data

Responsible data in Product Equity is possible. Our primer with planning resources, case studies, and current research explains how.

What if we made data available to the communities it’s gathered from in order to benefit them?

Learnings, insights, and resources to better understand where progress is needed on weaving health equity and rural development and what wins we all can celebrate.

When it comes to digital infrastructure, communities lack more than just broadband access. Rather, the delivery of effective digital services at the local level has been hamstrung by three primary obstacles: an absence of data, poor community-government relationships, and insufficient digital literacy among key populations. At their core, these failures all have one thing in common: they designed for the community but not with the community. 

Good data, fair media practices, and an understanding of organizational needs and assets are fundamental to progress.

Andreas Weigend, former Chief Scientist at Amazon, and Daniel Kahneman, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, was in conversation with Vivian Schiller, Executive Director of Aspen Digital.

Data drives policy development. But many datasets fall short in representing rural realities. Given the increasing attention to rural areas in public policy and popular discourse, along with notable trends disadvantaging rural places—persistent poverty and global economic shifts—this search for “good” rural data is timely.

The year 2020 is many things: the first of a new decade, a presidential election in the United States with global implications, and perhaps, a year of newfound economic uncertainty. Just how much will change – and how much will continue? Here are 20 predictions from leaders in business and academia.

In Automation and a Changing Economy, the Future of Work Initiative proposes that the U.S. develop better data on how local and regional labor markets are changing.