Independent nonprofit research institute
Evidence for resilient public systems.
Aldenbrook studies how digital infrastructure shapes public reasoning, information reliability, institutional trust, and democratic participation.
About
Research, tools, and convenings for public-interest digital systems.
Aldenbrook Research Institute is structured as a research organization rather than a university. It does not grant degrees, but it hosts fellows, runs training programs, publishes policy and technical reports, and builds open-source civic infrastructure prototypes.
Its work sits between computer science, public policy, social science, human-computer interaction, and applied governance.
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Secondary Office
- Toronto, Ontario
- Operating Regions
- North America, Western Europe, selected digital-governance research sites
- Contact
- contact@aldenbrook-research.example
Research
Six connected lines of inquiry.
Information Integrity
Measurement of rumors, low-quality claims, AI-generated media, and coordinated narrative distortion.
Public-Interest AI
Evaluation of AI systems used in civic, legal, educational, and public-service contexts.
Digital Governance
Institutional design for platform rules, public consultation, and algorithmic accountability.
Civic Data Infrastructure
Data-sharing models for cities, nonprofits, researchers, and public agencies.
Human-Centered Verification
Interfaces and workflows that help people assess claims without overwhelming them.
Community Resilience
Studies of how local networks respond to crises, misinformation, and institutional stress.
Centers
Applied groups for evidence, audits, stewardship, and deliberation.
Center for Information Integrity
Claim tracking, provenance, evidence reliability, and public trust measurement.
Civic AI Evaluation Lab
Auditing AI systems used in public-facing decision support and civic communication.
Digital Institutions Program
Governance models for platforms, agencies, and civic technology deployments.
Public Data Stewardship Studio
Data access, data trusts, privacy-preserving infrastructure, and community consent.
Applied Deliberation Group
Tooling and facilitation methods for public consultation and citizen assemblies.
Programs
Training and field work for people building public systems.
Twelve months for researchers, journalists, technologists, and policy practitioners.
Fellows work across research translation, evidence maps, prototype civic tools, and practitioner-facing guidance.
Public AI Audit Residency
Short-term residency for technical researchers evaluating AI systems in public-interest domains.
Local Information Resilience Project
Applied research with civic groups and local newsrooms.
Evidence Commons Initiative
Prototype infrastructure for structured evidence maps and claim histories.
Civic Interface Summer Studio
Eight-week design program for early-career civic technologists.
Publications and Events
Recent outputs from the institute.
Stress Testing Information Systems During Civic Events
Research brief
Community-Centered Verification Workflows
Field study
Evidence Graphs for Public Claims
Technical report
Civic AI Procurement: A Practical Risk Framework
Policy guide
Governance
Leadership, advisory input, and independence.
Dr. Helena Mar Voss
President and Executive Director
Prof. Julian A. Mirek
Chief Research Officer
Dr. Amara Quell
Director, Civic AI Evaluation Lab
Leena Sato
Director of Operations
Marc Ellis Ren
General Counsel
Priya N. Calder
Director of Partnerships
Statement of independence
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