The Future of Media Lab has formally concluded its activities at the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) as of July 1, 2025.
The Future of Media Lab emerged as a hub for creativity and collaboration in response to the media and entertainment sector grappling with continuous waves of digital disruption, reshaping its creative landscape. These disruptions spurred fresh approaches and growth while overturning traditional models. Digital technologies influenced content creation, audience habits, business strategies, and revenue streams, and had pervasive societal impact through their effect on information, trust, and democracy.
The Future of Media lab collaborated with other D^3 Labs and drew upon a diverse community of students, faculty, and practitioners to address challenges and opportunities in media and entertainment. It pioneered new business models and created products and services that simultaneously served consumer needs and the public interest.
Faculty
The Future of Media Lab was led by:
- Bharat Anand, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, and the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He received his B.A. in economics from Harvard College magna cum laude, and his PhD in economics from Princeton University.
- Rafael DiTella, William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration, Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, Harvard Business School. He received his Bachelors in Economics at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina and a D.Phil in Economics from Oxford University.
- Gary King, Weatherhead University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University. He is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz (B.A., 1980) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (M.A., Ph.D., 1984).
Affiliated Faculty and Practitioners
- Nancy Gibbs, Director of the Shorenstein Center and the Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy
- Martha Minow, Former Dean of Harvard Law School and 300th Anniversary Professor at Harvard.
- Andrew Rashbass, Former CEO of The Economist Group, Reuters and Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
- Vinay Mehra, Former President of The Boston Globe Media Partners and former CFO of Politico