Dec 5, 2022 | News, Updates
This fall quarter, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public welcomed Anna Lee Swan as a new postdoctoral scholar. Working with CIP co-founders Chris Coward, a UW Information School senior principal research scientist, and Emma S. Spiro, an iSchool...
Nov 30, 2022 | News, Recent Press, Updates
News coverage from November 2022 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. The New York Times (Nov. 2): “5 unfounded claims about voting in the midterm elections” In an interview about unsubstantiated narratives about mail-in...
Nov 7, 2022 | News, Research, Updates
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public is currently seeking applications for postdoctoral fellows who will be hired as postodoctoral scholars through the Information School and Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering. Up to...
Oct 31, 2022 | News, Recent Press, Updates
News coverage from October 2022 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. Tech Policy Press (Oct. 2): “Election Misinformation Thrives on Major Social Media Platforms” During a Tech Policy Press Sunday Show podcast interview...
Sep 30, 2022 | News, Newsletter, Updates
News coverage from September 2022 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. The Seattle Times (Sept. 2): “Facebook parent company repeatedly violated WA campaign finance law” In an article about a King County Superior Court...
Sep 28, 2022 | News, Updates
Sukrit Venkatagiri has joined the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public as a research scientist supporting the CIP’s work tracking, analyzing and responding to emerging election-related rumors, mis- and disinformation. Venkatagiri has extensive...
