The Mitigating Wildfire Initiative facilitates dialogue and collaboration to identify and advance solutions that address the fundamental changes happening in wildfire risk and management in British Columbia.

• fires

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

DoT’s mission is to convene a sustained and nuanced societal dialogue between leaders, experts and community members around the social impacts of AI in British Columbia and Canada.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) is a collective impact project that brings together housing providers, researchers, local and regional governments, housing associations and health authorities to experiment with and learn about ways of effectively building community, social connectedness and resilience in B.C.’s fast-growing vertical communities.

• housing
• cities
• social isolation

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Urban planning

Canada’s platform for bold policies and better leaders.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Course designed and taught by Soizic Pénicaud at Sciences Po Paris’ Graduate School of Public Affairs in September-December 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Academia
• Courses

Stanford + DeepMind study that used LLMs to simulate people with AI agents based on a 2-hour interview

• Google

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Academia

Research, Education, and Civic Engagement

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Cybersecurity

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

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Civic apps outfits

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

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Evaluate impact

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

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Academia

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

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

• Academia
• Cybersecurity
• Academic programs

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・

• Learn about civic tech
• 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

• Academia
• Peer-reviewed research
• 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
• Deliberation

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

• Digital security and privacy
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• 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.

• Learn about civic tech
• 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
• Deliberation

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

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

• Academia
• Cybersecurity
• Pro bono and volunteer

Brooks School of Public Policy

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

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

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Academia
• Cybersecurity

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
• Academia

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

• Research and policy centers
• Legal tech
• Academia

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

• Research and policy centers
• Legal tech
• 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

• Academia
• Peer-reviewed research

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

"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
• Academia