Knowledge Futures builds public digital infrastructure that enables communities to publish documents and data more effectively.

Knowledge Futures is an independent nonprofit organization powered by academic, industry, and advocacy groups. Together we build and support products and protocols to make knowledge open and accessible to all. Founded in 2018 as a partnership between the MIT Press and the MIT Media Lab, Knowledge Futures was created to build sustainable tools and technologies for libraries, presses, museums, activist organizations, researchers, and others whose knowledge work seeks to serve collective understanding and the public. What began as a handful of grad students working on publishing tools grew to an organization focused on addressing the systemic challenges faced by public-oriented groups beholden to infrastructure that is designed with misaligned incentives and unjust power dynamics.

In September 2019 we formally organized as an independent 501c3 nonprofit. Today, we are committed to building a full-stack of technology protocols and products that demonstrate an effective, equitable, and sustainable knowledge economy is possible. We work with partners to design for interoperability and to catalyze a distributed ecosystem of development.

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Knowledge Futures

Amy Brand

Katherine Fata

Sarah Kearns

Zach Verdin

Travis Rich

Jessica Polka

Gabe Stein

Emily Esten

Deepak Jagdish

Catherine Ahearn

The Engineering Team at Knowledge Futures is responsible for developing and maintaining the digital infrastructure that enables communities to publish documents and data more effectively. This team of skilled engineers focuses on building open and sustainable tools and technologies, ensuring they are interoperable and equitable to support a diverse range of public-oriented groups, including libraries, academic presses, and activist organizations. Their work underpins Knowledge Futures' mission to make knowledge open and accessible to all.

Engineering Team

Content and Community Development

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Content and Community Development