We are a strategic discovery, design and development lab working to transition society in response to technological revolution and climate breakdown.

• Climate action

• Social impact design firms

Building smart civics to unlock community transitions in response to the climate crisis.

• Climate action

• Artificial Intelligence

Center at Stanford University connecting and accelerating work on social problems

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Solutions Journalism Toolbox – Health Guide

• Good health and well-being

• Solutions journalism

Compare and visualize voting count data across many levels of US elections

• Civic data
• Voting and elections

The Open Forest Protocol (OFP) is changing how forestation (reforestation, afforestation and conservation) projects are monitored, verified and funded with blockchain technology.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• forests
• Life on land

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

EarthFund is using 15% of its equity (plus contributions and LP rewards) to build a planet-saving treasury, controlled by you.

• Climate action

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

US State Department report on state-funded misinformation

• Fight disinformation

We help government teams gather & analyze inclusive data to achieve equitable outcomes. Get actionable insights faster with our cloud-based solution.

• Govtech
• Data visualization
• Surveys & polling

Rep'd is a civic engagement platform that powers the digital conversation between voters and candidates, constituents and elected officials.

• Communicating with the government
• Campaign tools
• Open asks

A nonpartisan group of businesses working together to build a future where everyone participates in shaping our country.

• Voting and elections
• Partner networks and coalitions

Transforming corrections with technology

• recidivism
• criminal justice

• Legal tech
• Open justice
• Hardware

We utilize radical imagination, art and culture to communicate ideas, connect brands with causes and advance social change.

• Social impact design firms

A DAO investing in Earth's Ecosystems.

• Climate action

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

Ocean Protection, Decentralized

• Sustainable cities and communities
• Life below water

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

Drive climate action and earn rewards with a carbon-backed, algorithmic digital currency.

• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

Spark Eco will invest in solar energy projects, fund non-profits working on solar projects in developing communities, and support land preservation efforts.

• Climate action
• Affordable and clean energy
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Blockchain
• DAO (Decentralized autonomous organization)

The Disinfo Defense League (DDL) is a distributed national network of organizers, researchers and disinformation experts disrupting online racialized disinformation infrastructure and campaigns that deliberately target Black, Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander and other communities of color.

• racial equity
• Latinx

• Fight disinformation
• Deliberation
• Partner networks and coalitions

12-24 month startup accelerator at Cornell Tech

• Academia
• Accelerators
• Public Interest Tech

Small and easily secured into any face mask, FaceBit is accompanied by a mobile application that provides a user interface and facilitates research.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Hardware
• Wearables

Mixhubb is a one of its kind virtual event platform that lets you build your event, your way and empowers you to build, create, manage and deliver an immersive 3D experience for your attendees.

• Organize events

Become a Media and Technology Policy Expert

• Academic programs

Through public reports and briefings with policymakers, business leaders, and civil society organizations, the Initiative will highlight digital platform reform options, as well as offer expertise on legislative reform proposals and platform self-governance options.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Research and policy centers

Collaborating with Philadelphians to design better City policies and services.

• city

• Govtech
• Design
• Service delivery

South Africa's Online Budget Data

• Budget explorers

Social Media Management Software for Politics

• Organize campaigns
• Social media

The Affidavit Assistant helps you collect information for your case

• apps
• housing

• Legal tech

MPR can be used to find out what you can expect when your doctor prescribes you something; find out if there are cheaper generics that you can use instead; and make sure that you aren't being overcharged.

• health
• Responsible consumption and production
• Good health and well-being

• Civic data

A community of organisers across the UK and Ireland supporting each other to fuel the tech for good movement

• Partner networks and coalitions

The largest civic literacy network in Brazil

• students

• Civic literacy

In partnership with researcher Dr Jun-E Tan, EngageMedia has produced research that aims to provide an understanding of AI and its governance from the perspective of civil society in Southeast Asia.

• Artificial Intelligence

Gazettes are a critical record of South African history. They should be easy to find and use, and freely available to everyone. With nearly 40, 000 gazettes from between 1958 and 2020 available, Open Gazettes is the largest freely online collection of gazettes in South Africa.

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals
• Archives

We help shape the future of technology and society to advance equity, expand opportunity and protect basic rights and liberties.

• Academia
• Academic programs
• Public Interest Tech

An open-source software service for stitching together systems of modular agreement systems

• Decentralization
• Civic platform interoperability

The Metagovernance Seminar invites individuals working in online governance to present their work to a community of other researchers and practitioners.

• Conferences
• Decentralization

A free e-book covering common patterns in open project governance

• books

• Group decision making
• Books
• Community-building resources

A tool for building and evolving governance in online communities.

• Slack

• Adjacent Fields
• Group decision making
• Decentralization

A video series promoting public literacy of tech in public spaces

• public space

• Digital literacy
• Shows and films

Beat the supply-chain blues with our staff picks for affordable alternative presents — plus toys, treats and tools for the holiday season.

• Civic tech gifts

Report by EngageMedia

• Digital rights

Standardized data on historical general election polling places in the United States.

• Civic data
• Voting and elections
• Open civic data

The EMPATIA platform has developed and integrated a number of digital and non digital tools that can support the design, implementation and evaluation of complex participatory systems.

• Ideation
• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting tools

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on algorithmic tools used by city agencies

• Govtech
• Algorithmic transparency
• Civic tech legislation and policy

A volunteer-led, public, historical analysis of Canadian federal government contract spending at a whole-of-government level, based on scraping work to unify data from numerous departmental websites.

• Civic data
• Open government data
• Procurement

We analyse user needs and implement open source solutions to put your services on a path of continuous improvement.

• Social impact design firms

The New York Times on civic tech for social benefits

• Access social benefits

We build software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation.

• Access social benefits

Communication gateway for municipalities

• Surveys & polling
• Communicating with the people
• Issue reporting

OF/BY/FOR ALL toolkit (PDF)

• toolkits

• Surveys & polling
• Tech for your meetings

CivicTech Lab at National University of Singapore is a research hub led by Dr. Weiyu Zhang. We are a team of social scientists, computer scientists, and digital cultural analysts.

• Research and policy centers