The SAFElab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.

• racial equity

• The People
• The Tech
• Learn about civic tech

OPEN DATA TODAY TO BUILD RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES TOMORROW

• The People
• Civic data
• Meet the others

GitHub is where people build software. More than 28 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 85 million projects.

• Working groups

A directory of over 900 COVID mutual aid local groups all across the UK, mostly via Facebook groups, and a backgrounder on what they are and how to start one.

• The People
• COVID
• COVID Organizing Projects

A major integrated research programme with a goal to deploy AI and data science in priority areas to support the UK economy.

• The People
• The Tech
• Learn about civic tech

Our Launchpad is a month-long, hackathon-inspired event that facilitates citizen volunteers working together on civic-focused, open source projects.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

Tool for creating small online group discussions around an issue, originally created for political campaigning in the US

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Emerging tech

We use the concepts of platform politics and voice to show that while Amplify managers and designers invested time and resources to include the voices of Amplify beneficiaries on the platform and elicit their feedback on projects supported via the platform, no meaningful participation took place.

• research

• The People
• The Tech
• Participatory democracy

Google shares aggregate location data with public officials to show where stay-in-place orders are being followed

• civic features
• mobility

• COVID Data Projects
• COVID

We shine a light on the people & technology making our world better.

• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

The Open County Initiative is a project within the Devolution Programme implemented by Open Institute together with the Council of Governors. The Programmes broad objective is to work with county governments towards overcoming the challenges they face in actualizing their ambitions for good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability through three segments - Public Participation, Building Public Participation for accountability and innovating and building capacity

The Open Cities Accra Project seeks to make Alogboshie and its environs resilient to natural disasters, especially flooding. The project will also involve the remote mapping of Nima, Akweteman and Alajo.

The blockchain-based land-titling project is being presented at both Harvard and the United Nations.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

The first comprehensive study of automated decisionmaking in Europe

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

A collaborative fact-checking project for the Philippines’ 2019 elections bringing together 11 news organizations and 3 universities to counter disinformation and provide the public with verified information

• The Tech
• Media
• Engagement tech

The mailing list hosted by Action Network, an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes.

• labor

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

The civic tech field has expanded so widely in recent years, it’s hard to think of a major city or an area of civic life that these technologies don’t touch. In this dynamic environment, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has been a field leader, investing over $25 million since 2010 in projects […]

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Omegle meets politics. Listenr connects people with opposing political views anonymously through existing messengers (currently FB messenger).

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

Harnessing Data Science to Measure and Counter Hate Speech & Crime

• harassment
• racial equity

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

IVOW (Intelligent Voices of Wisdom) is an early stage startup ​focusing on cultural intelligence in AI.

• culture

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Projects

Das Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (ipb) will der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Protesten, sozialen Bewegungen und ihrem Wechselverhältnis zur Demokratie einen Ort geben.

• The People
• The Tech
• Advocacy tech

Copcast is an open-source project that can turn any Android phone into a body-worn camera system for law enforcement, providing a more cost-effective and accessible solution for law enforcement officers around the world.

• apps

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Justice tech

A project in the Netherlands to enable digital voting on the blockchain

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Emerging tech

• Specific campaigns
• Artistic interventions

Supporting the transformation of cities towards a more sustainable mobility through data analysis and digital communication.

• mobility
• project tracking

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Data visualization

Measuring, analysing and countering online hate speech with advanced computational methods

• harassment
• hate speech
• racial equity

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

Building Blocks is a WFP corporate project and the humanitarian sector’s largest blockchain-based cash distribution system that leverages blockchain to coordinate with other humanitarian agencies and transfer cash assistance to refugees securely and efficiently.

• Zero hunger

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

CivicWise is an international distributed and open network that promotes citizen engagement, developing concrete actions and projects based on collective intelligence, civic innovation and open design.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Peer networks

illuminating local water quality through data performances for collective action

• Clean water and sanitation

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Data visualization

We work to build citizen capacity to use data for better engagement with government and other stakeholders.

• Crowdsourcing

Join Boston Area Research Initiative for a public conversation centered on the opportunities and challenges of installing kiosks throughout the city.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

A HatchLab is a new kind of global storytelling workshop.

• workshops

• Narrative tech
• Story tech

The prices of basic necessities (e.g., maize flour) are very important. If prices increase, you buy less with the same money, reducing your purchasing power. In this project, the Ministry of Economy and Finance intends to investigate the possibility of collecting reliable price data using crowd-sourcing technologies.

• Govtech

The COVID Memorial is a place to share remembrances of loved ones lost to the coronavirus pandemic, and to encourage public health measures that can prevent more deaths in the future.

• Participatory memorials
• COVID Engagement Projects
• COVID

A global volunteer-run project crowdsourcing resources on the web to address gender-based violence

• domestic violence
• Gender Equality

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Data for Democracy is a community of data people volunteering on social impact projects.

• The People
• Civic data
• Meet the others

Open By-laws South Africa is a project to help South Africans be more informed about the legislation that governs them.

• Civic data
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

helps government employees in Arnsberg develop both the skills and understanding necessary for a modern, innovative government that focuses on meeting the needs of citizens

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

The Every Voice Engaged Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps citizens, governments and other nonprofit organizations solve problems that benefit from effective civic engagement.

A collaborative platform for open metadata built on intersectional and inclusive practices of ethical data governance.

• framework

• Civic data
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Data schemas and standards

A NON-PROFIT HOME FOR YOUR OPEN SOURCE PROJECT

• resources

• The People
• Build something
• Toolkits

The goal of the Unfriend Coal is to make coal uninsurable. Without insurance, few new coal plants can be built and existing projects have to be phased out.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Brand organizing

a platform for collaboratively verifying news in real time

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

To learning about current projects and initiatives and brainstorm practical applications or recommendations related to topics.

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

A “discovery sprint,” is a short, intense period of problem investigation.

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

Building on our previous publication of similar high-resolution population maps for 22 countries, we're now releasing new maps of the majority of the African continent, and the project will eventually map nearly the whole world’s population. Using weakly- and semi-supervised learning.

• Facebook

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence

We will use the hackathon concept to come up with new products, business models, policy and campaigns by encouraging cross-pollination of ideas.

• COVID Engagement Projects
• COVID
• Civic hackathons

The Partnership on AI was established to study and formulate best practices on AI technologies, to advance the public’s understanding of AI, and to serve as an open platform for discussion and engagement about AI and its influences on people and society.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging Tech Projects

Worldie‘s mission is to create safety, equality, humanitarianism, positive social impact, and all-in-one integration to improve lives with technology, helpful social media systems, social projects, public safety, crowdsourced help, and a network of partners.

• harassment
• humanitarian

• Engagement tech
• Online forums
• Social networks

The aim of the Digital Ecosystem for E-Participation Linking Youth (DEEP-Linking Youth) project is to explore how e-participation can foster young people’s empowerment and active participation in democratic life.

• youth

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard