NEWS: Today, we announce the recipients of our newest round of IGP Faculty Grant Awards. Learn more about the @ColumbiaIGP Faculty Grant Awards and this year’s recipients: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/news/igp-ann... @columbiasipa.bsky.social

“Democracy is not a static thing. We constantly need to fight to rejuvenate democracy and make it work for working people” IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member & American Democracy Initiative Director @awhf.bsky.social joined Mila Atmos (a @columbiasipa.bsky.social alum!) on @futurehindsight.com.

A new report from the @columbiaigp.bsky.social Technology & Democracy Initiative examines the AI Slop phenomenon and how this AI-generated content is reshaping the information ecosystem. Read it here: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/sites/igp/fi...

“Shrimp Jesus” was one of the bizarre AI-generated images blending Jesus with shrimp and other surreal elements that spread widely on Facebook in 2024. It catalyzed the conversation around AI slop.

NEW report from the @columbiaigp.bsky.social Technology & Democracy Initiative: AI Slop and the Information Ecosystem: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/sites/igp/fi... by Jen Weedon, @camillefrancois.bsky.social, and Jeremie Ponak

Read more about @columbiaigp.bsky.social's 2025-2026 Academic Year: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/years-review...

It’s been quite the year for @columbiaigp.bsky.social 🌐 135 events 🌐 39 roundtables & workshops 🌐 16 Carnegie Distinguished Fellows 🌐 145 Student Scholars and Student Circle members from across @columbiauniversity.bsky.social 🌐 12 Rapid Response webinars on the world’s most pressing issues

A look back at the 2025-2026 Academic Year at @columbiaigp.bsky.social. There’s much more to come next year! Get the details: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/years-review...

NEWS: The @columbiaigp.bsky.social & @bakerinstitute.bsky.social Task Force on the Future of Foreign Assistance is focused on assessing the strategic rationale for US foreign assistance, reframing policy objectives, & developing actionable recommendations for a new era of global competition.

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the @bankofengland.bsky.social, joined us at @columbiaigp.bsky.social last week for a conversation with @columbiasipa.bsky.social's Alan Taylor. Watch their conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auou...

Happening now at @columbiaigp.bsky.social: Mary Kay Henry, @awhf.bsky.social, @aijenpoo.bsky.social, @juliesulabor.bsky.social, & Jennifer Klein discuss how to support working families for a strong economy and democracy. Tune in: youtube.com/live/q2dYGlS...

How can we protect children online? Jen Weedon, a researcher with the IGP Technology & Democracy Initiative, joined a panel at the Rowan Center to mark the official launch of KidSafeHQ and discuss how parents can help their children navigate online risks. igp.sipa.columbia.edu/news/igp-res...

Pushing back against narrative warfare and online harms will help safeguard freedom and democracy in the age of AI. Thanks to Sec. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social, @mariaressa.bsky.social, @emilybell.bsky.social, @camillefrancois.bsky.social, Amandeep Singh Gill & Sara Sidner for the conversation.

We don’t have to wait for regulations to start making the internet safer. Conversations like this week’s event at @columbiaigp.bsky.social and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social with voices from policy, journalism, and tech can move us towards a more transparent information environment for everyone.

The @columbiaigp.bsky.social Women's Initiative will be named the Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative, in recognition of a gift from Kaplan’s family honoring her impact at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & her commitment to advancing women’s rights & opportunities igp.sipa.columbia.edu/news/sipas-w...

These @columbiauniversity.bsky.social students have wrapped up their short course taught by @columbiaigp.bsky.social Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and former White House senior advisor to President Biden, Amos Hochstein. 🌐

Columbia IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Salam Fayyad recently joined us on campus for an introductory roundtable, moderated by @columbiasipa.bsky.social Prof. Lisa Anderson.

AI-generated deepfakes are fueling a global wave of financial fraud, and institutions are struggling to keep up. A new @datasociety.bsky.social Research Institute Policy Brief examines the limits of current regulatory approaches and makes the case for stronger institutional accountability.

NEW report from the @columbiaigp.bsky.social Women’s Initiative: Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage Child marriage is not only a human rights violation—it is an economic issue. Access the report here: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/sites/igp/fi...

NEWS: The @columbiaigp.bsky.social & @columbiauenergy.bsky.social Task Force on Economic Statecraft will analyze how tools of economic statecraft - including sanctions, tariffs, export controls & industrial policy - have been used to impact foreign policy, geopolitics & the global economy.

Congratulations to IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member and @columbiasipa.bsky.social Professor @mariaressa.bsky.social on her nomination to serve on a new UN Independent International Scientific Panel tasked with advancing recommendations for safe governance of AI. news.un.org/en/story/202...

The resolution of the war in Ukraine has the potential to rewrite the global rules of the road for decades to come. Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social assessed the landscape during yesterday’s @columbiaigp.bsky.social event, The Stakes in Ukraine: Present and Future.

This week, @federalreserve.gov Governor Stephen Miran joined @columbiaigp.bsky.social to address the implications for inflation, interest rates, and monetary policy in a conversation with @columbiasipa.bsky.social Professor Richard Clarida. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tcp...

IGP welcomes new Carnegie Distinguished Fellows: 🌐 Alice Albright: Former CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation 🌐 Salam Fayyad: Economist & Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority 🌐 Amos Hochstein: Former White House Senior Advisor to President Biden; Managing Partner, TWG

IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Anya Schiffrin and @columbiasipa.bsky.social MPA candidate Navya Sinha were in Kuala Lumpur recently to present their research on AI deepfakes and online financial fraud to regulators from Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and Malaysia.

IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member and Nobel Prize-winning economist @josephestiglitz.bsky.social led a new report on global inequality commissioned by South Africa ahead of this weekend’s G20 Summit. Read the full report here: g20.org/wp-content/u...

This blueprint is outlined in the IGP Women’s Initiative Report: Beijing+30: A Roadmap for Women’s Rights for the Next Thirty Years. Read the report here: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/sites/igp/fi...

"In Beijing in 1995, we witnessed the power of women organizing. In Reykjavik in 2025, we need to wield that power again, to meet the pressing challenges of this time.” IGP Women’s Initiative Director Rachel Vogelstein presented a blueprint for progress around the world at the Reykjavik Global Forum

ICYMI: @columbiaigp.bsky.social, @columbiasipa.bsky.social, and @commsspeaknyc.bsky.social released two new reports on childcare and housing ahead of the mayoral election that reveal the severity of the affordability crisis in New York City. Read them here: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/our-work/pub...

On the menu for the @columbiaigp.bsky.social Student Circle luncheon this week? Conversations about some of the world’s most pressing issues, insightful questions, and a few laughs. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social