Being Sensemakers: A Framework for University-Based Rapid Research of Elections, Crisis Events, and Beyond is a report from the University of Washington‘s Center for an Informed Public published December 2025.

It was co-authored by Danielle Lee Tomson, Kate Starbird, Mert Can Bayar, Michael Grass, and Emma Spiro.

We’d like to acknowledgement contributions to this work from Sarah Nguyễn, Stephen Prochaska, Jevin West, Nina Lutz, Cullen White, Ashlyn B. Aske, Rachel Moran-Prestridge, and Mike Caulfield.

DOI: doi.org/10.6069/3397-0e51

This work was funded by:

  • James S. and John L. Knight Foundation (#G-2019-58788)
  • William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (#2023-02789-GRA)
  • National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program (#2120496)
  • Craig Newmark Philanthropies
  • Microsoft
  • Election Trust Initiative (#36249)

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