Research
Designing technology that is more intuitive, accessible, and useful across the full range of human experiences.
The mission of the SMC is first and foremost to bring critical and analytical lenses to contemporary sociotechnical systems, particularly around media, expertise, labor, and publics. We aim to contribute to the academic fields concerned with…
Sociotechnical Systems is a network of social science and humanistic researchers, part of the Microsoft Research labs in New England. Begun in 2009, the researchers who now lead the initiative are: Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie,…