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• Cybersecurity
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Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers

• commercial

• Academia
• Research tools

東京大学内に設置された「デジタル空間社会連携研究機構」を中心に、市民や地域企業、行政、関連団体など多様なステークホルダーが関わり、地域やコミュニティのためのデータ・

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• Research and policy centers
• Academia

デジタル空間社会連携研究機構ではIoTデバイスからのデータなどの多様でダイナミックなリアルタイム時空間ビッグデータを一元的に集約し、これらを統合した形で人々や企業の活動、交通

• Civic data
• Research and policy centers
• Mapping

Through a comprehensive analysis of various ICT projects, this study examines the success and challenges of using technology to protect and restore land rights.

• land
• indigenous

• Peer-reviewed research
• Academia
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University drives innovation in local government by marrying cutting-edge practice with world-class research.

• cities
• local

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

This course uniquely combines the critical lens of art with the innovation framework of DesignX, promoting introspection and thoughtful deliberation before diving into design interventions.

• Academia
• Courses
• Design

PSAM’s activities include research, monitoring, advocacy and capacity building. Working through southern Africa, PSAM generates and shares knowledge about social accountability and the monitoring and advocacy tools that can build more open, participatory and accountable governments.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Research and policy centers
• Government transparency

at University of California Berkeley

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Cybersecurity

Paper by ROBERT WOLFE and TANUSHREE MITRA, University of Washington, United States

• Fight disinformation
• Artificial Intelligence
• Factchecking

[A] multi-stakeholder co-design project – including a citizen panel – is an integral part of the process in which the service is designed and realized

• mobility
• cities

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy
• Smart Cities and sensors

The Internet & Democracy Initiative will study problems that have widespread information and social media implications.

• Fight disinformation
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

• Fight disinformation
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

CLJE:Lab is the policy and legal innovation lab at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy – where our ideas for building worker power and strengthening democracy hit the ground.

• labor

• Academia
• Innovation teams and labs

This course will provide you with skills to develop an applied understanding of how to use technological platforms to enhance the interface between government and citizens in the delivery of services.

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• Academia
• Courses

We seek to make democracy more deliberative – to empower people to talk across differences, find common ground, and build political change for the public good.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Studios are nodes of community, design education, and localized impact within university campuses across the U.S.

• students

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Academia

We are training the next generation of cyber leaders and safeguarding community organizations.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Academia
• Cybersecurity

Brooks School of Public Policy

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Citizen Clinic is a public-interest cybersecurity clinic at UC Berkeley.

• Academia
• Cybersecurity
• Pro bono and volunteer

Research, ideas, and leadership for a more peaceful world.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

At the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, change is in our DNA.

• Media
• Journalism
• Academia

Led by Harold F

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

A global community for cities to learn about generative AI together, faster.

• cities

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers

The Deliberative Democracy Lab (formerly the Center for Deliberative Democracy), housed within the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, is devoted to research about democracy and public opinion obtained through Deliberative Polling®.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Surveys & polling

O COLAB é um centro de pesquisa que atua também no desenvolvimento de software e na formação de pessoas.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Civic apps outfits

#GotaGoGama, which criticized Gotabaya's candidacy and highlighted human rights abuses.

• Media
• Journalism
• Peer-reviewed research

We pilot, build, and test solutions for compliance, mass adjudication, policy making, and government services

• Legal tech
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Paper by Paolo Cardullo, Ramon Ribera-Fumaz, and Paco González Gil. "In this paper we focus on the platform’s ‘soft infrastructure’ – the network of developers, ethical hackers, academics, maintainers, advocates and activists, and city administrators but also the agreements with the city and the documentation produced – on its internal governance arrangements and the provincialising relationships these might entail."

• Decidim

• Peer-reviewed research
• Academia

The NuLawLab is the interdisciplinary innovation laboratory at Northeastern University School of Law. We are leaders in the emerging global Legal Design movement.

• Legal tech
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

eGovlab is the Stockholm University Centre for Excellence in e-Governance Studies focused on driving European and International research collaboration for research and development in the area of IT in the Public Sector.

• Govtech
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

EUfactcheck, an initiative of the European Journalism Training Association (EJTA) fights misinformation about European policies and topics. Journalism students from all over Europe factcheck claims made by politicians and others and rate them.

• students

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Journalism

Georgetown has partnered with the John S

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Tech or Digital Policy

Public Interest Data Literacy (PIDLit) at Georgia State University weds the skills of data literacy with the frameworks and tools of public interest technology.

• Academia
• Digital literacy
• Public Interest Tech

The Center for Information Technology Policy is a nexus of expertise in technology, engineering, public policy, and the social sciences.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

London School of Economics’ media think-tank in collaboration with the LSE’s Department of Media and Communications.

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Cornell Tech is a graduate campus and research center of Cornell University, located on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, in New York City.

• Learn about civic tech
• Academia
• Academic programs

Making cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.

• cities

• Emerging tech
• Research and policy centers
• Smart Cities and sensors

A team of researchers led by Dominik Hangartner, IPL co-director and professor of public policy at ETH Zurich, has joined forces with colleagues at the University of Zurich to investigate what kind of messages could lead authors of hate speech to refrain from such postings in the future

• hate speech
• X (Twitter)

• Peer-reviewed research
• Academia

A research article in the Journal of Deliberative Democracy by Espen Leirset

• Peer-reviewed research
• Academia
• Communicating with the people

Do you have a passion for ensuring technology and innovation benefit society? Join this unique program and become a leader in examining and using technology for social good, whether in the public or private sector or in nonprofit organizations.

• Academia
• Public Interest Tech
• Academic programs

A paper published in Nature introducing a database of public meetings in the US

• YouTube

• Communicating with the government
• Peer-reviewed research
• Academia

Academic center at the University of Canberra, Australia and publisher of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

This report from Katharine Lusk and Azer Bestravos of Boston University evaluates of the state of the field across the 43 academic institutions that make up the Public Interest Technology University Network as of the summer of 2021, providing insight into the ways in which PIT-UN members are investing in its five priority areas, and sheds light on the state of the field more generally.

• reports
• students

• Academia
• Fieldwide resources
• Public Interest Tech

"Findings from this study presents a developed model that can support community engagement for urban innovation by specifying factors that influences community engagement for smart sustainable city development." by Bokolo Anthony Jr.

• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and the Case School of Engineering, two of Case Western Reserve University's top schools, have developed a Certificate in Data Sciences for Social Impact.

• Data science for social good
• Academia
• Academic programs

The Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) is an open access journal publishing articles that shape the course of scholarship on deliberative democracy.

• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

With branches at Stanford University and ETH Zurich, IPL is an international community of scholars dedicated to innovation in immigration policy.

• immigration
• refugees

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

The Initiative on Cities serves as a hub for urban related research and teaching across Boston University. We engage with urban leaders, policymakers, academics, and students from around the world to work toward sustainable, just, and inclusive urban transformation.

• cities

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

The Public Technology Leadership Collaborative (PTLC) is a new peer learning collective of scholars, researchers, and government leaders committed to addressing the social and cultural implications of data and technology.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia