Aug 15, 2021 | News, Research, Updates
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $3 million collaborative grant to a team led by the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) and supported by Stanford University to study ways to apply collaborative, rapid-response research to...
Aug 13, 2021 | News, Research, Updates
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a nearly $250,000 grant to a project that will develop and implement a comprehensive program for libraries that aims to foster greater understanding and resilience to misinformation. The project — led by...
Aug 13, 2021 | News, Updates
The University of Washington’s Information School is seeking a Research Scientist to provide leadership and project management for a rapid-response research program at the Center for an Informed Public (CIP). Initially developed for the 2020 U.S. election, this model...
Jul 29, 2021 | News, Newsletter, Updates
This is a web version of the Center for an Informed Public‘s News & Insights newsletter for July 2021, which was sent out on July 29. Check out our newsletter archives. Not signed up to receive the CIP’s newsletter. Sign up here. Surgeon general’s advisory...
Jul 29, 2021 | News, Research, Updates
“Stewardship of global collective behavior,” a paper published in June in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and co-authored by 17 researchers from around the world, including three from the UW Center for an Informed Public, continues to receive...
Jul 19, 2021 | News, Updates
By Michael Grass In an advisory released last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy (pictured above) urged all Americans to help slow the spread of health misinformation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Health misinformation is a serious threat to public...
