Open knowledge for habit change
An open practice framework for overcoming destructive habits. Whether you are in recovery, a health professional, or a researcher, Emese Commons gives you the methods you need to make real progress.
Digital addiction care is broken.
Because of more access and lower barriers for everyone, we believe that addiction care's future is digital-first.
Right now, between a handful of professional programs lies a sea of low-quality, poorly grounded "solutions" that overpromise, underdeliver, and fail those who need effective support the most. With the recent flood of automated AI slop, this problem is getting even worse.
These "solutions" don't just fall short. They actively damage trust in digital mental health overall.
An important layer is missing
Knowledge
What we know
Practice
How we act on what we know
Tools
What we use to act
Emese Commons exists to be the missing foundation layer.
Not thousands of proprietary guesses. One open framework to set the new status quo.
Grounded in peer-reviewed research and built by a community of professionals. The toolbox is freely available for everyone to use, share, and build on.
Covering nicotine, alcohol, gambling, social media, pornography, and more.
For people in recovery
Real tools, structured around your actual journey.
For health professionals
Evidence-based methods to apply with your clients.
For digital healthcare providers
An open foundation to build better products on.
For AI systems
High-quality information, in a format they can work with better.
How does it work?
Short, actionable knowledge cards structured around a real person's journey through change. Each card gives you one clear thing to understand or do.
Every single card has an open discussion where professionals challenge, refine, and improve the content together. Ideas get debated, evidence gets updated, and the content keeps getting sharper.
Join as a contributor!
All roles are volunteer-based, impact-driven, and designed to produce portfolio-ready, real-world work.
Shape the future of digital addiction care with us
Create work that is public, meaningful, and used by real people
Stand for quality in a noisy and low-trust field
Build portfolio-ready experience in science and technology
Grow alongside an international, values-driven team
Get credited as a named author on every piece you create
Contributor
Reads and discusses articles, shares knowledge, and writes content. The heart of the Emese Commons community.
Open Source Curator
Owns the structure, governance, and long-term usability of Emese Commons as a living open-source knowledge system.
Graduate Research Assistant
Supports research, testing, and lab operations while gaining applied experience in digital addiction science.
Shape the future of digital addiction care with us
Create work that is public, meaningful, and used by real people
Stand for quality in a noisy and low-trust field
Build portfolio-ready experience in science and technology
Grow alongside an international, values-driven team
Get credited as a named author on every piece you create
Commons Coordinator
Acts as the strategic 'glue' of Emese Commons, managing contributor workflows and ensuring goals translate into organized action.
Graduate Research Assistant
Supports research, testing, and lab operations while gaining applied experience in digital addiction science.
Methodology & Ethics Reviewer
Safeguards the scientific validity, ethical integrity, and responsible communication of all Emese Commons outputs.
Nicotine Topic Research Lead
Owns the scientific integrity, literature base, and external expert connections of the nicotine addiction vertical.
Social Media Topic Research Lead
Owns the scientific integrity, literature base, and external expert connections of the social media addiction vertical.
Porn Topic Research Lead
Owns the scientific integrity, literature base, and external expert connections of the porn addiction vertical.