About Us
Who are we?
The Lantern is a student-run, interdisciplinary think tank that investigates the social impact of science and technology to advocate for responsible innovation. Our goal is to educate the public on issues like artificial intelligence, climate change tech, algorithms, ethical technology, and more.
You can read our first issue here.
What is STS?
Science, Technology & Society (STS) is an interdisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand the many ways that modern science and technology shape modern culture, values, and institutions, and how modern values shape science and technology. STS examines how science and technology emerge, how they enter society, how they change through social processes, and how society changes in response to science and technology. (NC State University.)
Our Mission
Problem #1. The way of thinking in the technical world is not varied enough for the territory that it has entered.
We believe that the question of socially responsible innovation demands dialogue across disciplines.
Problem #2: Academic and expert discussions are not accessible to the general public.
We believe that information should be distributed in a way that is easy to understand for the people who are affected by the decisions.
As a “Think-and-Action” Tank, The Lantern has a dual mission:
(1) to break down critical and complex ideas at the intersection of STS for the general public
(2) to engage students and organizations in a socially responsible path of science and technology
