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Research and policy centers develop evidence- and ideology-based recommendations to address societal challenges, inform policy decisions, and promote effective governance.
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The DSI Community Democracy at the University of Zurich focuses on research related to the impact of digitalisation on the political system, on democracy, and on related topics.
At the Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University
The McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University
New York University, New York, NY, USAResearch, programs and interventions that address the root causes and consequences of poverty. Learn moreabout What We Do
ESRC Digital Good Network
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there.
Center for Science and the Imagination
Arizona State UniversityArizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination brings writers, artists and other creative thinkers into collaboration with scientists, engineers and technologists to reignite humanity’s grand ambitions for innovation and discovery.
We are dedicated to shaping the future of technology through interdisciplinary research and collaboration.
Democracy Innovation Hub
New York, USAWe convene and train public servants, community leaders and educators to use participatory methods of engagement and tools, with a focus on citizens’ assemblies.
Just Security
New York University, New York, NY, USAJust Security is an editorially independent, non-partisan, daily digital law and policy journal that elevates the discourse on national security, democracy and the rule of law, and rights.
HAC is the world's most expansive home for bold and risky humanities thinking about our political world inspired by the spirit of Hannah Arendt.
Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAFounded in 2021 with Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University serves a global community committed to improving public management, leadership, and governance.
Nonviolent Action Lab
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAThe Nonviolent Action Lab is an innovation hub for activists, researchers, and supporters who share common goals around defending and advancing democracy worldwide through civil resistance — protests, demonstrations, and other actions.
AI and Democracy Movements Project
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAThe AI and Democracy Movements Project explores the impacts of AI on the strategy, operations, and outcomes of pro-democratic social movements.
Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAThe Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation aims to reinforce democracy through strengthening institutions, building interpersonal and informational trust, and reducing hyper-partisan affective polarization with research and field-building.
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAHarvard’s hub for research and teaching on democracy
Governance of Emerging Technology and Tech Innovations for Next-Gen Governance (GETTING-Plurality)
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAA multi-disciplinary research network linking philosophers, social scientists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and technologists.
Hey Neighbour Collective
Burnaby, CanadaHey Neighbour Collective (HNC) is a collective impact project that brings together housing providers, researchers, local and regional governments, housing associations and health authorities to experiment with and learn about ways of effectively building community, social connectedness and resilience in B.C.’s fast-growing vertical communities.
Mitigating Wildfire
Burnaby, CanadaThe Mitigating Wildfire Initiative facilitates dialogue and collaboration to identify and advance solutions that address the fundamental changes happening in wildfire risk and management in British Columbia.
The Dialogue on Technology Project (DoT)
Burnaby, CanadaDoT’s mission is to convene a sustained and nuanced societal dialogue between leaders, experts and community members around the social impacts of AI in British Columbia and Canada.
As a national think tank, we are committed to proposing policy recommendations on emerging technologies based on the public needs of democracy and society and to offering the international community a unique Taiwanese perspective.
Plattform://Demokratie
Humboldt-Institut Berlin, Invalidenstraße, Berlin, GermanyIm Zentrum steht dabei folgende Frage: Können “Plattformräte” oder andere Institutionen dafür sorgen, dass öffentliche Interessen und demokratische Werte in den Regelsetzungsprozessen von Plattformen berücksichtigt werden?
Tufts Cybersecurity Center for the Public Good
MassachusettsResearch, Education, and Civic Engagement
MIT Center for Constructive Communication
MIT Media LabDesigning tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society.
Accountability Research Center (ARC)
Washington, DCAccountability Research Center bridges research and frontline perspectives to learn from ideas, institutions, and actors that advance strategies to improve public and corporate accountability. Learn more Make a gift to ARC
Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech) is a hub for interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of critical tech studies and global studies.
A paper published in SSRN by Erica Chenoweth, Zoe Marks
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 UniversityThe Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University drives innovation in local government by marrying cutting-edge practice with world-class research.
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, USAat University of California Berkeley
Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination and Redesign
Brown UniversityCNTR’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.
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, USAWe 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, USAAspen 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.
The Aspen Institute
Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe Aspen Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the greatest challenges of our time.
Tech Policy Institute at Cornell
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USABrooks School of Public Policy
Aspen Digital
Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAOur mission is to connect and spark policy action among those crucial to making our interconnected world accessible, safe, and inclusive — both online and off.
Demos
LondonDemos 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.
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAResearch, ideas, and leadership for a more peaceful world.
Democracy Reporting International (DRI) strengthens democracy by shaping the institutions that make it sustainable.
the EU’s largest interdisciplinary network to counter disinformation.
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab (STSV Lab)
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USALed by Harold F
City AI Connect
Johns Hopkins UniversityA global community for cities to learn about generative AI together, faster.
Global Observatory of Urban Artificial Intelligence
Barcelona, SpainIts goal is to promote research and disseminate best practice in the ethical application of artificial intelligence in cities.
Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USAThe 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®.
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