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Collaborative research programs dedicated to investigate the relations between technology and civic engagement and other challenges around concepts like citizenship, participation, and democracy.

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Global Disinformation Index

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

Common Cents Lab

Common Cents Lab

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

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

mySociety Research

mySociety Research

483 Green Lanes, London, N13 4BS United Kingdom

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

The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life

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

MIT GOV/LAB

MIT GOV/LAB

30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA

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

Décider ensemble

Décider ensemble

128 rue Vieille-du-Temple, 75003, Paris, France

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

Acumen Academy (formerly Plus Acumen)

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.

Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)

Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)

113 Moses Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720

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.

City Science Network

City Science Network

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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

Programa de Derechos Humanos

Programa de Derechos Humanos

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

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.

Digital Civil Society Lab

Digital Civil Society Lab

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

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

Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung

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

SAFELAB

SAFELAB

1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA

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

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

55-56 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4HP, UK

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

Instituto Update

Instituto Update

Brazil (Brasil)

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

Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab

Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

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

Programme on the Governance of Emerging Technologies

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

Open Governance Research Exchange

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

Chatham House Commission on Democracy and Technology

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 Annenberg Innovation Lab (AnnLab)

The Annenberg Innovation Lab (AnnLab)

3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281

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

Proto's WhatsApp Checkpoint Tipline

“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.”

HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)

HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)

Fluwelen Burgwal 582511, The Hague, The Netherlands

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

CityScienceLab at HafenCity University Hamburg

CityScienceLab at HafenCity University Hamburg

Überseeallee 16, Hamburg, Germany

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

Centre for Internet and Society

Centre for Internet and Society

194, 2nd C Cross Rd, Stage 2, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560071

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 Center for Informed Democracy and Social Cyber-Security (IDeaS)

The Center for Informed Democracy and Social Cyber-Security (IDeaS)

5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

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

Data61

Data61

Australia

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 Center for Communication and Civic Renewal

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

Edinburgh Futures Institute

Edinburgh Futures Institute

Edinburgh, Scotland

Teams of researchers will work with up to 350 partner organisations on a range of topics and themes, including how data-driven innovation can improve public services in the region, the role of artificial intelligence and the ethics of data.

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

1101 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005, USA

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

Center for an Informed Public

Center for an Informed Public

The Information School, Mary Gates Hall, Northeast Grant Lane, Seattle, Washington, USA

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

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