Projects - Academia

Tufts Cybersecurity Center for the Public Good

Massachusetts

Research, Education, and Civic Engagement

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

MIT Media Lab

Designing tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society.

Accountability Research Center (ARC)

Washington, DC

Accountability Research Center bridges research and frontline perspectives to learn from ideas, institutions, and actors that advance strategies to improve public and corporate accountability. Learn more Make a gift to ARC

Stanford Online Deliberation Platform

450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

The Online Deliberation Platform is a video discussion platform for groups of 8-15 people.

GloTech Lab @ UMass

Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech) is a hub for interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of critical tech studies and global studies.

Pitt Cyber

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Academia.edu

San Francisco

Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers

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シビックテック・デザイン学創成寄付研 (Civic Tech Design Initiative (CTDI))

Tokyo

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・

デジタル空間社会連携研究機構 (Digital Sapital Society (DSS))

Tokyo

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

Empowering Indigenous Communities: Land Alienation in Tripura and Restoration through ICT Initiatives

India (Bhārat)

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

Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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

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Transversal Design for Social Impact

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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.

Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

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.

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

Berkeley, California, USA

at University of California Berkeley

The Impact and Opportunities of Generative AI in Fact-Checking

Washington state, USA

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

When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study

Amsterdam

[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

The Internet & Democracy Initiative

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

Psychology of Misinformation Lab

Boston, MA

Center for Labor and a Just Economy (CLJE:Lab)

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

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.

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Civic Tech Innovation Short Course, Wits School of Governance

Johannesburg, South Africa

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.

Ohio State Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA)

Columbus, OH, USA

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.

Design for America Studios

Chicago, IL

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

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Citizen Clinic

Berkeley, California, USA

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

Tech Policy Institute at Cornell

Brooks School of Public Policy

Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics

United States of America (the)

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

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

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

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

219 W 40th St

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

Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab (STSV Lab)

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Led by Harold F

City AI Connect

Johns Hopkins University

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

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Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab

450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

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®.

Colaboratorio de Desenvolvimento e ParticipaçāoCo:Lab

Brazil (Brasil)

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

#ISOJ

Austin, TX

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

Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab)

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

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

The Decidim ‘soft infrastructure’: democratic platforms and technological autonomy in Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

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."

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NuLawLab

Boston, MA

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

The Centre for Excellence in e‑Governance Studies (eGovlab)

Kista, Sweden

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.

EUfactcheck.eu

Mechelen

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.

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The Knight-Georgetown Institute

Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, United States

Georgetown has partnered with the John S

Curricular Resource: Public Interest Data Literacy

Georgia (US state)

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

Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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

Polis (London School of Economics)

Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE

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

Cornell Tech

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

Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech

Cornell Tech

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

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Case Western Reserve Certificate in Data Sciences for Social Impact

Cleveland, Ohio

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.

Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance

University of Canberra

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

The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Innovation Towards the Co-Creation of Smart Sustainable Cities

"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.

Public Interest Technology University Network: Understanding the State of the Field in 2021

Boston University

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.

Boston University Initiative on Cities

Boston University

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.