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The First Branch LLM (Large Language Model) concept map below imagines the critical infrastructure needed at the enterprise level to create an accessible, accountable, and permanent information system for both the public and lawmakers.
Scanning the Horizon
GlobalThe report serves as an entry point to this ‘forecasting’ stream of work that organizations working in the digital rights ecosystem often overlook, especially when resources are scarce, and they are focused on current challenges and ongoing projects.
Phoenix
CaliforniaPhoenix is an open source, non-commercial platform designed to enable peacebuilders and mediators to conduct ethical and participatory social media listening in order to inform conflict transformation work.
Yodi
Togo (Republique Togolaise)Yodi is a social project that fights the digital divide with AI communication tools that allow for new types of services and interactions in local languages in Togo and West Africa.
AI Action Summit
Paris, FranceFor almost a week, from February 6 to 11, 2025, Paris hosted numerous events aimed at strengthening international action towards artificial intelligence.
Public Rights Project
Oakland, CASince 2017, we've recovered over $46 million in relief for marginalized people; built a network of over 1,300 government offices, elected officials, and community-based organizations in 50 states; trained 130 prosecutors and government lawyers in 24 states; and secured court victories on abortion, immigrant, workers’, and voting rights
Global Nonviolent Action Database
Swarthmore CollegePowering Learning about Nonviolent Action. Last updated 2011.
Does reducing stigma increase the take-up of rental assistance?
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USARenters that received an informational postcard were 52% more likely to request an application for rental assistance and 24% more likely to submit an application than renters that did not receive a postcard.
Protests in the United States on Palestine and Israel, 2023–2024
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAAnalyzes the size, rhetorical nature, and non-violent nature of the pro-Palestine protest wave, which it finds to be "the largest, most sustained US protests sparked by a foreign event" since their data became available in 2017. Published in Social Movement Studies
Improving Delivery of the Social Safety Net: The Role of Stigma
United States of America (the)Article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory by Jessica Lasky-Fink and Elizabeth Linos
Doing Democracy Differently
New York, USAThis 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.
Democracy Without Elections (DWE)
United States of America (the)Democracy without Elections is a member-run 501c3 nonprofit that promotes the use of democratic lotteries.
Molloy Consultants
Cincinnati, OhioWith over 15 years of experience working with domestic and international non-profits to create and manage programs, events, and communication projects for global health we have a successful record of systematically improving processes and outcomes.
States, federal employee unions, various advocacy groups and several individuals have filed over 100 lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's implementation of executive orders and other initiatives. Law360 has created a database of those lawsuits, separated into categories based on their subject matter.
Using Collective Dialogues and AI to Find Common Ground Between Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilders
United States of America (the)Human Computer Interaction article by Andrew Konya, Luke Thorburn, Wasim Almasri, Oded Adomi Leshem, Ariel D. Procaccia, Lisa Schirch, Michiel A. Bakker
Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants (DRAI)
San FranciscoCode for America effort. DRAI distributed emergency cash assistance to immigrants who were undocumented and had lost income or suffered health impacts from COVID-19.
Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium (PAIRS)
Paris, FranceThe first edition of PAIRS took place as an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit (10th - 11th Feb 2025) providing a space to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI, and to build stronger connections across the field.
The Situate AI Guidebook: Co-Designing a Toolkit to Support Multi-Stakeholder Early-stage Deliberations Around Public Sector AI Proposals
Carnegie Mellon UniversityBy Anna Kawakami, Amanda Coston, Haiyi Zhu, Hoda Heidari, Kenneth Holstein
Federal Taxpayer Receipt
Middleton, WIThe Federal Taxpayer Receipt provides American taxpayers with an itemized receipt that estimates how your tax dollars are spent by the government based on how much you paid in taxes.
We propose an alternative platform model that the social fabric an explicit output as well as input. By E. Glen Weyl, Luke Thorburn, Emillie de Keulenaar, Jacob Mchangama, Divya Siddarth, Audrey Tang
Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAFounded in 2021 with Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University serves a global community committed to improving public management, leadership, and governance.
Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAThe 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.
Negative Vote and Balanced Ballot
CaliforniaGiving voters the option to vote NO in all elections can improve all democracies
Porticus
AmsterdamSince 1995, we've coordinated the philanthropic endeavours founded by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners, continuing a tradition of social engagement stretching back as far as 1841.
Ever wonder, “How can civic tech help improve government service delivery?” If so, check out this new research from the Canadian Digital Service! It includes 5 case studies of partnerships between the Canadian government and civic tech groups, plus tools to assess if civic tech might be a good partner for a government initiative. Find it here: https://digital.canada.ca/2025/01/23/how-can-civic-tech-help-improve-government-service-delivery/
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Bridging Dictionary
MIT Media Lab[A] dynamic prototype from MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication that identifies how words common in American political discourse are used differently across the political divide
Report by Ending Youth Surveillance and NOTICE Coalition published November 2024
No Tech Criminalization in Education (NOTICE)
MinneapolisThe NOTICE Coalition (No Tech Criminalization in Education) is a national network of advocates, researchers and organizers building a movement to end police surveillance in schools and defend youth justice in the digital age.
Self-managed social centres in the United Kingdom are self-organized, anti-authoritarian, and volunteer-run communal spaces that differ from traditional community centres
Red teaming large language models (LLMs) for resilience to scientific disinformation
United States of America (the)The red teaming event brought together 40 health and climate postgraduate students with the objective to scrutinise and bring attention to potential vulnerabilities in large language models (LLMs1 ).
Mark your calendars—on 15-16 October 2025, 300 deliberative democracy professionals will gather in Brussels, Belgium, a country with a rich history of democratic innovation, from the G1000 movement to the Ostbelgien Permanent Citizens' Council.
Zesumme Vereinfachen
Luxembourg (Luxembourg, Letzebuerg)Bienvenue sur la plateforme officielle dédiée à la simplification administrative participative au Luxembourg.
The Students' Assembly on Gen AI in Higher Education
The University of EdinburghIn the context of rising concerns regarding GenAI use, a two-day deliberative process was organized and hosted at the University of Edinburgh’s Edinburgh Futures Institute. A total of 17 students from 6 disciplines, gathered and deliberated on the question “How can we reimagine teaching, learning, and research methods to align with the advancements in AI and ethics?”.
CARE is a major international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Founded in 1945, CARE is nonsectarian, impartial, and non-governmental. It is one of the largest and oldest humanitarian aid organizations focused on fighting global poverty.
To Community
United States of America (the)To Community is a set of strategies for bonding companies to communities. It’s also an open research program on how to transition society to new forms of community ownership and governance.
Responsible Use of Decision-Making Algorithms in the Public Sector: a Case Study Approach
Paris, FranceCourse designed and taught by Soizic Pénicaud at Sciences Po Paris’ Graduate School of Public Affairs in September-December 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
Making TikTok, tick
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Using our AI-assisted research methodologies we examined more than 30,000 videos relating to mainstream political discourse in the UK
Civic Innovation Fund (CIF)
Bonn, GermanyThe Civic Innovation Fund (CIF) is a unique European pooled fund of THE CIVICS Innovation Hub. It pioneers new ideas in civil society, enhances their visibility, and integrates them into NECE, a growing pan-European network of civic educators.
Since 2016, the Laura Robot has analyzed more than 8.6 million visits in 40 clinical and hospital centers in several Brazilian states.
The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative initiative that collects, preserves, and makes accessible United States Government websites at the end of presidential administrations
The Spinoza project initially aims to create a tool for journalists based on generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance media coverage of climate change and ecological transition, all while relying on reliable sources.
Pluralisme
France"Pluralisme.fr is a revolutionary solution in the sense that it will help strengthen Democracy and monitor alternative facts"
The MIT AI risk Repository is a comprehensive living database of over 1000 AI risks categorized by their cause and risk domain.
Myanmar Internet Project
Myanmar (Myăma)The Myanmar Internet Project was established in 2022 by a collective of researchers, practitioners and advocates with years of experience tracking developments in the Myanmar digital space.
Minute (GOV.UK)
10 Downing StreetMinute is a secure AI transcription service that produces customisable summaries in the formats that public servants need.
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