Civic Tech Field Guide
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This category collects different learning resources about civic tech. You can find from blogs that explain how to enhance the relationship between people and governments to podcasts and films on how humanitarian organizations are responding to crises. The collection also includes books, newsletters, research, catalogs, reports, and information about courses, trainings, and workshops.
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A podcast highlighting the new normal of urbanism in our globalized cities, as told by Kristen Jeffers and Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman - two female urbanists. . 38 Tracks. 277 Followers. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Third Wave Urbanism on your desktop or mobile device.
Data for Black Lives
United States of America (the)Data as protest. Data as accountability. Data as collective action.
Digital upheaval also means a whole universe of tools and techniques are out there to make your reporting easier, faster, harder, smarter.
CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
113 Moses Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.
Offers world-class online courses that empower you to think differently, learn collaboratively and join a global community of learners and doers with a burning desire to change the world.
Methodical Snark
Oslo, NorwayThis is a blog about how the civic tech and accountability field measures its work and its impact.
Local STEM Database
Hayward, CA, USAA crowd-sourced web-based database of organizations, programs, and initiatives at the intersection of STEM and local government and communities.
We are an international organisation that helps activists, organisations, and other social change agents make the most of data and technology to increase their impact.
Global Network Initiative
718 7th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAProtecting and advancing freedom of expression and privacy in information and communications technologies.
A report on innovations attempted by Mobile Network Operators following the major earthquake in Nepal
Master in Data & Design
La Rambla, 30-32, 08002 Barcelona, SpainThe MADD programme will provide candidates with the Master Key to create comprehensible and meaningful ways to connect people with information.
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MIT GOV/LAB
30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USAThe MIT GOV/LAB is a group of political scientists focusing on innovation in citizen engagement and government responsiveness.
The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, database of rigorous reporting on responses to the world's most pressing social problems.
Collaborating with progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns around the US to measure & increase the impact of their programs.
A podcast on breakthroughs in public service technology.
The Public Impact Observatory
10, Rue de Rive 1204 Geneva SwitzerlandThe Public Impact Observatory Welcome to our Public Impact Observatory, a unique database of public policy case studies. Using our Public Impact Fundamentals we have analysed hundreds of examples of public policy succeeding or failing, drawing out the key lessons for future policy work
Speculative Tourism
JerusalemSpeculative Tourism is an international project that operates at the crossroads of science fiction, historical tourism, Augmented Reality and local action.
The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world.
GovEx Center for Government Excellence
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAGovEx at Johns Hopkins successfully helps governments effectively use data in order to make informed decisions on services that improve people’s lives.
From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force
Police Case
Sierra LeonePolice Case uses popular TV culture to educate the public about legal rights and the justice system.
Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines
Common Cents Lab
Duke University, Durham, NC, USASolutions that aim to increase the financial well-being for low- to moderate-income people living in the United States
The Interface is a daily column about the intersection of social media and democracy.
How do you like it so far?
3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281How Do You Like It So Far uses pop culture to take soundings of a society in transition, exploring intersections with civic imagination and engagement, and social and political change. Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay are your guides on this adventure.
Norman Lear Center
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, USAStudying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society
Digital Impact
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USADigital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.
People's Press
58 Victoria EmbankmentPeople’s Press is a fictional community magazine exploring the use of digital social innovation in the year 2030
Chatham House Commission on Democracy and Technology
10 St James's Square, London, UKChatham House is establishing a Commission on Democracy and Technology in Europe to help investigate the nexus of technological change and the future of democratic governance.
Designed for public servants, this course helps government innovators learn how to lead digital-driven change in the public sector.
The Annenberg Innovation Lab (AnnLab)
3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281The Annenberg Innovation Lab is a curious, creative and committed Think & Do Tank at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Civic Tech Innovation Network
Johannesburg, South AfricaMaking technologies work for governance, accountability, and civic participation
Each of our lectures will explore one specific facet of bullshit. For each week, a set of required readings are assigned. For some weeks, supplementary readings are also provided for those who wish to delve deeper.
City Of Tomorrow
AmsterdamIt explores how different stakeholders in the Smart City ecosystem can come together to build safer, more efficient and sustainable cities of the future.
Desis Lab New School Social Innovation
The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USAan action research laboratory
Rebuilding Government is a podcast about the people, technology, and missions redefining government. From local officials to government technology founders, we're diving into how people are reinvigorating our public institutions. In collaboration with UNIT Innovations.
CityScienceLab at HafenCity University Hamburg
Überseeallee 16, Hamburg, GermanyDas CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisierung
DSI Futures
EuropeWe believe that with a better understanding of what future social and environmental challenges and opportunities might look like, and of how digital technologies might evolve in the near future, we stand a better chance of achieving our more positive vision for the future.
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