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Urban Impact Lab excels at strategy development, research and analysis, program development, implementation, creative placemaking, and community engagement.
In Close Up at a Distance, Laura Kurgan offers a theoretical account of these new digital technologies of location and a series of practical experiments in making maps and images with spatial data.
The Digital Lab Fellowship is a paid, non-resident opportunity to uncover and address emerging consumer harms in the digital world
Mayor Brandon M. Scott: 100 Days of Action Tracker
Baltimore, MDBaltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott created an open source tool to track progress made during his administration’s first 100 days.
An internship program that supports diversity in free and open source software.
The Boston Globe's Biden endorsement
The Boston Globe, Exchange Place, Boston, MA, USAIn this historic election, in addition to a traditional editorial that argues that the former vice president can restore the integrity of the presidency and set the country on a better path, the Globe editorial board make 12 cases for 12 different kinds of voters.
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
New York University, New York, NY, USAS.T.O.P. at NYU fights to end discriminatory surveillance.
Whose Streets report
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAHarvard report on “smart city” technology risks to civil liberties.
A platform built for accessible and consensus-driven public consultation, harnessing machine learning to derive quality insights. Cornell Tech Studio project
Civic Innovation Corps
1201 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMobilizing the next generation of technologists to create civic impact in cities and states across the country.
Digital Transformation in Government (Online) @ Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USATaught by David Eaves
Local Digital UK Training Library
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)While COVID-19 has put a temporary stop to our classroom-based training, we have created a library of online training courses to support local authority staff to learn and develop their digital skills.
A Field Guide to the Dark Ecologies of Newtown Creek
New York City, NY, USAA Field Guide to the Dark Ecologies of Newtown Creek is designed in phases that we are developing over time.
Media Monitoring Africa
AfricaA non-profit organisation that promotes democracy and a culture where media and the powerful respect human rights and encourage a just and fair society. MMA acts in a watchdog role to promote ethical and fair journalism that supports human rights.
Social Media and/as Urban Research is a short workshop providing an introduction to conceptualising and approaching social media as part of urban research.
MOVE
CanadaA centralized platform for traffic volume and collision data by Code for Canada
Thoughtful engagement with decision-makers, stakeholders, and the general public provides the foundation for sound planning, successful projects, and better communities.
/dev/color is the most powerful community of Black software engineers, technologists, and executives in the world.
Leerstandsmelder
Germany (Deutschland)Für mehr Transparenz und neue Möglichkeitsräume in der Stadt
A media and research project to advance the tech workers movement.
After playing thousands of hours of transportation simulation games, we were left wondering what could happen if some of the traditional limits of the genre didn't exist: in map sizes, track layout complexity, or train scheduling.
By participating, you get to consider both community-scale opportunities for change as well as personal opportunities.
WasteWorks
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)One integrated and intuitive digital front door to local authority residential waste services.
We are on a mission to end abject poverty around the world by powering a global "skillanthropy" movement.
Identifying discrepancies in prison sentencing based on race
Protect personal spaces and possessions without compromising privacy
The cities in this Atlas represent the vanguard of urban governments that are hosting tests, developing their own autonomous vehicle (AV) pilots, making plans and policy, and monitoring developments in AV technologies, uses, and markets.
Open for Good improves localized AI training data in Africa, Asia and beyond
Greater Good Studio is a design firm dedicated to the social sector.
Grade DC
Washington, DCThis program enables you to submit comments about certain District agencies and view how District residents graded those agencies. The goal is to help you better engage with your government and help government agencies to improve the quality of their services.
The Brick House Cooperative is a publishing platform designed, owned and operated by journalists—ad-free, expandable and subscription-based.
Alloy
United States of America (the)Alloy was a nonprofit technology company building broadly accessible, radically affordable, high-quality data and technology for the progressive community.
How to take advantage of technology, data, and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problems
Parliamentary Network Africa
GE185-7537 BOHYE ROAD (ECOWAS HIGHWAY), NEW ASHONGMAN ESTATE, ACCRA GHANAParliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) is a convenor and connector of civil society parliamentary monitoring organizations and journalists towards promoting Open Parliaments across Africa.
सङ्ग्रह (Collection)
NepalThe collection is a digital collection of literary works written in Nepali and other languages of Nepal.
MediaReview
Duke University, Durham, NC, USAA sibling to ClaimReview that allows fact-checkers to identify whether a video or image has been manipulated.
Squash
Duke University, Durham, NC, USAA prototype to display factchecks in real-time on live TV
Public Editor
Berkeley, CA, USAWe’re an online community of critical thinkers vetting the most-shared news articles on the Internet.
Bytes of Good is a podcast where we engage in critical discussions about technology, the role it plays in our society, and career paths in the social good space.
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities.
Permission Slip
Yonkers, NY, USAOne app to take back control of your data
This Global Language Data Review sets out what language data you need for planning, where you can find it, and how you can help build the body of data to support inclusive services.
The Data Nutrition Project
Cambridge, MAThe Data Nutrition Project aims to create a standard label for interrogating datasets.
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