iSchool researchers help people more effectively use information to discover, innovate, solve problems, have fun and make a better world. We conduct meaningful and rigorous research examining the relationships among people, information, and technology. Our research efforts respond to significant, real-world challenges and make a difference in the lives of individuals and communities.
Impact Stories

Contemplative Practices
A technologist by training, David Levy’s scholarship examines how individuals can live healthy, creative, reflective, and productive lives in an always-on, information-saturated world. His body of work includes two books — Scrolling...
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TASCHA, the Technology and Social Change Group
In 1999, TASCHA (then the Center for Internet Studies) was founded to unite and mobilize a multidisciplinary network of researchers, practitioners, and policy experts to explore the design, use, and effects of information and communication...
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Value Sensitive Design
Value Sensitive Design (VSD) is a theoretically grounded approach to the design of technology that accounts for human values in a principled and comprehensive manner throughout the design process. Pioneered by UW professors with landmark studies on...
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