Our Partners
HI has cultivated strategic partnerships with companies and organizations related to entertainment, advocacy, and academics to leverage resources and expertise on innovative and persuasive mainstream media projects.
Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), Columbia University
CRED at Columbia University conducts research regarding individual and group decision-making processes and outcomes when faced with climate uncertainty and environmental risk. CRED works to improve the quality and effectiveness of environmental and scientific communication.
Applied Statistics Center, (ASC) Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy, Columbia University
ASC provides academic research support for data-rich projects from a diverse variety of disciplines. The center unites a group of scholars affiliated with Columbia University departments from across the social, natural, and engineering sciences.
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS), Columbia University
QMSS at Columbia University is a multi-disciplinary program that teaches quantitative research techniques and strategies for social science research. The center brings together academics from the fields of economics, public health and policy, political and social science, and statistics.
Neural Engineering Group, CCNY University Laboratory for Intelligent Neural Computing, Columbia University
The HI Lab has partnered with bioengineers at City College of New York’s Neural Engineering Group and Columbia University’s Laboratory for Intelligent Imaging and Neural Computing to measure engagement during entertainment viewing. Using brain imaging techniques and machine-learning algorithms, researchers are measuring brain signals and cognitive responses to narrative film and television programming.
Leonard and Jane Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami
The Abess Center at the University of Miami seeks to educate the next generation of environmental scientists, policy makers, managers, and planners in the fundamentals of the natural sciences, social science, and public policy by bringing together faculty from various schools and departments with innovators outside the University.
BuzzFeed
Launched in 2006, BuzzFeed is one of the most widely visited and successful viral media portals. As a free, online catalog of the latest web trends, BuzzFeed offers its community of users the ability to post or re-post web content for public viewing.
Crimson Hexagon
Founded in 2007, and powered by an algorithm developed at Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Crimson Hexagon provides industry-leading social media monitoring and analysis software to global brands, agencies, media firms and their partners.
Mobile Commons
Mobile Commons is the leading provider of mobile technology for civic engagement. Its award-winning technology assists advertisers and agencies in launching and managing mobile marketing campaigns, and has been the platform of choice for the 2012 Obama Presidential Campaign, Habitat for Humanity, and Oprah, among countless others.
EYEBEAM
EYEBEAM is an art and technology center located in New York City, providing state-of-the-art tools and mentorship for digital research and experimentation. With public and private education and development programs, EYEBEAM is one of the most innovative tech organizations challenging the conventions of our day.
Screenwriters Colony
The Screenwriters Colony was founded to cultivate the craft of screenwriting by giving emerging talent a place to create. The Colony encourages writers to push boundaries related to storytelling for the big screen, with the freedom to cultivate creative alliances that will influence and aid early careers.