This October, MTI will join researchers, policymakers, technologists, feminists, activists, artists, and community leaders in Accra, Ghana, for the Gendering AI Conference 2026. This event is designed to question inherited systems, exchange ideas, and imagine more just, inclusive, and equitable AI futures. Connected ≠ Ready: Rethinking AI Readiness from the Ground Up Using Digital Public […]

The SBC Learning Group at MERL Tech CoP, co-led by Nicola Harford and Sarah Osman, is organizing an event with Elizabeth Long, focusing on how AI can support SBC program design.

Join MTI and MERL Tech Community of Practice members at the European Evaluation Society Conference in Lille, France, from October 28-30.

The MERL Tech Community of Practice is proud to host the online launch of “From Algorithms to Evidence: Using GenAI in Evaluation Practice”, a new book edited by Kerry Bruce, Valentine J Gandhi, and Steffen Bohni Nielsen. Join us on November 04, at 12pm New York/5pm London.

On November 5th, 2026, the Gender, MERL, and AI Learning Group at the MERL Tech CoP will welcome Dr. Becky Faith for a conversation about her new working paper, “Digital Backlash: Manifestations and Resistance”, co-authored with Antea de Jesus Gomes and Raisa Philip.

The MERL Tech Initiative is attending the Global Digital Health Forum, taking place in Asia for the first time in its sixteen-year history.