About ARCAICO

A nonprofit center for critical knowledge, technology, and social impact, focused on:

  • Information integrity

  • Power, media, and democracy

  • Technology + society

  • Ecology + science + public interest

  • Latin America + Global perspective

A bridge between research, journalism, technology, and social justice.

A team of diverse researchers collaborating over AI models and data visualizations in a modern workspace.
A team of diverse researchers collaborating over AI models and data visualizations in a modern workspace.

Our Departments

Department of Science and Human Behaviour

This department studies how humans think, behave, and organize themselves. We focus on the understanding of humans, society, and evolution, and to understand the biological and psychological foundations of human behavior in social and political contexts.

  • Social sciences and psychology.

  • Human behavior and evolution.

  • Neuroscience.

  • Culture, power, and collective decision-making.

  • Cognitive biases and belief formation.

  • Health politices and politics.

Department of Applied Artificial Intelligence

This department connects technology with public interest. We focus on the ethical and practical use of AI for society, research, and data analysis, and to develop and study AI tools that serve the public interest while minimizing harm, bias, and manipulation.

  • AI ethics, bias and governance.

  • Generative AI for algorithmic development and research.

  • AI systems for media analysis.

  • Responsible automation.

  • Transparency and explainability of AI.

  • Development of applications.

  • App and web applications.

Department of Data and Society

This department uses data as a lens to understand power and society. We focus on the use data science to reveal patterns of influence, inequality, and information flows in society.

  • Data mining.

  • Statistics and modeling.

  • Large-scale data processing.

  • Algorithm development.

  • Network analysis (media, power, corporations, politics).

  • Data visualization.

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