Executive Director’s Message
The Interdisciplinary Research Group on Privacy was founded at UC Berkeley during the summer of 2016. The semester long, discovery-oriented, research (and professional) skills training program focuses on the review, discussion, translation, and dissemination of privacy, surveillance, and cybersecurity knowledge to the public. Undergraduate participants each produce an annotated bibliography, encyclopedic article (Wikipedia), blogpost, and present their research at twice yearly lab-hosted undergraduate research symposium and also at the Wiki Education Foundation (WikiEdu). Since its inception, credit earning and volunteer students (over 100 to date) have founded and edited privacy, cybersecurity, surveillance, and whistleblower related Wikipedia pages in multiple languages. There are currently over 240 million views on those pages. According to WikiEdu, only 20% of those editing Wikipedia globally are women and even fewer are people of color. The Interdisciplinary Research Group on Privacy is the largest, most diverse, most consistent, and longest running group of women editing Wikipedia in the world. IRGP offers students a small liberal arts college feel at a large public institution.
Interested in Applying to be a Research Assistant?
We accept applications and onboard new research assistants at the start of the fall and spring semester. Information about opportunities offered in the lab this semester can be found on Research Assistant Recruitment page. In order to be considered for a position, please fill out an application and upload all required documents (resume, transcript, and 500 word essay).
Lab Awards
Chancellors Award for Public Service with Robert J. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Recognition Award for Service to Underrepresented Students, Berkeley, CA 2021
K. Patricia Cross Future Leader Award, Association of American Colleges & Universities, Washington, DC 2019
Digital Pedagogy Trailblazer Award, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of California Berkeley, CA 2018
Lab Partners
The work of IRGP has been generously supported by a combination of funding and in-kind donations from the following organizations:
