{"id":1097541,"date":"2025-01-09T13:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:31:40","slug":"inclusive-futures","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/inclusive-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/If_banner_finalpink5.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Inclusive Futures\" style=\"object-position: 47% 54%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/If_banner_finalpink5.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/If_banner_finalpink5-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/If_banner_finalpink5-1024x405.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/If_banner_finalpink5-768x304.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/If_banner_finalpink5-1536x608.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/If_banner_finalpink5-240x95.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 \">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default\" id=\"inclusive-futures\">Inclusive Futures<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The inclusive futures team mission is to empower people who are often overlooked or underserved in the design of technology. <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Inclusive Futures team mission is to empower people who are often overlooked or underserved in the design of technology.<\/strong> We conduct needs-focused research centered on understanding the requirements, aspirations, and contexts of individuals. 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