Dan O’Brien, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

An interuniversity consortium based at Northeastern University that convenes researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and community leaders to determine how data and technology will shape 21st century communities. We focus especially on opportunities to advance equity, justice, and democracy. BARI’s main activities include: (1) research-policy partnerships that leverage modern digital data to help us better understand and serve communities; (2) the Boston Data Portal, which makes modern digital data accessible to multiple levels of data literacy; (3) supporting a thriving civic data ecosystem, including community based-trainings in our data products and an annual conference highlighting data-driven research and policy in Greater Boston.