
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Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice & Creativity Collection of Essays
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Insights from the Visual Generative AI Propaganda Convening
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In the News
Making progress is more than making policy – what Mamdani can learn from de Blasio about the politics of urban progress
Nicole West Bassoff, DTD Lab postdoctoral research fellow, comments about New York City politics and governance and identifies three areas in which she says de Blasio's politics fell short.
New Public Database Brings Transparency to AI Tools Used in Hiring
Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping how people are hired, yet few understand how these systems actually work. A new project from Sloane Lab at the University of Virginia School of Data Science and College of Arts and Sciences aims to change that.
AI at the Crossroads: A Practitioner’s Guide to Community-Centered Solutions
A new State of AI Ethics Report features essays from 58 contributors including Jess Reia, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, and Maria Lungu, DTD Lab postdoctoral research fellow.
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