Developing tools and resources for

productive public dialogue

Discourse Labs empowers people to become more informed, better able to engage in positive exchanges, and more connected with others.

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Providing communicators with the tools, technology, and skills to engage productively and publicly.

Discourse Labs develops research-backed tools and resources that encourage productive public dialogue. We focus on:

Health – Empowering communicators and their peers to address common health challenges that affect everyone, especially where there can be a lack of credible, accurate information.

Civic society – Enabling public officials and others to tackle the big questions about how society functions and to make room for productive discussion.

Community – Creating tools that build bridges and increase emotional and psychological resilience.

Discourse Labs is an applied research group developing tools and resources for productive public dialogue.

Our Projects

01

The Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust (ARTT) project provides practical tools that support trust-building conversations online.

Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust

Project 01
02

This pilot program offers practical support to public communicators about engaging openly and empathetically when providing reliable information around contentious, complicated topics, such as elections.

ARTT Curriculum for Local Election Officials

Project 02
03

Throughout 2024, we and the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) convened a working group to establish guidelines and practices for the Ethical Use of AI in Public Health Communications.

Ethical Use of AI in Public Health Communications

Project 03
04

We are prototyping resources that organize information about vaccines and science into explorable, interactive maps, with links to reliable sources.  The goal is to support informed online conversations.

Critical Thinking in Online Topics

Project 04

Research and Publications

Partners and Funders, past and present, include: