About Us

Founded in 2015, The Hive's mission is to engage with the American public to raise awareness about refugees and design solutions that address their needs through technology and the data science process.

The Hive's Guiding Principles

• Foster an environment of learning and experimentation for continuous technological and data science innovation
• Strengthen and fully embed within the broader refugee-serving ecosystem to better support refugees
• Provide critical support to USA for UNHCR's mission, partnerships and community outreach
• Create pathways for individuals and organizations who want to help refugees and connect with The Hive Process

The Hive Process

The Hive Advisory Board (HAB)

• Muhammed Y. Idris, PhD (Chair), Morehouse School of Medicine, Founding Co-Director of the Center for Data Standards in Clinical Medicine
• Hamutal Bernstein, PhD, Urban Institute, Senior Fellow, Director, Program on Immigrants and Immigration
• Cameron Birge, Microsoft Philanthropies, Senior Program Manager Humanitarian Action
• Erin Coffman, PhD, Indiana University, Kelly School of Business
• Genevieve Hoffman, Independent Data Visualization Designer
• Margaret Hung, Nike, Senior Director, Insights Governance
• Duncan Lawrence, PhD, Stanford University, Senior Advisor, Immigration Policy Lab
• Khoa Ma, Endless Frontier Labs, Associate Director
• Adam Pritchard, Black Crow AI, Co-Founder
• Liberty Vittert, Visiting Scholar Harvard University / Professor of the Practice of Data Science – Washington University in St. Louis
• Dominica Zhu, U.S. Census Bureau, Head of Human Centered Innovation, Census Open Innovation Labs, and Founder of Global Wisdom Collective

Publications and Accolades

• 2023 Silver Anthem Award Winner — Best-in-class or innovative strategy by a nonprofit, brand or organization that raises funds in support of Human & Civil Rights Causes
• Harvard Data Science Publication: Data for Good, What is it Good For? Challenges, Opportunities, and Data Innovation in Service of Refugees (2022)
• ANA Genius Awards 'Data Analytics and Growth' Winner (2019)
• Fast Company's Most Innovative NonProfit (2017)

The Hive Events

• #Innovate4Refugees: Data and Tech Solutions Forum The Hive’s annual event to learn about and engage with the latest innovations in technology and data science to address the needs of refugees.
• World Migration & Displacement Symposium: Data, Disinformation, and Human Mobility (2021)
• Learn more about our previous hackathons where we've created and delivered results for refugees!

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