We seek to make democracy more deliberative – to empower people to talk across differences, find common ground, and build political change for the public good.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

The Challenge is a three-phase, prize-based competition to find technology-based solutions that address or improve opioid abuse prevention, treatment and overdose avoidance and response.

• opioids

• The People
• Get funding
• Challenges

The Global Innovations in Democracy: Parliamentary Exchange (GID), led by the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) at The Ohio State University, and the Center for Democracy Innovation (now part of the National Civic League), was established in 2022 to provide a global forum for legislators to discuss the most innovative methods and tools for gathering input, overcoming divisions, building trust, and gaining public support for public policy.

• Meet the others
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• In-person meetings

SONYC is currently seeking citizen scientists to help address NYC’s noise by annotating audio clips for our machine learning technology.

• cities
• noise

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Crash Data Explorer is an open source analysis and engagement tool for urban pedestrian and bike safety.

• cycling
• mobility

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping tools

The new Media Access Research Atlas is an interactive map of all the places in the country where people live in media deserts – places where it is difficult to access daily, local news and information. The map is part of the Media Deserts Project, a joint research project of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, the Department of Geography and the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University.

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data