Technology & Governance Engagement Opportunities

CS+Social Good

Our mission is to empower members of our community to leverage technology for social good by inspiring action, facilitating collaboration, and forging pathways towards change.

Digital Inquiry Group (DIG)

Building on two decades as the Stanford History Education Group, DIG develops non-partisan, evidence-based solutions for today’s classrooms.

Emerging Technology Policy Writing Competition

Stanford HAI, the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) are seeking student submissions to the inaugural emerging technology policy writing competition.

AI Policy Working Group

Stanford HAI invites applications to join the AI Policy Working Group, a unique opportunity for Stanford graduate students and researchers to bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and pressing public policy challenges.

Stanford HAI Student Affinity Groups

HAI Student Affinity Groups are small teams of interdisciplinary scholars (Stanford undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs) who have a shared interest in a topic related to the development or study of human-centered AI and data science.

The Ethics and Technology Minor - McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society

Within the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, this minor exposes students to the moral complexity of new and emerging technological developments in our society, and encourages them to think critically about their impact on our shared future.

SAFE: Stanford Center for AI Safety

The Stanford Center for AI Safety works to lead research, policy, and education to ensure the safety of AI safety, to build trust in AI systems, and to ensure that all AI systems benefit humanity.

Embedded Ethics Program

The Embedded Ethics Program embeds the teaching of ethics directly into the core undergraduate courses in Stanford’s computer science curriculum, exposing students to relevant ethical issues to build the character of young computer scientists.

The Terry Winograd Prize and the Eric Roberts Prize for Best Paper on Ethics & Technology

The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society invites undergraduate student essays that best elaborate research-based ethics evaluations of technology, awarding two new annual prizes named after two renowned, foundational figures in Stanford tech ethics.

Policymaker Education Program

Within the Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Program, policymaker education programs are offered for a variety of groups to combine real-life policy practice with beneficial academic knowledge.

Tech Ethics and Policy Summer Fellowships

The Tech Ethics & Policy Fellows Program offers undergraduates a course and paid summer placement exploring the intersection of technology, ethics, and policy. Fellows also receive mentorship from leaders across tech, government, and civil society.

Program on Platform Regulation

The Program on Platform Regulation focuses on current or emerging law governing Internet platforms, with an emphasis on laws’ consequences for the rights and interests of Internet users and the public.