Civic Tech Field Guide
Sharing knowledge and productively growing the fieldThe People > Learn about civic tech - (357)
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.
Showing 357 Results
Turing Institute AI for science and government (ASG)
The Alan Turing Institute, Euston Road, London, UKA major integrated research programme with a goal to deploy AI and data science in priority areas to support the UK economy.
How technology is disrupting, remaking, and sometimes overrunning our cities.
Public-Interest-Tech
Cambridge, MAIt refers to the study and application of technology expertise to advance the public interest/generate public benefits/promote the public good.
The book looks at organizing models, civic tech, governance, citizen engagement and how to fund, staff, and train the next generation of leaders to revitalize democracy.
Tech for Good
14-22 Elder Street, London E1 6BT, United KingdomWe shine a light on the people & technology making our world better.
Civic Studios
Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaThe production house focuses on creating content in the genre of Civic Entertainment, i.e. films, TV, digital content, radio content, etc. which can be used to encourage civic participation with public institutions, and thus strengthen democracy.
We solve your toughest challenges with expert data science – for businesses, campaigns, and government.
Document DEFINING OPEN IN OPEN DATA, OPEN CONTENT AND OPEN KNOWLEDGE
Berkman Klein Center for the Internet and Society
Berkman Center For Internet, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, USAWe are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to learn is not already recorded. Our method is to build out into cyberspace, record data as we go, self-study, and share. Our mode is entrepreneurial nonprofit.
Opening the Government of Canada
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThe Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age. By Amanda Clarke
Das Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (ipb) will der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Protesten, sozialen Bewegungen und ihrem Wechselverhältnis zur Demokratie einen Ort geben.
The IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet
Cities of the Future
10 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, USAEach episode explores one idea or innovation that will transform cities.
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.
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus attention on the importance of registering to vote and voting in our democracy during a single day of on-the-ground and digital efforts lead by government, nonprofits, and businesses.
Iniciativa Latinoamericana por los Datos Abiertos (ILDA)
Rincón 477 Of.803 CP.11000 Montevideo UruguayILDA was founded in 2012 as a research program that sought to promote and understand the use of open data in Latin America.
Edited by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider: Ours to Hack and to Own, the rise of platform cooperativism, a new vision for the future of work and a fairer Internet.
Mapa da Inovação Política
Brazil (Brasil)The largest and most extensive mapping of emerging political practices in Latin America.
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UKA multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
Ctrl Alt-Right Delete is a weekly newsletter devoted to understanding how the far right operates online and developing strategies and tactics to fight back
Face à l’essoufflement des partis politiques, la défiance vis-à-vis des élus et l’abstentionnisme des jeunes, les outils numériques apparaissent comme salvateurs.
Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.
Securing Digital Democracy from University of Michigan. In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet voting. We'll take a look at the past, present, ...
NNIP Catalog of data trainings
The Urban Institute, L'Enfant Plaza Southwest, Washington, DC, USAThis catalog highlights examples of training courses from around the country that advance data and technology literacy.
Open Cities Lab
153a Helen Joseph Road, Congela, Durban, South AfricaOpen 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.
Digital Civil Society Lab
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USAHelping civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.
Civic Tech Innovation Database (South Africa)
Johannesburg, South AfricaThe Civic Tech Innovation Database is a living collection of civic tech initiatives in South Africa.
Access international case studies, research and innovation tools.
TRACKBACK
BuzzFeed, North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USABuzzFeed News's YouTube show fighting misinformation
Open Hardware Observatory
Brussels, BelgiumThe Open Source Observatory (OSOR) serves as a place where the open source software community can come together to publish news, find out about events, find relevant open source software solutions and read about the use of free and open source in public administrations across and beyond Europe.
City Science Network
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science Labs
We have designed a neutral, independent and transparent index to assess news websites on their risk of carrying disinformation.
Missing Numbers
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)a blog on the data the government should collect, but doesn't
Barcelona Metropolis Dossiers
Barcelona, SpainThe new Barcelona Metròpolis wants to be a tool for promoting and stimulating citizen debate on the big questions affecting our future.
Solving Problems Using Technology
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAI-Lab students work in interdisciplinary teams to address urban and civic challenges in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods.
Next City is a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire social, economic and environmental change in cities through journalism and events around the world.
International School for Transparency
Vilnius, LithuaniaINTENSIVE ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR FUTURE LEADERS offered by Transparency International
Get email updates
Helpful Links
Reach Out
A project of
With support from
National Endowment for Democracy
Founding Organization
Civic Hall
Technology partner
Civic Tech Field Guide