Projects - Learn about civic tech

Good Standing podcast

New York City

Good Standing is dedicated to exploring how individuals and organizations are driving real-world impact.

podcasts

Épicos

Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

Aumentar a segurança dos servidores públicos na execução de projetos inovadores, valorizando, prestigiando e dando voz aos inovadores.

零時小學校 sch001

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

零時小學校（Sch001）是聚焦在教育的 g0v 專案

Learn about civic tech

g0v 揪松電子報 jothon Substack

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

By Ronny Wang · Over 3,000 subscribers

Civic Tech Project & Community Handbook

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

From Taiwan’s g0v Community to the World: The Collaborative Wisdom of Digital Citizens

reports
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Guía para el Desarrollo de Espacios Participativos

Argentina

Abordaje conceptual y metodológico para la incorporación de las preferencias de la ciudadanía en políticas públicas

Digital Society Initiative Democracy Community

Zurich

The DSI Community Democracy at the University of Zurich focuses on research related to the impact of digitalisation on the political system, on democracy, and on related topics.

The Global Public Impact of GovTech

A $9.8 Trillion Opportunity. World Economic Forum report (2025)

reports

COLDIGIT glossary for Collective Intelligence Tools

Helsinki, Finland

A glossary for the repository of Collective Intelligence Tools and Case studies

AI and the Future of Digital Public Squares

Here, we explore four applications of LLMs to improve digital public squares: collective dialogue systems, bridging systems, community moderation, and proof-of-humanity systems.

Working bibliography on public procurement of Artificial Intelligence

Spain (España)

[A] collection of works related with AI in public Administration, in a very broad sense.

The report serves as an entry point to this ‘forecasting’ stream of work that organizations working in the digital rights ecosystem often overlook, especially when resources are scarce, and they are focused on current challenges and ongoing projects.

reports

Wilder Journal

Barcelona, Spain

Here you will find in-depth articles (deep dives), interviews and other content related to our lines of activity (Future Culture, Democratic Innovation, Citizen Empowerment, Social Economy and cooperativism).

Protests in the United States on Palestine and Israel, 2023–2024

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Analyzes the size, rhetorical nature, and non-violent nature of the pro-Palestine protest wave, which it finds to be "the largest, most sustained US protests sparked by a foreign event" since their data became available in 2017. Published in Social Movement Studies

Israel Palestine

How AI Can Support Democracy Movements: Summary Report of a Research and Practice Workshop

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

This report summarizes a December 2024 workshop on the specific issue of AI adoption within democracy movements and offers some key recommendations.

Public & Collab Services Course

The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USA

A core course for the Graduate Minor in Civic Service Design at Parsons School of Design at The New School, taught by Lara Penin

Data as Material Course

The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USA

Taught By Richard The

Storytelling with Data Course

The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USA

Taught by Maria Massei-Rosato

How to Think/Act in Dark Times: Exploring a Critical Praxis

The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USA

Taught By: Eduardo Staszowski

Project 2025

Doing Democracy Differently

New York, USA

This 10 Credit CTLE (Continuing Teacher and Leader Education) course presented with Democracy Without Elections introduces secondary teachers to the expanding use of lottery (sortition) to bring diverse groups of citizens together to form policy recommendations.

teachers & educators

Governance of Emerging Technology and Tech Innovations for Next-Gen Governance (GETTING-Plurality)

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

A multi-disciplinary research network linking philosophers, social scientists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and technologists.

Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation

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

The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation aims to reinforce democracy through strengthening institutions, building interpersonal and informational trust, and reducing hyper-partisan affective polarization with research and field-building.

Tech Shadow Work

Newsletter by Rebecca Williams

Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast

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

The Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast brings you the latest research, insights, and ideas on how nonviolent action can — or sometimes fails — to transform injustice.

podcasts

How can civic tech help improve government service delivery?

Ontario

Ever wonder, “How can civic tech help improve government service delivery?” If so, check out this new research from the Canadian Digital Service! It includes 5 case studies of partnerships between the Canadian government and civic tech groups, plus tools to assess if civic tech might be a good partner for a government initiative. Find it here: https://digital.canada.ca/2025/01/23/how-can-civic-tech-help-improve-government-service-delivery/

reports

Community Data: Creative Approaches to Empowering People with Information

Cambridge, MA

by Rahul Bhargava

books

Lottocracy

The first sustained, detailed philosophical defense of using lotteries, rather than elections, to select political representatives

books

Reimagining Technology

How can we ensure that democratic capacity can keep pace with AI advances? What are achievable positive visions for a world being transformed by technology? By Aviv Ovadya

Global Trends in Government Innovation 2024

OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, France

This report analyses nearly 800 case studies from 83 countries and identifies five critical trends in government innovation that are reshaping public services.

Myanmar Internet Project

Myanmar (Myăma)

The Myanmar Internet Project was established in 2022 by a collective of researchers, practitioners and advocates with years of experience tracking developments in the Myanmar digital space.

The Curve

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The Curve is a series of free, 90-minute workshops for third sector organisations.

trainings

NGI0: Next Generation Internet podcast

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland)

Conversations with the people building the Next Generation Internet (NGI). They’re working on free and open source technologies to make the internet more resilient, secure, trustworthy, accessible and human-centered.

podcasts

Proudly Serving

United States of America (the)

A guide to public service in the digital age

books

Open civic organizations

California

Mission-minded people, powered by open, agile flow, joining together, learning from one another, building a better civic experience for the communities they serve.

The Political Technologist

Newspeak House, Bethnal Green Road, London, UK

The Political Technologist is a multimedia publication that covers the latest developments and trends in the field of political technology, inviting the audience to collective sense-making with the editorial board as day-to-day events unfold in front of our eyes.

Newspeak House

Centro de Pensamiento y Acción

Asunción, Paraguay

Los centros de pensamiento son «asociaciones de investigadores, de áreas diversas del saber, que, mediante la investigación, el debate académico, la producción de documentos y la relación con sectores y problemas estratégicos de la realidad nacional, definen e inciden, a partir de su trabajo en red, en la evaluación y formulación de políticas públicas».

Landscape Scan of Digital Public Goods Use in Government

Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Landscape Scan of Digital Public Goods Use in Government

Decidim Zotero library

Barcelona, Spain

An open library of numerous cataloged studies and resources about the platform

Decidim

Parliamentary Resource Hub (PRHub)

GE185-7537 BOHYE ROAD (ECOWAS HIGHWAY), NEW ASHONGMAN ESTATE, ACCRA GHANA

The Parliamentary Resource Hub (PRHub) is an online knowledge platform that facilitates the sharing of high-quality information on African parliaments, and contributes to strengthening the capacities of parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) through interactive learning to effectively promote parliamentary development in Africa.

Civil Society Public Finance Management Course

GE185-7537 BOHYE ROAD (ECOWAS HIGHWAY), NEW ASHONGMAN ESTATE, ACCRA GHANA

APMON is launching the “Civil Society- Public Finance Management (PFM) e-Course” for parliamentary monitoring organizations to strengthen their understanding and advocacy on parliaments’ role in PFM, debt transparency and accountability.