This research cluster investigates how digital systems bound our opportunities for gathering and associating online and offline for community, civic, and political action.
Numerous research efforts are underway to understand and respond to the challenges digital technology poses to freedom of expression. However, less attention is paid to how digital dependencies matter for another critical building block of democratic participation and civil society: our ability to assemble and associate with others. This research cluster investigates how digital systems bound our opportunities for gathering and associating online and offline for community, civic, and political action.