NYU CGA × Microsoft
Exploring technology to improve
the human condition.
A research collaboration between NYU's Center for Global Affairs and Microsoft — changing the conversation on how people are informed, and how emerging technology can be used for good.
Mission
Achieving full human potential through technology — changing how people are informed, and how tech is used for good.
What are the circumstances of the human being, and how can technology improve them? We see technology as a tool — part of the solution.
Cohorts · 2025-2026
Each graduate student cohort of the Ethical Tech CoLab takes on applied research and proof-of-concept projects on intervention opportunities at the intersection of emerging technologies and the human condition.
Four projects, one frontier.
The current cohort takes four research projects from question to fielded prototype.
Prototyping and partner pilots.
Technical spikes (multi-agent harnesses, verifiable credentials, geospatial pipelines) tested against real partner needs.
Full archive coming soon
First applied research projects.
The lab's first applied research projects, spanning online safety, sustainability, AI's footprint, and generative storytelling.
Full archive coming soon
Collaborate
We partner with institutions, agencies, and communities to prototype interventions that hold up outside the lab.
