Civic Tech Field Guide

DemocraciaOS

Buenos Aires

DemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings.

Democracy.io

Berlin

To promote charitable projects that want to implement an innovative digital idea to strengthen our democracy.

Democ

California

Anonymous Voting at Work, School, and Play :)

Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy

Atlantic Council Democracy + Tech Initiative

Washington, DC

The Digital Forensic Research Lab’s Democracy + Tech Initiative centers human rights and democracy in technology and policy debates.

human rights

Pusat Inovasi Kecerdasan Artifisial dan Teknologi untuk Demokrasi (pikat)

Jakarta

Pusat penelitian berfokus inovasi AI dan teknologi untuk demokrasi.

Global South Alliance

Reboot Democracy

Boston, MA

We use artificial intelligence to help institutions and communities solve problems together.

A New Phase of Civic Movements: Implications for International Democracy Support

Brussels

This report examines the implications of this new phase of activism for democracy and democracy-support strategies.

reports

European Partnership for Democracy Annual Conference: Rebooting Democracy (Brussels)

Brussels

Come and engage with us in discussions and debates on what comes next with over 200 participants from European institutions, European governments, civil society, media and academia.

European Partnership for Democracy

Brussels

We are a partnership bringing together 20 specialist organisations to support democracy.

Exploring Worldwide Democratic Innovations: A Series of Case Studies

Brussels

2022 Compilation report by European Democracy Hub and European Partnership for Democracy, funded by Carnegie Europe

reports

Digital Democracy Watch

Brussels

Timeline of key EU legislation affecting digital democracy in Europe

Youth Democracy Cohort

Europe

The Youth Democracy Cohort (YDC) seeks to enhance the involvement of youth in democratic processes at national, regional, and global levels.

youth

Defending Democracy in a Digital World

Massachusetts

Zuckerman and students explore digital media, polarization, and democracy

Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill

Canada

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

Digital Society Initiative Democracy Community

Zurich

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.

Digital Democracy Workshop at University of Zurich

Zurich

Analysis of the digital democracy ecosystem

Johannesburg, South Africa

a comprehensive analysis of the digital democracy ecosystem across six regions: East Asia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia.

reports

Participatory democracy

Digital Democracy Initiative (Denmark)

Johannesburg, South Africa

The Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) is a programme aimed at safeguarding inclusive democracy and human rights in the digital age.

How AI Can Support Democracy Movements: Summary Report of a Research and Practice Workshop

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

This report summarizes a December 2024 workshop on the specific issue of AI adoption within democracy movements and offers some key recommendations.

The Worldwide Alliance for AI & Democracy is officially launched

Hedging for Sustainability: Twenty Revenue Streams for Democracy, Rights, and Governance Non-Governmental Organizations

Washington, DC

NGOs in the democracy, rights, and governance space are facing unprecedented cuts to their funding. This blog explores new revenue streams to help them continue their critical work.

Get funding

Doing Democracy Differently

New York, USA

This 10 Credit CTLE (Continuing Teacher and Leader Education) course presented with Democracy Without Elections introduces secondary teachers to the expanding use of lottery (sortition) to bring diverse groups of citizens together to form policy recommendations.

teachers & educators

Journal of Democracy

Baltimore, MD

Focusing exclusively on democracy, the Journal monitors and analyzes democratic regimes and movements around the world.

Project MUSE - Why the World Is Down on Democracy

Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

The 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, USA

Harvard’s hub for research and teaching on democracy

AI and Democracy Movements Project

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

The AI and Democracy Movements Project explores the impacts of AI on the strategy, operations, and outcomes of pro-democratic social movements.

Participatory Grantmaking in Philanthropy: How Democratizing Decision-Making Shifts Power to Communities

This book examines the practice of participatory grantmaking, where stakeholders and grantees participate in making decisions about grant dollars that were previously reserved for professional foundation staff

The article discusses the concept of 'decentralized and democratic, differential defensive acceleration' (d/acc), which aims to accelerate beneficial technologies while focusing on defensive and decentralizing technologies rather than those that concentra

The article discusses the concept of 'decentralized and democratic, differential defensive acceleration' (d/acc), which aims to accelerate beneficial technologies while focusing on defensive and decentralizing technologies rather than those that concentrate power

The content warns about Project 2025, a detailed plan created by the Heritage Foundation and former Trump staffers to undermine democracy and enact a conservative agenda if Trump is re-elected. The website provides comics to educate people about the dange

The content warns about Project 2025, a detailed plan created by the Heritage Foundation and former Trump staffers to undermine democracy and enact a conservative agenda if Trump is re-elected

Community Models is a platform that enables groups of people to collaboratively create and refine AI models based on collectively defined constitutions, with the goal of democratizing AI alignment by allowing diverse groups to shape AI behavior according

Community Models is a platform that enables groups of people to collaboratively create and refine AI models based on collectively defined constitutions, with the goal of democratizing AI alignment by allowing diverse groups to shape AI behavior according to their shared values and preferences

The UK Democracy Bulletin for February 2025 covers various updates in the democracy sector, including the postponement of local elections in a quarter of contested seats, the launch of the Citizens in Power Network, and the impact of a US grants freeze on

The UK Democracy Bulletin for February 2025 covers various updates in the democracy sector, including the postponement of local elections in a quarter of contested seats, the launch of the Citizens in Power Network, and the impact of a US grants freeze on conferences

This paper presents a novel approach for generating high-quality 3D human poses from 2D keypoints using a deep neural network. The proposed method outperforms existing state-of-the-art techniques on several benchmark datasets, demonstrating its effectiven

This paper presents a novel approach for generating high-quality 3D human poses from 2D keypoints using a deep neural network

Notwestminster 2025 is a free event that brings together people interested in improving local democracy in the UK. The event features workshops, talks, and discussions aimed at finding practical ways to strengthen trust and participation in local decision

Notwestminster 2025 is a free event that brings together people interested in improving local democracy in the UK

Toward Democracy Levels for AI

In this paper, building on insights from the theory and practice of deliberative democracy, we provide a "Democracy Levels" framework for evaluating the degree to which decisions in a given domain are made democratically.

Reimagining Democracy for AI

San Francisco

By Aviv Ovadya

科技、民主與社會研究中心 - Center for Research on Technology, Democracy and Society (DSET)

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

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

AI can help humans find common ground in democratic deliberation

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

Google DeepMind and Stanford researchers built the "Habermas Machine" and found that AI mediators generated more palatable summary statements of the discussions, as rated by participants, than human-written summaries, while still representing minority views in the final version.

Google

DATUM STIFTUNG für Journalismus und Demokratie

Austria (Österreich)

Die DATUM STIFTUNG für Journalismus und Demokratie leistet ganz konkrete und zielgerichtete Beiträge, um Qualität und Unabhängigkeit des Journalismus und damit seine Abwehrkräfte gegenüber autoritären Tendenzen zu stärken und verfolgt dabei eine systemische Herangehensweise.