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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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UW Tech Policy Lab

UW Tech Policy Lab

Washington state, USA

The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington brings together experts in law, information, and computer science to enhance technology policy.

https://techpolicylab.uw.edu/
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA

https://www.manhattan-institute.org/
Civic Signals

Civic Signals

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

Civic Signals aims to inspire and connect designers and technologists to build more flourishing, public-friendly digital spaces.

http://web.archive.org/web/20220330053629/http://civicsignals.io/
MSc Media and Communications (LSE Data and Society)

MSc Media and Communications (LSE Data and Society)

Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE

MSc Media and Communications (Data and Society)

http://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/Degree-programmes-2020/MSc-Media-and-Communications-Data-and-Society
The Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics

The Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics

2121 I St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA

To understand digital media’s influence on national dialogue and opinion, and to develop sound solutions to disinformation.

https://iddp.gwu.edu/
The Project on Democracy and the Internet

The Project on Democracy and the Internet

450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

To field-leading study of the challenges that democracy faces in the digital age and what reforms are needed

https://knightfoundation.org/grants/8247
BU Initiative on Cities

BU Initiative on Cities

75 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA

The 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.

http://www.bu.edu/ioc/
Evaluating Civic Open Data Standards

Evaluating Civic Open Data Standards

A research paper aiming to determine which standards for civic data are “best” to open up government data.

https://www.sciencegate.app/document/10.31235/osf.io/gns9a
NYU Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA)

NYU Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA)

New York University, New York, NY, USA

The 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.

https://vida.engineering.nyu.edu/
The Center for Social Media and Politics

The Center for Social Media and Politics

70 Washington Square South, NY, New York 10012, USA

To 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.

https://knightfoundation.org/grants/8234
Research Action Design (RAD)

Research Action Design (RAD)

Research Action Design (RAD) uses codesign, community-led research, and development of technology and media to build the power of grassroots social movements.

https://rad.cat/