AI for Social Good and Society

Tian Zheng, Nabila El-Bassel, James David, Eric Aragundi
Jul 1, 2025

The AI for Social Good and Society (AI4SGS) Initiative is a bold interdisciplinary effort to apply artificial intelligence to some of the world’s most pressing social and public health challenges.

Currect subprojects include: text mining, topic modeling, and causal inference.

Research Artificial Intelligence
Tian Zheng
Tian Zheng
Professor of Statistics, Columbia University

Posts

Launch: AI for Social Good and Society University Seminar

The AI for Social Good and Society (AI4SGS) Initiative is launching a new Columbia University Seminar focused on how AI can be developed, implemented, and governed to advance equity, accountability, and the public good.

Nov 26, 2025 2 min read
Project University Seminar Page Launch Announcement
Launch: AI for Social Good and Society University Seminar

Publications

The Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability (PRISM)-capabilities model for use of Artificial Intelligence in community-engaged implementation science research
The application of AI to CER relies on human-centered principles that prioritize human-AI collaboration, allowing for the operationalization of responsible AI practices. The PRISM-Capabilities model provides a framework to account for the complexities of real-world social science problems and explicitly positions AI tools at bottlenecks experienced with conventional approaches.
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The Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability (PRISM)-capabilities model for use of Artificial Intelligence in community-engaged implementation science research