TIPI Workshop at Mozfest 2023

Surveillance and ethical governance: A contextual approach to privacy in the deployment of smart city technologies Wednesday, March 22nd 12:30-2pm Cities worldwide are increasingly turning to AI-based surveillance technologies to achieve various public benefits, but...
The End of Digital Democracy and What We Can Do About It

The End of Digital Democracy and What We Can Do About It

Digital technologies were supposed to help strengthen democracies around the world, not threaten them. In this talk, Professor Gina Neff of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge looks back on the optimism about digital...
TIPI-affiliated research at Disaster PRIMR 2021

TIPI-affiliated research at Disaster PRIMR 2021

2021-02-01 to 2021-02-03 Next week’s “Disaster PRIMR 2021 conference” will bring together members of academic institutions, practitioners in the field, and organizations from communities directly affected by disasters to build and share expertise on...
Research on the Texas Hotspot Program

Research on the Texas Hotspot Program

TIPI has been working on two projects in Texas communities. The first grows out of several studies examining how libraries use mobile hotspots in both urban and rural areas. Most recently we worked with the Tocker Foundation to supply hotspots and tech support to six...
ALA Midwinter Meeting 2020

ALA Midwinter Meeting 2020

Dr. Sharon Strover (UT Austin, TIPI) presented on her IMLS Libraries and Disasters research alongside her colleagues Dr. Marcia Mardis (FSU) and Dr. Faye Jones (FSU) on January 26th at 9AM as the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. Co-Constructing Disaster...