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The MIT Governance Lab is a research group and innovation incubator that aims to change practice around government accountability and citizen voice.

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MIT Human Insight Collaborative Announces Funding Awards for Inaugural Series of Projects

February 2025 / MIT News
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[Boston Review] What AI Can’t Do for Democracy

November 2024 / MIT GOV/LAB, Lily L. Tsai
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Tracing Anti-deforestation Enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon

October 2024 / MIT GOV/LAB, Clemente Sanchez
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MIT GOV/LAB Digest #13 - The Latest on Generative AI & Democracy

September 2024 / MIT GOV/LAB
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Can Trustworthy AI Improve Governance and Trust? AI Trends, Biases, & Gaps

September 2024 / Nat Rabb, Alisa Zomer, Nuole (Lula) Chen

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Trust in Government

Accountability & Trust, Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Elections & Voting, Governance Innovation, Open Government
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Public Health Policy and Behavior

Accountability & Trust, Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Open Government

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Minding the Gap: Aid Effectiveness, Project Ratings and Contextualization

March 2025 / Luke Jordan
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Toward building deliberative digital media: from subversion to consensus

October 2024 / Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, Lily L. Tsai

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