The Schwartz Reisman Institute is now accepting applications for its 2026 Graduate Fellowships, supporting U of T researchers advancing responsible, human-centred approaches to AI and emerging technology. The one-year fellowship includes a $7,500 stipend and access to SRI’s interdisciplinary research community. Apply by February 8, 2026.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society has launched its 2025–2028 strategic plan, outlining a focused vision for steering advanced AI toward safety, ethics, and the public good. Centered on safe AI systems, data integrity, and the social impacts of technology, the plan sets out priorities to advance interdisciplinary research, translate insights into real-world policy impact, and strengthen global leadership in AI governance.

Global security expert and author Bruce Schneier—known for reshaping how the world understands security, privacy, and trust—has joined the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) as a visiting senior policy fellow for 2025–26.

With two new appointments and six renewed roles, the Schwartz Reisman Institute’s 2025–26 cohort of research leads will advance projects on trust, creative pedagogy, agentic AI, democratic fairness, and human–machine relationships, fostering public dialogue and policy insights on the transformative role of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute is proud to announce its SRI Seminar Series programming for Fall 2025. This semester, an extraordinary lineup of scholars, technologists, and legal thinkers will examine urgent issues at the intersection of technology, governance, and society. Through thought-provoking presentations of new research and ideas, the series will explore topics ranging from the ethics of AI in education and the creative industries, to the governance of advanced AI systems, to the social and political dynamics of democratic engagement in the digital age.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of 24 new faculty affiliates for the 2025–26 academic year—its largest incoming cohort to date. Representing a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds, the new affiliates bring deep expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), data science, public policy, digital culture, healthcare, ethics, law, sustainability, and education.

SRI Director David Lie and collaborators have discovered a security flaw in AMD’s cloud protection technology, revealing how interactions between hardware and software can expose sensitive data.

SRI Research Lead Beth Coleman is leading a transdisciplinary working group focused on trust in AI design and governance, which will convene during the 2025–26 academic year. Applicants are encouraged to submit expressions of interest to participate, with a deadline of August 15, 2025.

At SRI’s annual conference, participants discussed future directions and key challenges in AI research, including the complexities of aligning advanced AI with human values and interdisciplinary perspectives on AI safety.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society is proud to announce the appointment of fifteen new graduate fellows from across the University of Toronto.

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society has launched its call for research leads. Open to University of Toronto faculty with a continuing tenure stream appointment, applications are due June 8, 2025.

Can AI unlock the hidden rules of our DNA and revolutionize medicine? SRI Graduate Fellows Micaela Elisa Consens and Ben Li explore this question in a new commentary examining the potential of genomic language models to transform biomedical research.