Research Programs
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
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ASML Spring Synthesizer
May 1, 2025
The Applied Social Media Lab is excited to open its doors for a Spring Synthesizer bringing together current projects, new ideas, and engaging conversations between…
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A milestone in the pioneering work of the Cyberlaw Clinic
April 28, 2025
Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic celebrates 25 years of providing pro bono services at the intersection of technology, law, and social justice.
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Bluesky & Open Social Media Tech
April 24, 2025
Social media is undergoing a transformation toward open Internet technologies. What will that future look like? And how will this affect the pressing needs of…
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In a Berkman Klein Center discussion about leadership in times of crisis, Jacinda Ardern, the former prime minister of New Zealand, said people should demand more from politicians.
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Cybersecurity Originalism, or What Ben Franklin and John Jay Would Have Thought about Signal
April 23, 2025
Our contemporary debates about cybersecurity, surveillance and the law are steeped in 21st century technology, but the problem of interception is not new. Surveillance and…
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Policymakers and companies looking to govern advanced artificial intelligence systems are faced with a dilemma: uncertainty. Whether they’re debating the present and future capabilities of the…
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How is WhatsApp, the most popular instant messaging platform, mediating the spread of extreme speech in different contexts of the world? What does a global…
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AI as Normal Technology
April 14, 2025
Arvind Narayanan will talk about his new paper, which articulates a vision of artificial intelligence as “normal technology,” in contrast to both utopian and dystopian…
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New Legal Directions for a Global AI Commons
April 14, 2025
In the debate about the future of intellectual property in an AI world, there exists an opportunity to build new legal and technical infrastructure that…
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Join the Berkman Klein Center and the AI Safety Student Team for a speaker series on AI governance! Snacks will be provided, RSVP here…
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“State Capacity and AI Diffusion” with Joel Burke (Berkman Klevin x AISST AI Governance Series)
April 3, 2025
Join the Berkman Klein Center and the AI Safety Student Team for a speaker series on AI governance! Snacks will be provided, RSVP here…
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“AI Outputs are Not Protected Speech” with Professor Peter Salib (Berkman Klein Center x AISST AI Governance Speaker Series)
April 3, 2025
Join the Berkman Klein Center and the AI Safety Student Team for a speaker series on AI governance! Free lunch will be provided, RSVP…
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Dr. Kealeboga Masalila, VIP Luncheon Lecture
March 25, 2025
Join us for a VIP Luncheon Lecture by Dr. Kealeboga Masalila, Deputy Governor, Bank of Botswana, entitled “Diamonds Are Not Forever: Pathways for Botswana’s (and…
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Algorithmic Collusion by Large Language Models
March 24, 2025
BKC Spring Speaker Series Sara Fish’s research focuses on topics at the intersection of economics and artificial intelligence. Join her at BKC as she…
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Denoising and Discretion: AI Support for Normative Decisions
March 24, 2025
Spring Speaker Series Many decisions require some kind of personal discretion: Was a workplace accident due to negligence? Should a particular person be deported?…
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AI and Personhood
March 24, 2025
Join us in the MPR on Tuesday, March 25 from 12:15pm-1:15pm to hear from Duke Law Professor James Boyle, author of The Line: AI and the Future…
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Cyberlaw Clinic 25th Anniversary
March 20, 2025
The Cyberlaw Clinic is Harvard Law School’s technology law and policy clinical program. The Clinic was founded at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &…
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AI’s Impact on Science, Law, and Society
March 20, 2025
BKC Spring Speaker Series Event The promise of AI agents has led to claims of imminent and rapid adoption across fields. Companies have even promised to…