Projects - Adjacent Fields

Algorithmic Transparency Institute

Washington, DC

The Algorithmic Transparency Institute builds technology, gathers data, and generates insights to support research, journalism, and advocacy organizations.

Responsible Computing Challenge

Mountain View, CA, USA

The Responsible Computing Challenge - supported by the Mellon Foundation, Omidyar Network, Schmidt Futures, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, USAID, Mozilla - fund academic teams that combine faculty and practitioners from Computing, Humanities, Library and Information Science, and Social Science fields in order to reimagine how the next generation of technologists will be educated.

Quality education

Platform://Democracy

Humboldt-Institut Berlin, Invalidenstraße, Berlin, Germany

The project "Platform://Democracy: Platform Councils as Tools to Democratize Hybrid Online Orders" examines how the rules of discourse on platforms can be aligned with public values. It focuses on the following question: Can "platform councils" or other institutions ensure that public interests and democratic values are taken into account in the rule-making processes of platforms?

All Tech Is Human

New York City, NY, USA

All Tech Is Human is strengthening the Responsible Tech ecosystem with multiple stakeholders, disciplines, and perspectives so we can tackle wicked tech & society problems.

Mapping Healthy Digital Public Spaces

We are identifying the organizations and leaders creating digital community-building platforms that strengthen our democracy.

Tech Stewardship Practice Program

A 12 hour asynchronous online “base” program to help you launch your practice

courses

SmartResponse

Informed Giving = More Effective Relief

Mobile Intelligence Alliance

Secure the Future of Mobility

Deon

deon is a command line tool that allows you to easily add an ethics checklist to your data science projects. We support creating a new, standalone checklist file or appending a checklist to an existing analysis in many common formats.

Democracy Classroom

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Bringing together democratic organisations and sharing non-partisan resources for teachers to support young people to engage in elections.

students

Interventions to End Online Violence Against Women in Politics

This NDI report includes a list of interventions that technology platforms, governments, civil society organizations, and the media can take to make meaningful progress towards ending online violence against women in politics.

reports

Kara

Automated data gathering, simple ESG frameworks & actionable insights for venture capital investors and portfolio companies.

Beyond Finance

Chicago, IL

Helping You Move Beyond Debt

Decent work and economic growth

None Of Your Business (NOYB)

NOYB enforces your right to privacy everyday

Have I Been Trained?

Search 5.8 billion images used to train popular AI art models

We, the Internet

Paris, France

Internet governance, with and for citizens

OONI Probe

Global community measuring Internet censorship since 2012

apps

Internet Freedom Foundation

New Delhi

IFF advances democratic freedoms for every Indian in a digital society.

Teplitsa Social Technologies

str. 1905, 10A, 3rd Floor, 127006, Moscow, p/58

Некоммерческий образовательный проект для гражданских активистов и IT-специалистов

Congressional App Challenge

740 15th St. NW Washington D.C.

We are Members of the U.S. House of Representatives hosting district-wide Congressional App Challenges for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science.

Carceral Tech Resistance Network

ctrn is a space of convening for those organizing against the design, experimentation, and deployment of carceral technologies.

The Limits to Digital Consent: Understanding the risks of ethical consent and data collection for underrepresented communities

A 2021 report by SimplySecure and The New Design Congress

reports

Bits of Freedom

Netherlands (the)

Bits of Freedom was founded in 1999. We influence policies and legislation to support an open and fair information society.

Terms of Service; Didn't Read

Summarizes tech terms and conditions in a more legible format

Access Lab

Portugal

Access Lab é uma empresa que trabalha o acesso de pessoas com deficiência e S/surdas à cultura e ao entretenimento enquanto direito humano fundamental.

TechImpact Technology Learning Center (formerly NPower)

United States of America (the)

Find original research, insights, and assessment tools to help you solve your biggest tech challenges.

trainings

El acceso a los Servicios de la Información y las Personas con Discapacidad

Buenos Aires

El acceso a los servicios de la información y la comunicación y las personas con discapacidad - Un estudio exploratorio realizado en la región del Cono Sur

reports

Quiero Mis Datos

Buenos Aires

Una herramienta para conocer qué saben las empresas sobre vos

GreatFire

China

We monitor and challenge internet censorship in China

Cyber Collective

We empower people to think critically about their relationship with technology and inspire a more socially responsible future.

workshops

Callisto Vault

San Francisco

A suite of tools designed to help survivors navigate barriers and define their own pathways toward healing and justice. Within Callisto Vault, survivors can access two tools: the Matching System and Encrypted Record Form.

harassment

YAI Center for Innovation and Engagement

New York City, NY, USA

YAI’s Center for Innovation and Engagement understands how technology can help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities better participate in their community.

Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning

Massachusetts

Interactive Explorations for Students and Teachers, by Robert W. Maloy, Torrey Trust, Allison Butler, & Chenyang Xu

Localize JS

Easily translate dynamic websites & apps while eliminating tedious file transfers from your localization workflow.

Transifex

Transifex is the world's largest localization community for open source projects

Open Science visualization

This overview highlights resources that are available for TU Delft researchers in their Open Science journey.

guides

Accessibility Insights

Solve accessibility issues before they reach your customers.

Civics of Technology

Texas

The Civics of Technology Project shares research and curriculum and offers professional development that encourages teachers and students to critically inquire into the effects of technology on our individual and collective lives.

FCC Affordable Connectivity Program

United States of America (the)

The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.

Coded Bias

Coded Bias follows M.I.T. Media Lab computer scientist Joy Buolamwini, along with data scientists, mathematicians, and watchdog groups from all over the world, as they fight to expose the discrimination within algorithms now prevalent across all spheres of daily life.

The Open Organization

Resources for building open organizations The Open Organization is a community-driven project leading a global conversation about the ways open principles change how people work, manage, and lead. Our community members generate knowledge and share strategies for building organizational cultures on principles like transparency, adaptability, collaboration, inclusivity, and community.

Adjacent Fields

Where in the World is AI? Responsible & Unethical AI Examples

Everyone is talking about AI, but how and where is it actually being used? We've mapped out interesting examples where AI has been harmful and where it's been helpful.