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- 2025-04-14
- 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Quello Center
- Via Zoom, Please Click Image for a Full Event Description and to Register.
Full Stack AI Governance
Robert Gorwa, WZB Berlin Social Science Center Michael Veale, University College London Via Zoom To RSVP please email quello@msu.edu Every time someone trains, deploys, or queries an ‘artificial intelligence’ system, whether they know it or not, they are implicating the practices and services of an enormous number of interlinked businesses in the AI ‘stack’. In this talk, Robert Gorwa and Michael Veale will present early findings from their ongoing book project on emerging public-private regulatory practices emerging across this stack, focusing on what does, could, and should be done to prevent very real emergent forms of AI misuse. As more obligations […]
- 2025-04-18
- 10:00am to 11:00am
- Quello Center
- 404 Wilson Rd, Room 405, East Lansing.
(Re)Working AI: Designing Workplace Technologies with and for Labor
Sarah Fox, Carnegie Mellon University in the Human Computer Interaction Institute In Person: Communication Arts and Sciences Room 191 Online: Via Zoom- RSVP Here or please email quello@msu.edu Work is transforming rapidly. While some might suggest labor is in a perpetual state of change, the accelerated development and deployment of artificially intelligent (AI) systems within workplaces is set to reshape the livelihoods of millions of workers across industries for decades to come. Though proponents see potential in automation as a means to rid work of monotony and boost productivity, many workers and worker advocates view AI as an existential threat […]
- 2025-09-02
- 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Quello Center
- 404 Wilson Rd, Room 405, East Lansing.
Borrowing Berlo: Singapore’s Evolving Approach to Online Harms with Han Ei Chew
Borrowing Berlo: Singapore’s Evolving Approach to Online Harms a Brownbag lunch with Dr Han-Ei CHEW, Visiting Fellow, Quello Center, Michigan State University. Tuesday September 2, 2025, 12-1 PM EDT In-Person CAS 405 Please Register HERE Singapore has developed one of the most comprehensive legal frameworks in the Asia-Pacific region to address online harms, spanning issues such as misinformation, cyber harassment, and image-based sexual abuse. In recent years, legislative efforts have taken on a more consultative approach, incorporating more public consultations and expert roundtables in the policymaking process. This includes the forthcoming Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Bill, which aims to […]
- 2025-09-03
- 10:00am to 11:00am
- Internet Governance Project, Georgia Tech
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Declaring Independence in Cyberspace: Internet Self-Governance and the End of US Control of ICANN
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace: Internet Self-Governance and the End of US Control of ICANN a conversation with Milton L. Mueller, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Marília Maciel, Digital Policy Senior Researcher at Diplo Foundation Bob Cannon, Internet Policy Analyst Join us on September 3, 2025, from 10:00 – 11:00 am EDT for what is sure to be a riveting discussion! Use the link here to register for the Zoom webinar: https://tinyurl.com/yh9m8wh8 Originally, ICANN was a bold institutional innovation based on a vision of Internet governance that was thoroughly globalized and independent of nation-states. The recent MIT Press book by Milton […]
- 2025-09-16
- 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- 404 Wilson Rd, Room 405, East Lansing.
Measuring Digital Trust: A Framework for Smart Societies with Han Ei Chew
Measuring Digital Trust: A Framework for Smart Societies a conversation with Dr Han-Ei CHEW, Visiting Fellow, Quello Center, Michigan State University. Tuesday September 16, 2025, 12-1 PM EDT In-Person (CAS 191) and Via Zoom (Register Here) Trust undergirds digital life — essential, yet often vaguely defined and rarely measured with rigor. Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, global trust in the tech industry has declined even as digital systems have become more deeply embedded in everyday life. This raises a fundamental question: what exactly is this trust that is being lost, and how should we understand its erosion? This talk explores […]
- 2025-09-25
- 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Quello Center
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The Digital Usage Divide: Evidence and New Measures from 40 Million Windows Devices
The Digital Usage Divide: Evidence and New Measures from 40 Million Windows Devices a talk with Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School Join us on September 25, 2025, from 2:00-3:00 pm EDT for what is sure to be a fascinating exchange! Use the link here to register for the Zoom webinar: https://tinyurl.com/4wzk5mm7 A Joint event brought to you by the Quello Center and the Broadband Access Initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts Access to digital infrastructure is crucial for economic opportunities, social inclusion, and civic participation. However, the use of digital technologies may be unevenly distributed, leaving some communities unable to […]
- 2025-10-22
- 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Quello Center
- 404 Wilson Rd, Room 405, East Lansing.
A Theory of the One Percent with Chris Adami
A Brownbag Lunch with Dr Chris Adami, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics & Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University. Wednesday October 22, 2025, 12-1 PM EDT In-Person CAS 405 and on Zoom Please Register HERE Light refreshments will be provided. Chris Adami has done innovative work in applying evolutionary methods and game theory to complex phenomena, social issues, cognitive issues, and artificial life. He often writes in non-technical ways for broader audiences, and his contributions regularly appear in Nature. The brownbag lunch talk explores the systemic nature of inequality in a highly abstract framework to isolate critical factors that drive inequality but […]
- 2025-12-11
- 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Pew
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Data-Driven Broadband Policymaking: Bridging the Data Gaps for Effective Policymaking with BQT
Co-sponsored talk by the PEW Broadband Access Initiative & the Quello Center with Laasya Koduru, PhD Student at UC Santa Barbra Thursday, December 11, 2025, 2-3 PM EST Via Zoom | Please Register HERE Effective broadband policy depends on accurate, granular data on service availability, speeds, and prices—yet existing datasets are often self-reported, inconsistent, and insufficient for evaluating affordability or targeting public investments. This talk will introduce the Broadband-Plan Querying Tool (BQT), which independently collects advertised broadband plans directly from ISP websites at street-address resolution to provide a more reliable evidence base. It will show how BQT enabled audits of the FCC’s […]
- 2026-01-30
- 11:00am to 12:00pm
- Quello Center
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Translucent Atmospherics: Media as Utility in China with Dr. Angela Xiao Wu, New York University
Translucent Atmospherics: Media as Utility in China a talk with Angela Xiao Wu, New York University Join us on January 30, 2026, from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET for what is sure to be a fascinating exchange! Use the link here to register for the Zoom webinar: https://tinyurl.com/2fv9xjka Utilities provide essential services such as water, electricity, railroads, and communication, which societies strive to make affordable and widely accessible. As legacy media lose advertising revenue and “news deserts” proliferate, proposals to treat journalism as a public utility have reemerged. While liberal capitalist societies approach this idea through fragmented evidence and […]