Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech)

Housed in the Department of Communication in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, GloTech@UMass conducts team-based collaborative projects, supports members and affiliated research fellows to pursue high-impact research, and provides pedagogical and mentoring initiatives for graduate and undergraduate students.

The vision for the Lab is to be a world-leading space that advances a globally minded and community-driven model for critical tech research where academics and practitioners forge transnational and local networks of solidarity promoting social justice and equity. We pursue rigorous social science research drawing on both critical qualitative methods and computational approaches. Research areas include:

• Geopolitics and the Political Economy of Tech
• Global Design Injustices
• Tech for Healing and Resilience