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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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Programa de Derechos Humanos
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoEl 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.
Common Cents Lab
Duke University, Durham, NC, USASolutions that aim to increase the financial well-being for low- to moderate-income people living in the United States
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
10 St James's Square, London, UKChatham 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)
3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281The 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
HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)
Fluwelen Burgwal 582511, The Hague, The NetherlandsUser-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.
CityScienceLab at HafenCity University Hamburg
Überseeallee 16, Hamburg, GermanyDas CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisierung
Collaborating with progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns around the US to measure & increase the impact of their programs.
Centre for Internet and Society
194, 2nd C Cross Rd, Stage 2, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560071The 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)
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USACarnegie Melon's center for disinformation, hate speech and extremism online
Data61
AustraliaWe collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.
Stanford PACs Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Stanford, CA, USAScholars. Practitioners. Leaders.
Norman Lear Center
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, USAStudying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society
Beeck Center
Georgetown University, Washington, DCThe Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was founded in 2014 to provide training and experiential opportunities for students, faculty, and global leaders to enact solution-based social change.
PeaceTech Living Learning Community
Waterloo, ON, CanadaExploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Edinburgh, ScotlandTeams 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
1101 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005, USAITIF is a think tank focusing on critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.
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.
"To my mind, the ANES has been the single most important resource in my career in political psychology."
Center for an Informed Public
The Information School, Mary Gates Hall, Northeast Grant Lane, Seattle, Washington, USATo resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse.
Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN)
Johannesburg, South AfricaMaking technologies work for governance, accountability, and civic participation
This OII research programme investigates legal, ethical, and social aspects of AI, machine learning, and other emerging information technologies.
The Project on Governing the Digital Public Sphere
New Haven, CTTo support the Yale Information Society Project’s work on how law should regulate and social media companies should govern the digital public sphere
The Civic Data Design Lab
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA“Big data” will not change the world unless it is collected and synthesized into tools that have a public benefit.
The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.
Institute of Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeirostudies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world
Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sobre Internet (CLISI)
Valencia, Carabobo, VenezuelaCentro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales
CivLab
Lehigh University, Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA, USACivLab is a suite of complementary projects and design-thinking that revolve around the concepts of citizenship, civics, and engagement.
The University of Amsterdam’s organisational structure and governance model.
OpenGov Foundation
Washington, DCThe OpenGov Foundation is a fiercely apolitical nonprofit dedicated to serving those who serve the people in America’s legislatures.
LSE Cities
Clement's Inn, London, United KingdomLSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, graduate and executive education and outreach activities in London and abroad.
Citizen Data Lab Amsterdam
Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA), Weesperzijde, Amsterdam, NetherlandsA research lab that addresses local issues through participatory data practices: methods, approaches and tools for co-creation to learn about and through data.
MSc Media and Communications (LSE Data and Society)
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEMSc Media and Communications (Data and Society)
Civic Signals
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USACivic Signals aims to inspire and connect designers and technologists to build more flourishing, public-friendly digital spaces.
BU Initiative on Cities
75 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USAThe Initiative on Cities engages with urban leaders, academics, and policy makers from around the world to help plan for the development of essential services and sustainable infrastructure necessary for cities to flourish.
The Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics
2121 I St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USATo understand digital media’s influence on national dialogue and opinion, and to develop sound solutions to disinformation.
The Project on Democracy and the Internet
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USATo field-leading study of the challenges that democracy faces in the digital age and what reforms are needed
A research paper aiming to determine which standards for civic data are “best” to open up government data.
NYU Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA)
New York UniversityThe Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.
The Center for Social Media and Politics
70 Washington Square South, NY, New York 10012, USATo directly study the impact of social media on politics and to develop new methods and technology tools to analyze the impact of social media on democracy.
Research Action Design (RAD) uses codesign, community-led research, and development of technology and media to build the power of grassroots social movements.
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