The Trust Collaboratory - Incite at Columbia University

The Trust Collaboratory is one of the United States' first research centers exploring the social dynamics of trust.

With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Trust Collaboratory began operations in 2020 as the Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Trust and Mistrust of Science and Experts. In its next iteration, the seminar transformed into The Trust Project with an expanded focus on public engagement with community partners in New York City. In late 2022, the Trust Collaboratory launched as a center at Incite Institue.

As one of the first institutions in the nation dedicated to the social dynamics of trust, the Trust Collaboratory draws on the expertise of scholars at Columbia University as well as external stakeholders, including journalists, community advocates, non-profit professionals, policy experts, and policymakers in NYC and beyond.

The Trust Collaboratory advances pioneering knowledge on what is needed to maintain and foster trust in a democratic society through education, public engagement, and collaborative partnerships in a number of areas:

• Medicine and science
• Media and journalism
• Information technology, artificial intelligence, and algorithms