Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using surveillance tools, predictive technologies, and automated decision-making systems that impose a disproportionate burden on communities historically impacted by systemic bias.

• racial equity

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital security and privacy
• Justice tech

The contributions in this volume map out how technologies are used and designed to plan, maintain, govern, demolish, and destroy the city.

• books
• city

• Urban planning

The first book devoted to a critically important aspect of disaster planning, management, and mitigation Technology and Emergency Management, Second Edition describes best practices for technology use in emergency planning, response,

• books

• books

We drive modernization in federal IT that better serves agencies and the American public.

• United States (federal government)

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

In this groundbreaking work, Haochen Sun analyzes the ethical crisis unfolding at the intersection of technology and the public interest.

• books

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Books

Does your nonprofit have a technology related project idea that will advance your mission?

• Nonprofit tech
• Awards and prizes

The Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for practitioners at the intersection of responsible technology development to explore multidisciplinary approaches to maximizing the societal benefits of emerging technologies while minimizing the harms.    

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Fellowships

• Civic tech catalogs

This class uses the idea of values-driven design to help creators consider the politics of the technologies we use and which we bring into the world and teaches methods of research, design and deployment intended to help technologies meet the needs of real-world communities.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Courses

Design and deliver a digital government with and for the American public.

• United States (federal government)

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

18F is working iteratively with a team of technologists from across the government to build a platform for users who need to log in to government services

• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Many people become engineers or designers because they hope to change the world for the better using technology.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

Combating media manipulation through knowledge and action

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Microsoft's academic relations program

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Graveyard

How can technology foster trust, social cohesion, and collaboration instead of fueling polarization, division, and violence?

Pedestrian-first traffic management solutions

• streetscape
• Vision Zero

• Govtech
• Urban planning

These eight projects — all focusing on auditing tools for AI systems — comprise the second-ever Mozilla Technology Fund (MTF) cohort

• Artificial Intelligence
• Get funding
• AI Auditing

The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy examines how media and emerging technologies shape democracy.

• Emerging tech
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

The Council on Tech and Social Cohesion is catalyzing the field of technology for social cohesion.

• Engagement tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

Coming soon

• Newspeak House

We are dedicated to shaping the future of technology through interdisciplinary research and collaboration. 

• Research and policy centers
• Media and social media analysis
• Academia

A multi-disciplinary research network linking philosophers, social scientists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and technologists.

• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

SXSW London 2025 is a new European edition of the iconic SXSW festival, bringing together creativity, technology, culture, and business across conferences, music, and film events

Take Back The Tech is a campaign that calls on everyone, especially women and girls, to take control of technology to end violence against women

The blog post discusses the evolution of DataMade, a civic technology company in Chicago, over the past 12 years

The IGPP is hosting the GovTech Show and Exhibitor event in 2025, which will showcase the latest technologies and innovations in the public sector

Combinations is a magazine that covers a variety of topics related to technology, society, and politics

This paper analyzes the impact of civic technology on political reform, focusing on how data science and digital tools can be leveraged to enhance civic engagement and government transparency

This event hosted by EA Tech London will feature a talk by David Owen, a Senior Researcher at Epoch AI, on recent advancements in AI and the current state of the technology

This video appears to be the introduction to a conversation series about the age of artificial intelligence (AI)

The Apothecary Network is a project that explores how creative technology can play a role in climate action, focusing on herbalism and community

Tell Us What You Think is a platform that conducts AI-powered voice interviews to gather user feedback and insights for product research and development

Illuminate tech is a mission-driven research and advisory firm that aims to help organizations design their products safely, meet regulatory obligations, and implement technology responsibly to create a safer and more trusted internet

The Foundations of Humane Technology course from the Center for Humane Technology aims to teach professionals how to build technology that aligns with human values and addresses key societal challenges

This article discusses websites that are designed to facilitate people-based change, such as social movements and community organizing

The State of Open Conference (SOOCon) is the UK's premier open technology conference, covering topics such as open source software, open hardware, open data, open standards, and AI openness

The Astral Codex Ten Prediction Contest is back with an expanded $10,000 prize pool, allowing forecasters to test their skills across geopolitics, technology, economics, and more

DoT’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.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

How can we ensure that democratic capacity can keep pace with AI advances? What are achievable positive visions for a world being transformed by technology? By Aviv Ovadya

• Artificial Intelligence
• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters

Accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, ensure that new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK and drive forward a modern digital government for the benefit of its citizens.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

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.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Participatory democracy
• Research and policy centers

This article proposes, and presents results from, an online technology platform and a methodology, which can help depolarize sectors of society, with the specific application to the current divisive post-war landscape within Colombia.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Peer-reviewed research