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Colin Maclay specializes in understanding and creating conditions for innovation and change, focusing on collaboratively and creatively engaging with wicked problems in media, technology, and culture. He is a committed collaborator and connects scholarship with practice, bridging disciplines and sectors while challenging assumptions and hierarchies. His work spans diverse topics including innovation, democracy, sustainability, media, and learning, with a particular emphasis on under-resourced communities. Maclay has explored issues across various settings, such as the U.S. Census, the Nigerian film industry, libraries, climate change, environmental justice, higher education, and popular culture. He serves as a Research Professor of Communication and the Director of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Innovation Lab. Maclay has co-created numerous initiatives including guides for the Civic Media Fellowship Program and podcasts through the Media Socio-Technical Systems (MASTS) research group. He also has a history of leading digital transformation initiatives at Harvard University, aimed at understanding and shaping the digital transformation affecting business and society through collaborative research and teaching.
Berkman Klein Center • Cambridge, MA
Contributes to research and initiatives at the intersection of technology and society.
Berkman Center for Internet & Society • Cambridge, MA
Led various projects and discussions on the impact of digital media and information technologies.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).