studies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

CivLab is a suite of complementary projects and design-thinking that revolve around the concepts of citizenship, civics, and engagement.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales

• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research
• Research and policy centers

LSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, graduate and executive education and outreach activities in London and abroad.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Peer-reviewed research
• Research and policy centers

A research lab that addresses local issues through participatory data practices: methods, approaches and tools for co-creation to learn about and through data.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

Civic Signals aims to inspire and connect designers and technologists to build more flourishing, public-friendly digital spaces.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

To understand digital media’s influence on national dialogue and opinion, and to develop sound solutions to disinformation.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Peer-reviewed research

To field-leading study of the challenges that democracy faces in the digital age and what reforms are needed

• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research
• Research and policy centers

Data & Policy is a peer-reviewed, open access venue dedicated to the potential of data science to address important policy challenges.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

The 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 People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data visualization

To 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.

• Media
• Learn about civic tech
• Media and social media analysis

We have designed a neutral, independent and transparent index to assess news websites on their risk of carrying disinformation.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• The People

El Programa de Derechos Humanos busca, desde su creación en el año de 1998, contribuir a la plena vigencia de los derechos humanos en México a través de la investigación con pertinencia social, la incidencia en el contexto político y social y la promoción de la justicia.

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Solutions that aim to increase the financial well-being for low- to moderate-income people living in the United States

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The impact of the digital information environment — especially the influence of social media

• Media
• Learn about civic tech
• Media and social media analysis

Investigates the impact of Civic Technology tools: those we produce ourselves, and those from the wider community.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

The MIT GOV/LAB is a group of political scientists focusing on innovation in citizen engagement and government responsiveness.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

Décider ensemble met en place des échanges sous forme de groupes de réflexion à travers l’organisation de colloques, matinées de questionnements, formations et événements annuels

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• The People

EGAP 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.

• guides

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Meet the others

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.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

OGRX is a platform for browsing and sharing research findings about new, innovative ways to solve public problems.

• The People
• Civic tech catalogs
• Learn about civic tech

MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science Labs

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Meet the others

Helping civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

Das Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (ipb) will der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Protesten, sozialen Bewegungen und ihrem Wechselverhältnis zur Demokratie einen Ort geben.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

The SAFElab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.

• racial equity

• The Tech
• The People
• Learn about civic tech

Instituto Update is an institute of intelligence and technology that works to strengthen the ecosystem of political innovation in Latin America.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

Changing how public value is imagined, practiced and evaluated to tackle societal challenges.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

The Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab at Cornell University works with online communities to study the effects of technology on the public interest

• experiments

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

Predictive judicial analytics holds the promise of increasing the fairness of law.

• research

• Artificial Intelligence
• Peer-reviewed research
• Emerging tech

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
• Civic data
• The People

To support the Yale Information Society Project’s work on how law should regulate and social media companies should govern the digital public sphere

• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

This OII research programme investigates legal, ethical, and social aspects of AI, machine learning, and other emerging information technologies.

• The Tech
• The People
• Learn about civic tech

Eleven Predictions on the Influence of Emerging Technologies

• The Tech
• The People
• Learn about civic tech

To resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

To support the development of tools to study state and regional communication systems

• Govtech
• Communicating with the people
• Peer-reviewed research

The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was founded in 2014 to provide training and experiential opportunities for students, faculty, and global leaders to enact solution-based social change.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• The People

ITIF is a think tank focusing on critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes

• taxes

• The People
• Organize campaigns
• Learn about civic tech

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Cybersecurity

Carnegie Melon's center for disinformation, hate speech and extremism online

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Learn about civic tech

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an Indian, non-profit organization that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives -- including hundreds of articles on Accessibility.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

Das CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisierung

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.

• research

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”

• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Chatham 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.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

The 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

• The Tech
• The People
• Media