Incite at Columbia University
Insights thrive in unlikely company.
Insights thrive in unlikely company.
At Incite Institute, scholars, change makers, artists, and others unite to engage the social world in surprising new ways.
A home for unconventional ideas
Together with our collaborators, we ask and pursue ambitious questions, embracing experimentation even at the risk of failure.
Latest news
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go to Incite’s Trust Collaboratory Hosts The First Community Conversation for AI Research Project
Jun 30, 2026
Incite’s Trust Collaboratory Hosts The First Community Conversation for AI Research Project
On June 29, the Trust Collaboratory's TeLLLMe project gathered researchers, skeptics, and community members in Harlem for the first in a series of conversations aimed at building a more democratic, publicly accountable AI platform.
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go to First Person
Jun 24, 2026
First Person
Columbia College Today's Alex Boncy highlights five alumni that were interviewed in the Obama Presidency Oral History.
Because social issues need social insights
The biggest issues of our time aren't just technical—they're social. We bring together partners from inside and outside the academy who approach these issues with different forms of expertise.
Featured Projects
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go to the The Elders Project project
The Elders Project Capturing the stories of elders who have shaped America—from Civil Rights activists to tribal leaders to survivors of Stonewall—before they’re lost to history. -
go to the Movements Against Mass Incarceration project
Movements Against Mass Incarceration
Building the United States' first archive to center the political ideas and movement-building of incarcerated people.
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go to the Obama Presidency Oral History project
Obama Presidency Oral History
Creating a comprehensive oral history of the Obama years with over 450 officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life.
Building new capacities
Through our projects, funding opportunities, training programs, and public events, we strive to build capacity in people and organizations so that they can drive transformation on their own terms.