Automated monitoring, issue management, analysis and reporting of political affairs.

• Govtech
• Government transparency
• Data science for social good

To improve the study of the impact of the internet on democracy by increasing the scale, quality and availability of social media data

• Civic data
• Media and social media analysis
• Data science for social good

In a cross-sector partnership led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture, The Clima y Sector Agropecuario Colombiano (Colombian Climate and Agricultural Sector; CSAC) provides meteorological data to farmers along with data on the economics and agronomy of rice cultivation.

• agriculture
• Climate action
• Zero hunger

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

The Housing Data Coalition (HDC) is a group of individuals and organizations who collaborate on their use of public data to further housing justice in New York City.

• housing

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

creating public value by exchanging data

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Restaurant hygiene scores from the City of San Francisco will be imported onto Yelp business pages

• civic features
• health
• Good health and well-being

• Data science for social good
• Data schemas and standards

Preteckt studies vehicle data from buses to predict system failures at least 48 hours before the Check Engine light is activated and the bus must be removed from service. Preteckt’s insights have the potential to reduce time spent on maintenance, prevent service disruptions and reduce fleet costs.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

As of October 2014, the Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project is enabling scientists across the world to gain access to the company’s clinical trial data assets.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Announcement & Call for Submissions

• women

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Rothamsted Research, a UK based research institution and one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, is working to make the results and data from their experiments universally accessible.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

We solve your toughest challenges with expert data science – for businesses, campaigns, and government.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

Connecting Museums and Communities

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Harnessing Data Science to Measure and Counter Hate Speech & Crime

• harassment
• racial equity

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Flowminder Foundation is a registered non-profit entity based in Stockholm, Sweden, Our mission is to improve public health outcomes by working with NGOs and government agencies with method development, capacity building, and implementation and scaling of processes relating to collecting, aggregating, analyzing, and disseminating anonymized mobile phone location data and satellite data.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Data for Climate Action called upon researchers to harness dataprovided by the multinational banking company BBVA, the global telecommunications provider Orange, Waze, and others for climate-related activities.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

data.org brings together philanthropy, private sector technology, academia, and social impact organizations to build the field of data science for social impact.

• Data science for social good

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Researchers used satellite and cell phone data to map how malaria spreads throughout Namibia and show where elimination efforts have the greatest impact.

• The People
• Data visualization
• Data science for social good

Open Cities Lab is a non-profit open and non-partisan organisation that combines the use of action research, co-design, data science, and technology with civic engagement, to enable the development of inclusive cities and urban spaces.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The People
• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech

This collaboration between Feeding America and Nielsen in 2014 collected and mapped data about food insecurity across America to aid research and advocacy efforts.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Data as protest. Data as accountability. Data as collective action.

• racial equity

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

December 11-13 2020

• racial equity

• Data science for social good
• Conferences

Earth Observation for Disaster Risk Management

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Future Cities Catapult has developed a City Data Sharing Toolkit. The toolkit includes tools, approaches and resources for local authorities sharing non-personal data.

• cities
• toolkits

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

to address the inefficiencies of developing contractual agreements for public-private data collaboration

• resources

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

The conference will connect leaders and practitioners to explore how non-profits are adapting and excelling in an increasingly data-driven world.

• The People
• Civic data
• Meet the others

Uptake.org leverages Uptake's people, technology and expertise to address the world's most pressing problems.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

The All-in-One Campaign Management Dashboard for Democrats and Progressives

• partisan

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

The Dangerous Speech Project was founded in 2010 to study speech (any form of human expression) that inspires violence between groups of people – and to find ways to mitigate this while protecting freedom of expression.

• hate speech

• The People
• Media
• Learn about civic tech

The Data and Statistics division of Seoul’s metropolitan government analyzed late night call records provided by the Korean telecom KT Company to plan bus routes in a more inclusive manner.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Fellows will work closely with PRU staff to support multiple research projects including statistical data analysis and monitoring the poverty reduction effects of the city’s anti-poverty initiatives.

• No poverty

• The People
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.

• human rights
• immigration

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

Intel is working with University of California, Davis, to perfect irrigation techniques by placing sensors in crops and other strategic areas to monitor soil and air moisture levels.

• agriculture
• Zero hunger

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

At DataHaven, our mission is to improve quality of life by collecting, interpreting and sharing public data for effective decision-making

• The People
• Data science for social good

Grab, a ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia, and the World Bank are developing free, open-source tools that translate Grab’s driver GPS data into traffic statistics, including speeds, flows, and intersection delays.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Our mission is to maximize the availability and impact of data for public good.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

The ride-hailing company is working with DC to share data—and the much coveted curb.

• Uber

• Data science for social good
• Urban planning

A report on innovations attempted by Mobile Network Operators following the major earthquake in Nepal

• earthquakes

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

The event is a 5-day design sprint where multidisciplinary teams consisting of the best local, regional and international talent in data, design, journalism and technology are teamed up with NGOs that collect data.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Global Fishing Watch is a collaboration among SkyTruth, Oceana, and Google to map and measure fishing activity worldwide using data from the Automatic Identification System (AIS), a ship-tracking system used by large fishing vessels.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

UN report of 200 mobile data for social good projects

• United Nations

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Metro is the largest active transportation dataset on the planet.

• mobility

• The People
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

Pew Research Center makes most of its datasets available for download once reporting has been completed for a given study. Here's how to find and access our data.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Supernormal explored an algorithm that integrates social equity as a key variable in prioritizing infrastructural replacements and repairs.

• Reduced inequalities
• Industry, innovation, and infrastructure

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

China Green Horizon is a project between Beijing’s municipal government and IBM Research to improve the accuracy of air quality assessments.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Global Forest Watch collects crowdsourced, geographic data to track environmental degradation around the world.

• Life on land
• forests

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Harnessing the power of data science in the service of humanity.

• The People
• Data science for social good
• Pro bono and volunteer