Projects - Research and policy centers

International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)

Switzerland

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

The Knight-Georgetown Institute

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

Georgetown 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.

Newsgradient

Newsgradient highlights the differences in media coverage of important events. It enables users to easily follow the daily news and observe it on the political spectrum. The media are arranged on the left-right axis and classified according to their bias and credibility.

Israel Tech Policy Institute

Tel Aviv, Israel

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

Eticas

At Eticas we build the seatbelts of AI. We design, pilot and standardize the systems that make sure AI works

Responsible Technology Initiative

Goa

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

Data for Development Network

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

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.

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.

JournalismAI

Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE

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

Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech

Cornell Tech

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

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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.

Immigration Policy Lab

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

With 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 Canberra

Academic center at the University of Canberra, Australia and publisher of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy

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.

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Public Technology Leadership Collaborative

Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USA

The 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

Europe

The 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.

Center for Human Services Research at University at Albany SUNY

Albany, NY

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 University

Using data + social science to support communities' efforts to improve equity and efficiency in public safety outcomes

Task Force: Digital Organizing at HIIG

Berlin

The task force Digital Organizing is a group of researchers who study the implications of digital practices for the processes of organizing.

The Social Media Listening Center at Clemson University

Clemson, SC

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, USA

Empowering journalists with data, tools and collaborations

Coalition for Independent Technology Research

Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.

Collaborative Indigenous Research

Toronto

The Digital Garden is designed to bring together two fields of research: participatory research and Indigenous research.

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Institute for Rebooting Social Media

Berkman Center For Internet, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

We are a three-year research initiative addressing social media’s most urgent problems, including misinformation, privacy breaches, harassment, and content governance.

Hub for Civic Tech Impact

Boston, MA

The 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, DC

Improving government, business, and society through open data and evidence-informed public policy

Design Ethnography Lab

Bandung

This 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.

Fundar - Centro de Analisis e Investigacion

Cda. Alberto Zamora #21 Col. Villa Coyoacan Del. Coyoacan Mexico DF 04000

NewsMatch 2020

NewsMatch is the largest grassroots campaign to support nonprofit news in the U.S. Since 2016, the campaign has helped raise over $100 million to jumpstart emerging newsrooms and support independent media outlets that produce fact-based, nonpartisan news and information.