Research

June 10, 2025
Reflections, Research

Independent Research for Improbably Good Futures: Reflections and Takeaways from Our 4th Annual Fellow Convening

Each year, we bring together our Siegel fellow cohort for an annual convening. This year’s convening, which included 14 fellows, was held in New York City in mid-March. The timing of our gathering this year felt significant.

June 3, 2025
From Our Grantees, Q&A, Research

The Human in the Loop: Pegah Moradi on Automation, Discretion, and the Future of Frontline Work

Pegah Moradi is a PhD candidate in Information Science at Cornell University, where she studies the social and organizational dimensions of digital automation, with a focus on its impacts on work and workers.

May 22, 2025
Q&A, Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology, Ruchika Joshi

Ruchika Joshi is a Siegel Research Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology’s AI Governance Lab, where she develops technically rigorous solutions for industry and government leaders to ensure…

March 31, 2025
Reflections

2025 Q1 Events Recap

We may be a small team, but our reach is mighty. Over the past quarter, we’ve traveled across the country and around the globe to seek out new perspectives, fresh solutions, and burgeoning insights that will shape our work in 2025.

December 17, 2024
News

Siegel Family Endowment Awards Over $16.3 Million to Strengthen Workforce Innovation, Infrastructure, and Philanthropy

Our latest grants reaffirm our commitment to building a more inclusive technological future by supporting comprehensive research, shaping human-centered policies, and fostering community-driven innovation to ensure these advancements benefit everyone.

December 10, 2024
Research

From Oscilloscopes to AI Policy: Building a Foundation of Public AI Understanding with Eleanor Tursman

Eleanor Tursman, a Siegel Fellow from 2022 to 2024, serves as an Emerging Technologies Researcher at The Aspen Institute, focusing on the intersection of novel technologies, public education, and public policy. They recently sat down with Siegel Emerging Tech Advisor Eryk Salvaggio to discuss their journey and work on AI primers, literacy, and interdisciplinary approaches to ecosystem change

October 14, 2024
Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow at the University of North Carolina’s Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life Yvonne Eadon

Yvonne Eadon is an assistant professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky investigating feminized conspiracy theories and the gender dynamics within online communities that form around them, as well as how information institutions interface with and assist researchers with alternative or conspiratorial viewpoints.

August 4, 2024
Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow at Cornell University’s Department of Information Science Breanna Green

Siegel Research Fellow Breanna Green reflects on her recent projects that pair her background in psychology and skills in computer science to examine online conversations about political violence.

July 11, 2024
Research

Q&A with Internal Research Fellow Owen Davis

Siegel In-House Research Fellow Owen Davis reflects on his recent working paper "Artificial Intelligence and Worker Power" and how he hopes to broaden conversation around AI and the workplace beyond just task automation.

June 18, 2024
Research

The Ghost Stays in the Picture, Part 2: Data Casts Shadows

Read part two of Siegel Emerging Technology Consultant Eryk Salvaggio's three part series on the relationships between images, their archives, and datasets.

June 12, 2024
Research

The Ghost Stays in the Picture, Part 1: Archives, Datasets, and Infrastructures

As part of his 2024 fellowship with Flickr Foundation, Siegel Emerging Technolocy Consultant Eryk Salvaggio dives into the relationships between images, their archives, and datasets through a creative research lens. This three-part series focuses on the ways archives such as Flickr can shape the outputs of generative AI in ways akin to a haunting.

May 28, 2024
From Our Grantees, Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy Basileal Imana

Siegel Research Fellow Basileal Imana reflects on his recent work, highlighting importance of external auditing for algorithmic bias and exploring the tension between privacy and transparency for social media companies.