About Us
We are Learning Collider: researchers forging a new path to social impact.
Working alongside technology platforms and untapped datasets, we research and develop algorithms, AI, decision models, and data infrastructure proven to advance equality and economic mobility at scale.
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Fair, equitable technology is seldom the default. Even more seldom: technology as a viable path to social impact at scale.
But there’s massive potential. By aligning commonly misaligned assets, Learning Collider’s collaborative research model has led to tech innovations that advance social and economic mobility - not just ‘do-no-harm.’
The trio of misaligned assets are dynamic tech platforms generating and collecting robust, real-time data, high-caliber researchers skilled in designing experiments and measuring evidence, and social-impact investors searching for pathways to accelerate equity with tech.
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Learning Collider’s unique R&D model connects, supports, and aligns the commonly misaligned assets: dynamic tech platforms, high-caliber researchers, and social-impact investors.
We’re not just in the business of publishing studies. We’re in the business of building research infrastructure, embedding research within tech, conducting high-impact research, and positioning findings for rapid, sustainable social impact.
Our Lab In Numbers
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Real-time Datasets
100m+ rows of course data,
50m+ rows of student performance data,
500,000+ rental applications,
60,000+ rows of interview data,
10,000+ rows of job-applicant data
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Founded in 2020 by economist Peter Bergman, Learning Collider has grown in scope and impact. Our partnerships have deepened, indicating strong demand for rigorous research from multiple sources: tech platforms, startups, entrepreneurs, and social-impact philanthropists. Our research network has also expanded, indicating strong demand for real-time, robust data, and opportunities to create impact from high-caliber researchers.
With market demand and the success we’ve achieved, we remain resolute in our vision: rigorously-researched, evidence-backed technology is a path to social impact at scale.
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Learning Collider is a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation (NCCI), a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization formed by the Fund for the City of New York (FCNY). More information about NCCI/FCNY - including financial statements, policies, and leadership - is available at fcny.org.