Projects - Research and policy centers

Pro-Democracy Organizing against Autocracy in the United States: A Strategic Assessment & Recommendations

A paper published in SSRN by Erica Chenoweth, Zoe Marks

シビックテック・デザイン学創成寄付研 (Civic Tech Design Initiative (CTDI))

Tokyo

東京大学内に設置された「デジタル空間社会連携研究機構」を中心に、市民や地域企業、行政、関連団体など多様なステークホルダーが関わり、地域やコミュニティのためのデータ・

デジタル空間社会連携研究機構 (Digital Sapital Society (DSS))

Tokyo

デジタル空間社会連携研究機構ではIoTデバイスからのデータなどの多様でダイナミックなリアルタイム時空間ビッグデータを一元的に集約し、これらを統合した形で人々や企業の活動、交通

Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University drives innovation in local government by marrying cutting-edge practice with world-class research.

cities
local

Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

PSAM’s activities include research, monitoring, advocacy and capacity building. Working through southern Africa, PSAM generates and shares knowledge about social accountability and the monitoring and advocacy tools that can build more open, participatory and accountable governments.

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

Berkeley, California, USA

at University of California Berkeley

Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination and Redesign

Brown University

CNTR’s mission is to redefine computer science education, research, and technology to center the needs, problems, and aspirations of all those that technology has left behind.

Psychology of Misinformation Lab

Boston, MA

The Internet & Democracy Initiative

The Internet & Democracy Initiative will study problems that have widespread information and social media implications.

AI4Democracy

Madrid (Spain)

The Center for the Governance of Change at IE University and Microsoft launched AI4Democracy, a global initiative that seeks to create knowledge and mobilize democratic governments, companies and civil society to promote action for a responsible use of artificial intelligence to defend and strengthen democracy.

Ohio State Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA)

Columbus, OH, USA

We seek to make democracy more deliberative – to empower people to talk across differences, find common ground, and build political change for the public good.

AI Elections Initiative

Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Aspen Digital, a program of the Aspen Institute, is launching the AI Elections Initiative as an ambitious new effort to strengthen US election resilience in the face of generative AI.

Aspen Digital

Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Our mission is to connect and spark policy action among those crucial to making our interconnected world accessible, safe, and inclusive — both online and off.

Research and policy centers

The Aspen Institute

Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The Aspen Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the greatest challenges of our time.

Research and policy centers

Tech Policy Institute at Cornell

Brooks School of Public Policy

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

Research, ideas, and leadership for a more peaceful world.

Demos

London

Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think tank. We put people at the heart of policy-making to create bold ideas and a more collaborative democracy.

Research and policy centers

Democracy Reporting International

Berlin

Democracy Reporting International (DRI) strengthens democracy by shaping the institutions that make it sustainable.

Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab (STSV Lab)

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Led by Harold F

European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)

Florence

the EU’s largest interdisciplinary network to counter disinformation.

City AI Connect

Johns Hopkins University

A global community for cities to learn about generative AI together, faster.

cities

Global Observatory of Urban Artificial Intelligence

Barcelona, Spain

Its goal is to promote research and disseminate best practice in the ethical application of artificial intelligence in cities.

cities

Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab

450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

The Deliberative Democracy Lab (formerly the Center for Deliberative Democracy), housed within the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, is devoted to research about democracy and public opinion obtained through Deliberative Polling®.

Cooperative AI Foundation

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

CAIF's mission is to support research that will improve the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI for the benefit of all.

Colaboratorio de Desenvolvimento e ParticipaçāoCo:Lab

Brazil (Brasil)

O COLAB é um centro de pesquisa que atua também no desenvolvimento de software e na formação de pessoas.

Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab)

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

We pilot, build, and test solutions for compliance, mass adjudication, policy making, and government services

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

Washington, DC

EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, DC seeking to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the information age.

Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP)

Washington, DC

"The Center for AI and Digital Policy aims to promote a better society, more fair, more just — a world where technology promotes broad social inclusion based on fundamental rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law."

Núcleo de Estudos sobre o Congresso (NECON)

Rio de Janeiro

O Núcleo de Estudos sobre o Congresso tem por objetivo contribuir para o avanço desta área de estudos através da constituição de um laboratório de pesquisas dedicado à investigação de diversas questões ligadas ao Congresso Nacional e Assembléias Legislativas...

Research ICT Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Accelerating digital equality and data justice in Africa.

JUST AI

London

JUST AI is an independent network of researchers and practitioners committed to understanding the social and ethical value of data and AI

Center for News, Technology & Innovation

United States of America (the)

The Center for News, Technology & Innovation will provide issue primers with research and legislative activity from around the world and host deliberative discussions among thought leaders in journalism, technology, and policy.

Africa Digital Rights Hub

Accra

Promoting research & capacity building on digital rights in Africa

NuLawLab

Boston, MA

The NuLawLab is the interdisciplinary innovation laboratory at Northeastern University School of Law. We are leaders in the emerging global Legal Design movement.

Digital Commons Lab

Trento

Digital Commons Lab (DCL) is a research laboratory of the Digital Society center of FBK with the goal to design, develop and analyze digital commons based on open data.

OpenStreetMap

The Centre for Excellence in e‑Governance Studies (eGovlab)

Kista, Sweden

eGovlab is the Stockholm University Centre for Excellence in e-Governance Studies focused on driving European and International research collaboration for research and development in the area of IT in the Public Sector.

The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO)

London

The International Public Policy Observatory finds, distils and shares the best global evidence for policy practice across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Research and policy centers

The Knight-Georgetown Institute

Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, United States

Georgetown has partnered with the John S

International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)

Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera)

A new, independent global science organization committed to providing actionable scientific knowledge about threats to the world’s information environment

Eticas

We now bring this decade’s worth of insights and our intellectual capital to scale with our automated audits, and proprietary demographic and geographic database used to ensure the validity (and compliance) of the outputs.

Data for Development Network

Advancing the ethical and responsible use of data to address critical development challenges both globally and locally

Israel Tech Policy Institute

Tel Aviv, Israel

Tech policy leadership and scholarship, advancing ethical practices in support of emerging technologies

Responsible Technology Initiative

Goa

A platform to evaluate the most complex of India's technology policy conundrums

Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

The Center for Information Technology Policy is a nexus of expertise in technology, engineering, public policy, and the social sciences.

JournalismAI

Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE

JournalismAI [at LSE] is a global initiative that empowers news organisations to use artificial intelligence responsibly.

LSE Polis

Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE

London School of Economics’ media think-tank in collaboration with the LSE’s Department of Media and Communications.

Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech

Cornell Tech

Making cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.

cities

Critical Infrastructure Lab

the critical infrastructure lab aims to create space to co-develop alternative infrastructural futures that center people and planet over profit and capital.

Boston University Initiative on Cities

Boston University

The Initiative on Cities serves as a hub for urban related research and teaching across Boston University. We engage with urban leaders, policymakers, academics, and students from around the world to work toward sustainable, just, and inclusive urban transformation.