InSPIRE Rackham interdisciplinary workshop
The InSPIRE student group brings together graduate students across diverse programs, including Public Policy, Engineering, Environment and Sustainability, Public Health, and many more, to broaden their understanding of a wide range of contemporary science and technology policy issues.
All STPP students are encouraged to engage with InSPIRE, and have the opportunity to participate in activities including writing workshops, alumni webinars, movie nights, and memo writing competitions.
InSPIRE is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop, and operates with generous support from the Rackham Graduate School.
Current InSPIRE co-leads are Rebecca Coyne, a second-year MPP student interested in data justice, AI ethics, and how information ecosystems affect political engagement ([email protected]) and Malavika Ramkumar, a fourth-year chemistry PhD student interested in environmental health science and policy ([email protected]).
2024-2025 Highlights
Recent activities have included a "Welcome Back" happy hour, an alumni webinar with Vineet Shahini, and a lunch and learn session with Mirzayan Fellowship alumnus and current STPP student Lotte De Jong.
In anticipation of New York Times technology reporter Kashmir Hill's visit to campus, InSPIRE hosted a book club discussion of "Your Face Belongs to Us: A Tale of AI, a Secretive Startup, and the End of Privacy." creating a space to learn about how AI is compromising privacy and how policy can help. The discussion continued with the author herself, as an interdisciplinary group of students met for lunch with Kashmir Hill on October 7th.
