Connecting, Convening, Converging: Bringing Together Ideas, Experts, and Research on the Latest Tech Policy Challenges
2025 was a remarkable year for the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) team. In its first full year in operation, KGI dove head-first into some of the most pressing tech policy challenges of our time – from how to design Better Feeds that put users first to developing Better Access, a framework for advancing independent researchers’ access to high-influence public platform data.
Our growing team doubled down on producing high-quality outputs that translate complex evidence into clear, actionable insights, including providing evidence-backed analysis to strengthen the proposed remedies in the US v. Google Search antitrust case and helping shape recommendations on how minors can be better protected online in the EU.
We focused on effective intervention – combining deep in-house technical expertise with the best available research to support decisionmakers who care about policies that actually work, not just sound good. And we leaned into transatlantic learning, working to bridge insights across jurisdictions.
Read our Annual Report here.
Our 2025 Annual Report captures key impacts and highlights from the past year – showing how far we’ve come and where we’re headed next. In 2025 alone, KGI:
- Hosted 16 events with more than 1,100 participants across Washington, Brussels, Boston, and Barcelona. These gatherings ranged from our large-scale competition conference, DMA and Beyond, to public panels and workshops, as well as private convenings designed to bring technology researchers into meaningful conversation with litigators, industry experts, and public interest advocates.
- Produced over 25 publications – spanning reports, technical analyses, commentary pieces, and model legislative text – to inform policy discussion and the creation of guidance and regulations across multiple jurisdictions.
- Participated in 23 appearances at external conferences and events, and countless private engagements last year, to equip those shaping policy with the best evidence available to help them make informed decisions.
- Engaged in-person and digitally with our growing network spanning over 40 countries, including the US and UK as well as Germany, Brazil, Kenya, Singapore, and China.
Read the full report here.
