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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, USAWe pilot, build, and test solutions for compliance, mass adjudication, policy making, and government services
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Washington, DCEPIC 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."
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Waterloo, ON, CanadaCIGI builds bridges from knowledge to power by conducting world-leading research and analysis to offer innovative policy solutions for the digital era.
Núcleo de Estudos sobre o Congresso (NECON)
Rio de JaneiroO 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, desde índices e taxas de coesão e disciplina, informações sobre trajetória política dos parlamentares, tramitação de políticas públicas e problemas de organização interna Ocasionalmente, o Núcleo promove seminários nacionais ou internacionais, publicações de boletins e relatório de acompanhamento de conjuntura Ademais, serve de apoio sistemático ao desenvolvimento dos trabalhos de tese de mestrado e doutorado de alunos envolvidos com temas afins.
research4impact
United States of America (the)We envision a world in which people with diverse forms of expertise seamlessly learn from each other, particularly those working to understand and solve complex social problems.
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.
JUST AI
London, UKJUST AI is an independent network of researchers and practitioners committed to understanding the social and ethical value of data and AI
Research ICT Africa
Cape Town, South AfricaAccelerating digital equality and data justice in Africa.
Promoting research & capacity building on digital rights in Africa
NuLawLab
Boston, MAThe 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
TrentoDigital 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.
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 finds, distils and shares the best global evidence for policy practice across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The Knight-Georgetown Institute
Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, United StatesGeorgetown has partnered with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to invest $30 million in a nonpartisan institute that helps policymakers and tech industry leaders address pressing issues related to technology, policy and ethics and make informed decisions on how technology is used to shape, produce and share information across platforms.
A new, independent global science organization committed to providing actionable scientific knowledge about threats to the world’s information environment
Advancing the ethical and responsible use of data to address critical development challenges both globally and locally
At Eticas we build the seatbelts of AI. We design, pilot and standardize the systems that make sure AI works
Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USAThe Center for Information Technology Policy is a nexus of expertise in technology, engineering, public policy, and the social sciences.
A platform to evaluate the most complex of India's technology policy conundrums
Israel Tech Policy Institute
Tel Aviv, IsraelTech policy leadership and scholarship, advancing ethical practices in support of emerging technologies
LSE Polis
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AELondon School of Economics’ media think-tank in collaboration with the LSE’s Department of Media and Communications.
JournalismAI
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEJournalismAI [at LSE] is a global initiative that empowers news organisations to use artificial intelligence responsibly.
Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech
Cornell TechMaking cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.
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 UniversityThe 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.
Immigration Policy Lab
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USAWith branches at Stanford University and ETH Zurich, IPL is an international community of scholars dedicated to innovation in immigration policy.
Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance
University of CanberraAcademic center at the University of Canberra, Australia and publisher of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy
Public Technology Leadership Collaborative
Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USAThe Public Technology Leadership Collaborative (PTLC) is a new peer learning collective of scholars, researchers, and government leaders committed to addressing the social and cultural implications of data and technology.
Sharing and Caring EU
EuropeThe main objective of this action is to develop a European network of actors focusing on the development of collaborative economy models and platforms and on social and technological implications of the collaborative economy through a practice focused approach.
CHSR is dedicated to developing empirically-based knowledge to improve the design and delivery of services that address social issues and meet community needs in the Capital region, across New York State, and across the United States.
NYU Public Safety Lab
New York UniversityUsing data + social science to support communities' efforts to improve equity and efficiency in public safety outcomes
The task force Digital Organizing is a group of researchers who study the implications of digital practices for the processes of organizing.
Opening in early 2012, The Social Media Listening Center at Clemson University is an interdisciplinary, cutting-edge laboratory that seeks to monitor, measure, and engage in social media conversations from across the web.
Big Local News
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USAEmpowering journalists with data, tools and collaborations
Indigenous Land & Data Stewards Lab
Fort Collins, COSupporting Indigenous land and data stewards for community centered science
Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.
Institute for Rebooting Social Media
Berkman Center For Internet, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, USAWe are a three-year research initiative addressing social media’s most urgent problems, including misinformation, privacy breaches, harassment, and content governance.
The Digital Garden is designed to bring together two fields of research: participatory research and Indigenous research.
Hub for Civic Tech Impact
Boston, MAThe Hub for Civic Tech Impact at Boston University convenes many of the research and educational programs that focus on the design, analysis, and development of computing and data science methods and systems operating within the context of legal, societal, economic, and public policy frameworks.
Data Foundation
Washington, DCImproving government, business, and society through open data and evidence-informed public policy
Design Ethnography Lab
BandungThis laboratory was formed as an effort to develop design methods and practices, which on the one hand are based on technological developments, and on the other, based on the development of social, cultural, and political issues and theories.
The IDA B. WELLS Just Data Lab brings together students, educators, activists, and artists to develop a critical and creative approach to data conception, production, and circulation. Our aim is to rethink and retool data for justice.
Beirut Urban Lab
Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut LebanonRefugees as City-Makers
Center for Democracy and Citizenship
ADC Business Center, 1929 5th Street South, Suite 101, Minneapolis, MN 55454The Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship is Augsburg University's civic and community engagement center. We connect students, faculty, staff, and community members in the everyday work of learning together to address public issues, make change, and build democracy.
The Policy Lab
Brown UniversityThe Policy Lab brings together experts from government, universities, and community organizations to collaborate on research tailored to inform decisions about how to improve policies and programs across the state.
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Brooklyn, NY100 years of social and behavioral science in the public interest
Brown Information Futures Lab
Brown UniversityOur lab is where technology, innovation, policy and community meet, one pilot at a time.
Global Disinformation Lab at UT Austin
Austin, TXThe Global DisInformation Lab (GDIL) was established in 2020 at the University of Texas at Austin to encourage collaborative interdisciplinary academic research on the global circulation of misinformation, and disinformation.
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