We're building an ecosystem.

Together we're pushing boundaries to reimagine collaborative frameworks.

Plurality Institute is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to fostering human cooperation and progress. We serve as a hub for academics, industry researchers, practitioners, and leaders from both civil and governmental sectors, all of whom are pushing boundaries to reimagine collaborative frameworks.

Our mission is to support and nurture the emerging field of plurality. We facilitate this through hosting both in-person and online events, supporting partner initiatives, sharing pivotal news and research updates, and offering a centralized job and opportunity portal to enhance ecosystem accessibility.

We aim to unify the expertise of stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds—from AI-enhanced democracy, Web3's altruistic potential, to peacekeeping research and cultural bridge-building initiatives.

We strive to operate in alignment with the values of the ecosystem we support, uplifting a variety of approaches and perspectives and fostering connections across the community we serve.

OUR LEADERSHIP

The Steering Committee

Our steering committee provides us with extensive experience and insight across the ecosystem, and helps to shape the overall vision for our work.

Audrey Tang

Audrey Tang

Former Minister of Digital Affairs

Taiwan

Danielle Allen

Danielle Allen

Political Science

Harvard University

Glen Weyl

Glen Weyl

Economics

Microsoft Research

Lisa Schirch

Lisa Schirch

Peace Studies

Notre Dame

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Computer Science

UC Berkeley

WE'RE AWESOME

Our Team

We support the latest work in collective intelligence, deliberative democracy, tech for social inclusion and more.

Amina Vinson

Research Assistant

David Bloomin

Co-Founder & Special Projects

Firen Forrest

Chief of Staff

Isaac T. Levine

Research Assistant

Jeffrey Fossett

Research Lead

Rose Bloomin

Co-Founder & Executive Director

We're in good company

Our Partners

We've partnered with some of the most forward-thinking organizations of today.

Getting Plurality
Microsoft Plurality Collaboratory
New Public
Berkeley RDI
Alpha Chain
Kleros
Protocol Labs
Plurigrid
RadicalXchange
Relation Labs
Council on Technology
Metagovernance Project
KEY SUPPORT

Advisors

Our advisors are subject matter experts that are deeply engaged with the plurality community, and support us with specific projects and endeavors.

Yu-Ting Kuo

Executive Board Member and Adjunct Faculty, MIT Sloan School of Management

Kinney Zalesne

Former General Manager of Corporate Strategy, Microsoft

Senior Advisor, GETTING-Plurality Initiative, Harvard

Scott Moore

Co-Founder, Gitcoin

Research Advisor, Metagov

James Evans

Professor, University of Chicago

Director, Knowledge Lab at the University of Chicago

Puja Ohlhaver

GETTING-Plurality Research Network, Harvard Kennedy School

Wes Chow

Head of Engineering

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

Vivian Chen

Contributor at da0/ g0v

Shrey Jain

TPM at Microsoft Research, GETTING-Plurality Research Network, Harvard Kennedy School

Aviv Ovadya

Founder, AI & Democracy Foundation;

Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center—Harvard;

Colin Megill

Co-founder, Pol.is;

President, The Computational Democracy Project