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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Initiated in 2011 through $100 million in seed money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, inBloom was a nonprofit student data repository that made cleaned, standardized school and student data available to third parties.
OpenGov Foundation
Washington, DCThe OpenGov Foundation is a fiercely apolitical nonprofit dedicated to serving those who serve the people in America’s legislatures.
Copenhagen Internet Infrastructure Walk
CopenhagenThis walking tour was designed by Aslak Ransby, Ingrid Burrington and Janet Gunter for the Internet Infrastructure Summit at Techfestival.
The University of Amsterdam’s organisational structure and governance model.
Citizen Data Lab Amsterdam
Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA), Weesperzijde, Amsterdam, NetherlandsA research lab that addresses local issues through participatory data practices: methods, approaches and tools for co-creation to learn about and through data.
Count the Nation
Los Angeles, CAThe USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and Wise Entertainment have assembled a powerful coalition of experts in media, communications, data, technology and journalism to ensure everyone knows how much census participation benefits their community.
Enexis, a Dutch energy company, makes anonymized data about residential gas and electric energy use publically available via its website.
Humanitarian Data Exchange
The Hague, NetherlandsFind, share and use humanitarian data all in one place
MSc Media and Communications (LSE Data and Society)
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEMSc Media and Communications (Data and Society)
UW Tech Policy Lab
Washington state, USAThe Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington brings together experts in law, information, and computer science to enhance technology policy.
Senseable Cities
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139Urban imagination and social innovation through design & science
The Project on Democracy and the Internet
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USATo field-leading study of the challenges that democracy faces in the digital age and what reforms are needed
Civic Signals
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USACivic Signals aims to inspire and connect designers and technologists to build more flourishing, public-friendly digital spaces.
Citizen interaction design
Michigan, USAin which students are partnered with a local community in Michigan for the purpose of using information and technology to effect change in how citizens interact with and are served by local units of government.
BU Initiative on Cities
75 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USAThe Initiative on Cities engages with urban leaders, academics, and policy makers from around the world to help plan for the development of essential services and sustainable infrastructure necessary for cities to flourish.
A research paper aiming to determine which standards for civic data are “best” to open up government data.
Civic Tech Innovation Network's Medium
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Jan Smuts Avenue, South AfricaThe Civic Tech Innovation Network newsletter and online magazine is produced by the journalism and media lab, university of the witwatersrand, johannesburg
Data & Policy is a peer-reviewed, open access venue dedicated to the potential of data science to address important policy challenges.
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.
Civic Projects Directory
908a N 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, USABrowse our community’s project directory to identify where you can volunteer.
the Centre For Innovation & Technology
45 Moffat Avenue, Bulawayo, Zimbabwewe provide an open community space, an incubator that is vibrant and enables a collaborative environment for innovators and startups to think through their ideas, and develop their solutions, so as to turn these opportunities into meaningful products, services, and businesses
Momentum is dedicated to teaching and learning the craft of popular movements fighting for justice.
L'Atelier BNP Paribas 2017 report on "how technology is renewing civic engagement". (PDF file)
Governing.Digital is a clearinghouse for trustworthy information and analysis about digital governance for governments, technology companies, nonprofits, journalists, and the public.
Extensive Tracxn 2018 report on the Govtech startup investment landscape.
NYU Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA)
New York University, New York, NY, USAThe Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.
The Markup
New York CityWe are a new publication illuminating how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.
MIT Privacy Legislation: Law and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)This course brings together engineering students from MIT with law students from Georgetown Law School to explore current issues in privacy policy and technology.
Facebook, OECD and World Bank Measuring Business Sentiment
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FranceFacebook, World Bank and the OECD launched a measure of business sentiment based on a “Future of Business Survey” questioning companies that use their Facebook pages to connect with customers.
Visualization and Data Analytics Lab (ViDA)
New York University, New York, NY, USAThe Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.
Journalism in the 21st century involves finding, collecting, analyzing and visualizing data for stories. The Journalism School offers foundational courses in data‐driven journalism as well as a three-semester M.S. in Data Journalism degree for students interested in advanced skills.
TechSoup
435 Brannan St, San Francisco, California, USATechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally.
Atlas
San Diego, CALearn from your local government officials & staff about the smart, safe, and sustainable solutions working in their communities
The Emergence of Civic Tech: Investments in a Growing Field
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, USAKnight Foundation's seminal 2013 report on the growing field of Civic Tech
"Artifice" describes the end of a relationship between an Apple iPhone and an Amazon Echo.
The Center for Social Media and Politics
70 Washington Square South, NY, New York 10012, USATo directly study the impact of social media on politics and to develop new methods and technology tools to analyze the impact of social media on democracy.
City Monitor covers housing, transport, infrastructure, design, zoning and urban policy innovations in cities around the world
Research Action Design (RAD) uses codesign, community-led research, and development of technology and media to build the power of grassroots social movements.
The Government We Need is a podcast exploring the government of the future and how it can best serve everyone.
Monocole 24: The Urbanist
Marylebone, London, UKWith an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments.
Browse resources, connect with other leaders and see practical examples of smart cities approaches that can help your community thrive.
GovLab Crowdlaw Catalog
GovLab New York UniversityThe CrowdLaw Catalog is a growing repository of 100 CrowdLaw cases from around the world.
Center for an Urban Future is a catalyst for smart and sustainable policies that reduce inequality, increase economic mobility, and grow the economy in NYC.
Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USAThe Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab at Cornell University works with online communities to study the effects of technology on the public interest
It is to analyze what is wrong with democracy and spark conversations about how to fix it.
Citizens' Initiative Review
OregonCitizens' Initiative Review processes bring randomly selected and representative panels of voters together to fairly and thoroughly evaluate ballot measures and give voters information they can trust.
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