MIT Center for Constructive Communication

Designing tools, methods, and systems to understand and address societal fragmentation.

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

🚨🚨 “We need to figure out how to give … us a chance to build up civic muscles” said @BarackObama in his speech today on #disinformation, mentioning the “great work” being done @CCCatMIT in “making online conversations more civil and productive”.
https://t.co/YMQlzMBLdK
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[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

Congratulations @elinorpd_ @jad_kabbara and @dkroy for important, relevant work!

[Elinor @elinorpd_]

Check out the recent @MIT News article covering our research!

https://t.co/ijVzJDh2D3

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

➡️ Read more about the event and what went into making it a one-of-a-kind evening: https://t.co/r31yA1G4YC or explore the public listening portal at https://t.co/4LQu2MySWk

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

🥳 We’re still thinking about the energy in the room at the realtalk@Boston release party! On 11/10, Bostonians gathered at Artists for Humanity to hear and see ttories moving through the space via live music, poetry, visual installations, and moments of quiet listening.

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

👏 Huge thanks to our 11 community partners, the artists who brought these stories to life, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for making this work possible.

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

Congratulations Elinor, Jad @jad_kabbara and Deb @dkroy!

[Elinor @elinorpd_]

🎉 Excited to share our new paper which was accepted to #AAAI2026!

As LLMs become increasingly used as sources of factual knowledge, we ask:
Do they perform equitably across users of different backgrounds?

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[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

On Nov. 10, more than 100 Boston community members joined MIT CCC at Boston’s Artists for Humanity to celebrate the completion of the https://t.co/4LQu2MzqLS project.

Thank you for listening, asking big questions, and imagining a more connected Boston with us.

📸 Taylor Coester

[Elinor @elinorpd_]

This work was done with awesome collaborators @_maggatronn @bcroygbiv @dkroy @jad_kabbara from @MIT @CCCatMIT @medialab

Make sure to check out Brandon’s presentation on Friday Nov 7, Room A109 at 10:30!

Paper link: ​​https://t.co/EXE2gF71LP

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[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

🎧 What does Boston sound like when you stop to listen?

Explore realtalk@Boston, a new public portal from @MITCCC where you can hear 250+ Bostonians share stories about belonging, safety, and the future of their city — in their own voices.

🔗 Listen now: https://t.co/4LQu2MzqLS

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Congrats to the honorees in the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data, including @CCCatMIT students Maggie Hughes + Cassandra Overney! Presented by @MITLibraries + @ScienceMIT, the prize recognizes projects that exemplify the principles + impact of open data. https://t.co/3HTccj8TXt

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Watch: Media Lab Professor @dkroy traces his path from studying how robots learn to founding the @CCCatMIT.

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

📢 We're hiring!

Join the MIT Center for Constructive Communication as an Instructional Designer & Program Manager for realtalk@MIT—a dialogue initiative shaping the future of campus communication.

Hybrid in Cambridge, MA.

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/5ClZyC7AUv (Job ID: 25107)

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

A flagship project of @CCCatMIT, realtalk@MIT brings members of the MIT community together in guided, small-group conversations aimed at building trust and connections among classmates and colleagues. https://t.co/ko91DWUqMe

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

Today, @frontlinepbs announced the launch a two-phase initiative to engage young people in #civic #dialogue through journalistic storytelling, emerging technologies and public conversations. The initiative will be supported by @cortico and @CCCatMIT.

🔗 https://t.co/rz27CKBK8O

[Jad Kabbara @jad_kabbara]

Currently happening at #CHI2025

@Schropes presenting on RAG-based /sensemaking for community conversations.

Work with @dougb @CCCatMIT

[Jad Kabbara @jad_kabbara]

Excited to be in Yokohama 🇯🇵 for my first ever CHI!

Presenting today work on a human-AI collaboration tool for the analysis and interpretation of facilitated conversations. 3:10 PM - G412

Looking forward to an exciting #CHI2025 and to chats about HCI x NLP

@medialab @CCCatMIT

[Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @MediaTechDem]

Today, in partnership with @Mila and @CIFAR, the Centre is launching “Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance,” a 7-part essay series exploring how deliberative democratic processes can strengthen #AI governance. 🧵

Read it here: https://t.co/6KKllrRgUr

[Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @MediaTechDem]

@dkroy, professor at MIT and co-founder of @Cortico, @lessig, professor at Harvard Law School, and @audreyt of @mozilla and @pro_jectliberty, explore how “digital conversation networks”—platforms for structured discussion—offer an opportunity to rebuild democratic engagement.

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

🗓️ Deadline extended to Friday, April 25, 2025 🗓️
T-2 Days to Apply!

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

🎨 Boston artists! Just 4 days left to apply to realtalk@Boston — turn real stories into powerful public art.

- Deadline: April 21
- $3K–$5K stipend
- Must be Boston-based

Apply now 👉https://t.co/bOYEegFOj5