The Gender-Based Violence Lab
The GBV Lab uses social science, data science, and graph theory to investigate and confront online gender-based violence.
Scroll DownThe GBV Lab uses social science, data science, and graph theory to investigate and confront online gender-based violence.
Scroll DownThe Gender-Based Violence Lab (GBV Lab) is an interdisciplinary research initiative that applies social science, data science, and graph theory to investigate how digital ecosystems reinforce or challenge gender inequality.
The Lab explores how gender-based violence (GBV) manifests and evolves online by identifying and analyzing public discourse, socioeconomic factors, and sociosemantic communities. Through quantitative research and social network analysis, the Lab uncovers how ideas, language, and influence move across digital platforms in relation to gendered harm.
The Lab maps digital GBV using case studies of high-profile, politically active women, and develops context-specific lexicons in partnership with civil society organizations to detect, analyze, and visualize harmful content and its spread. The Lab’s work supports content moderation policy and guides advocacy, programming, and donor strategies.
The Lab also audits AI systems to ensure they do not perpetuate gender-based violence. This includes identifying biases in training data, analyzing harmful patterns in AI-generated content, and recommending ethical guidelines. By doing so, the Lab promotes the responsible and inclusive development of AI technologies.