Adjacent Fields - (436)

Although not always explicitly civic tech, these categories are directly adjacent, like tech for other shared, public challenges, or foundational layers that must be present for civic tech to succeed in its goals.

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InsideAirbnb

Inside Airbnb is an independent, non-commercial set of tools and data that allows you to explore how Airbnb is being used in cities around the world.

Pocket Law

Pocket Law

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

Pocket Law is an offline legal library for students with no internet connection at home, and for courts with limitedinternet connectivity. Additionally, smaller or younger law firms can also subscribe to use this legal library.

Data Harm Record

Data Harm Record

Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

The aim of this document is to provide a running record of ‘data harms’, harms that have been caused by uses of big data. The goal is to document and learn from where things have gone wrong.

LABIC

LABIC

South America

LABIC are a series of labs aimed at fostering civic innovation in Ibero-America, in order to boost social transformation, democratic governance, and social, cultural and economic development.

Online Lawyers

Online Lawyers

Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien)

Online Lawyers is an online platform where individuals and businesses can connect with lawyers and seek legaladvice online.

HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)

HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)

Fluwelen Burgwal 582511, The Hague, The Netherlands

User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.

Fast AI

Deep learning is transforming the world. We are making deep learning easier to use and getting more people from all backgrounds involved through our: free courses for coders, software library, cutting-edge research, and community

Online Mediation Center

Online Mediation Center

National Law School of India University, Gnana Bharathi Main Road, Opp NAAC, Teachers Colony, Naagarabhaavi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Online Mediation Center is a pilot project at the National Law School in Bangalore, and provides online tools to address consumer grievances.

Platform Coop

Platform Coop

65 W 11th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Supporting platform co-ops.

LawRato

LawRato

India (Bhārat)

LawRato is an online platform which allows individuals and businesses to find lawyers and receive free legalinformation online.

Centro de Relevo

Centro de Relevo

Cra. 8a, Bogotá, Colombia

Inclusion for allowing citizens with hearing impairment to interact with public services and institutions.

Seeing AI

Seeing AI

Redmond, WA

A free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the low vision community, this research project harnesses the power of AI to describe people, text and objects

Investigating digital tool re-use among UK organizations

Investigating digital tool re-use among UK organizations

The Engine Room, Albany Street, London, UK

We’re excited to share that over the next year, we’ll be carrying out a new research initiative looking at how UK charities re-use existing digital tools for service delivery.

SciStarter

SciStarter

Philadelphia

Real science we can do together. Join a #citizenscience project (we feature 2500+).

Legal Aid Checker

Legal Aid Checker

Victoria, Australia

Legal Aid Checker provides a guided pathway to information about common legal issues.

Centre for Internet and Society

Centre for Internet and Society

194, 2nd C Cross Rd, Stage 2, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560071

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an Indian, non-profit organization that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives -- including hundreds of articles on Accessibility.

Fired Without Cause

Fired Without Cause helps users understand whether their employer treated them fairly. The app also has a severance pay calculator.

Cities Coalition for Digital Rights

Cities Coalition for Digital Rights

United Nations Avenue Nairobi, Kenya 00100

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

Wikimedia Germany Fellowships

Wikimedia Germany Fellowships

Wikimedia Deutschland

Mit dem Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen unterstützen Wikimedia Deutschland, der Stifterverband und die VolkswagenStiftung Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler dabei, ihre Forschung und Lehre offen zu gestalten

IP Observatory

IP Observatory

Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton VIC, Australia

Internet insights for social good

PakAirQuality

Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.

Coops.tech

Creative technology companies, fully owned and controlled by the people who do the work.

REVIVN

REVIVN

New York City

Revivn collects excess hardware from your business, secures your data & repurposes your unused tech for a greater cause.

eclips.is

eclips.is is a free, lightweight platform where you can launch your (virtual) servers. It is funded by Open Technology Fund (OTF) to facilitate an easy accessible cloud infrastructure.

Digital Defenders Partnership

We support Human Rights Defenders facing digital threats and work to strengthen local rapid response networks.

Fairwork

Fairwork

University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UK

The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.

Protect Our Care

A campaign leveraging personal stories about Pre-Existing Conditions, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act to defend it from legislative attacks

MyLawBC

MyLawBC

British Columbia

Through various tools on its website, MyLawBC provides legal aid, legal advice, information and representation topeople facing a legal problem.

Haki Law App

Haki Law App intends to make knowledge about laws easily accessible. The mobile application provides legalinformation and connects citizens to lawyers.

Sauti

Sauti

Nairobi

Sauti is a mobile-based platform allows cross-border traders to access real-time market prices, exchange rates and trade procedures, using a basic phone.

Bookshare

Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.

Netzpolitik

Netzpolitik

Germany (Deutschland)

netzpolitik.org ist eine Plattform für digitale Freiheitsrechte.

ethiTech

ethiTech

New York City

Our goal is to exponentially accelerate our ability to address global challenges that threaten our existence.

Wetaase

Wetaase

Kampala, Uganda

Wetaase is an online and mobile platform serving high-risk individuals, victims and survivors of human trafficking in Uganda.

Cloudflare for Campaigns

Cloudflare for Campaigns

101 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94107

It is designed to make it easier for all political campaigns and parties, especially those with small teams and limited resources, to get access to cybersecurity services.

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