Matt Byrne is the Director of Deliberation Research at Unify America. Matt’s academic and professional career has focused on leading and supporting projects that help improve how we think, relate, and solve problems across differences. Matt has published graduate research on improving deliberation design; led Gnomi, a news app that used artificial intelligence to grade media bias; and worked across the political bridge-building field with organizations like AllSides, Listen First Project, Bridge Alliance, and Braver Angels.
At Unify America, Matt dedicates his passion for improving collective decision-making and contributes to a vision of twenty-first century policymaking that empowers and inspires citizens to work together and solve our shared problems.