On October 27th, join a conversation between Eric Gordon, the director of the Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact (MISI), Nigel Jacob, former co-chair of Boston’s Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, and Anne Short Gianotti, BU Professor of Earth & Environment. The three will talk about Eric’s new book, How Institutions Listen: Civic Data, AI, and the Path to Public Trust (October 20, 2026), and explore the current state of public engagement in cities, and how new technologies are transforming practices and exposing new vulnerabilities.
Lunch will be provided.
Hosted by the Institute for Global Sustainability and the Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact at Boston University.
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 @ 12:00p
Location: Institute for Global Sustainability, 111 Cummington Mall, Suite 149, Boston, MA 02215
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Participants
Eric Gordon, Director of MISI
Nigel Jacob, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Civic AI at Tufts University
Anne Short Gianotti, Professor of Earth & Environment at BU’s Arts & Sciences
Organizations
IGS
MISI