Andrew Young

I am currently the Knowledge Director at The GovLab, where I lead research efforts focusing on the impact of technology on public institutions. Among the grant-funded projects I've directed are a global assessment of the impact of open government data; comparative benchmarking of government innovation efforts against those of other countries; and crafting the experimental design for testing the adoption of technology innovations in federal agencies. I've written extended work on how public sector institutions use new technology to coordinate work and developed a number of original public resources on areas of governance innovation. I am also the Network Coordinator of the GovLab-chaired MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance. In this role, I plan and organize collaborative research projects and events with the Network’s members, post-docs, and advisory group who span a dozen disciplines and institutions. I work closely with GovLab civic technology team and led the design of the Network of Innovators skill sharing network for civil servants and the Open Governance Research Exchange (OGRX), a collaborative platform developed by the GovLab, World Bank, and mySociety for accessing and sharing original research on governance innovation. In my role as Knowledge Director, I provide research and writing support to all members of GovLab’s team and to its extended network of participants in GovLab’s training programs. My writings can be found at the GovLab Blog, Opening Governance Research Network Blog, Medium, the Social Science Research Network, GrantCraft and Governing. I earned my Master’s degree in the Media, Culture and Communication department of NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, with a focus on Technology and Society. My Master’s thesis explored the use of data-tracking technologies on congressional campaign websites to inform microtargeting efforts.