Chatham House is establishing a Commission on Democracy and Technology in Europe to help investigate the nexus of technological change and the future of democratic governance.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Outvote is a friend-to-friend texting app for political campaigns. We allow you to digitally volunteer for campaigns by reaching out to your friends with

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

The Annenberg Innovation Lab is a curious, creative and committed Think & Do Tank at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

• The Tech
• Media
• The People

Our mission at WeGovNYC is to bring New Yorkers together to create the world’s best municipality.

• cities

• Support civic projects with tech

CHRS

• human rights

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.

• research

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Rights x Tech is a forum for technologists, policy makers and movement leaders to discuss emerging issues around human rights, products and power.

• racial equity
• human rights

• In-person meetings
• Meet the others

A national, nonpartisan group of LGBT organizations, academics, and high technology companies whose mission is to engage with critical technology and public policy leaders for strategic discussions at all levels.

• LGBTQI

• Fundraising tools
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

• Microsoft

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

The International Innovation Corp at The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy creates scalable solutions to critical development problems. We send top talent to work with government and development organizations on one to three year projects to implement innovative solutions to important development problems.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Polco is a platform designed to increase civic engagement, improve government transparency, and inform municipal governments of constituents’ input which, in turn, will help better guide public policy.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

PeakMetrics tracks news and government action around the clock, so you save time and react faster.

• The Tech
• Media
• Engagement tech

Das CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisierung

• cities

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Engine supports the growth of technology entrepreneurship through economic research, policy analysis, and advocacy on local and national issues.

• The People
• Help out
• Tech translators and intermediaries

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Collaborating with progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns around the US to measure & increase the impact of their programs.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

International community of policymakers, service designers, digital people & others working to reform government and make public services better

• The People
• Peer networks
• Meet the others

We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• The People

The encyclopedia of American politics

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

The 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA) requires all government-produced digital products, including websites and applications, to be consistent, modern, and mobile-friendly.

• The People
• Govtech
• Civic tech legislation and policy

The aim of the festival is to strengthen understanding of the role of citizen engagement across the policy cycle.

• The People
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

Policy Development based on Advanced Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualisation

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an Indian, non-profit organization that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives -- including hundreds of articles on Accessibility.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Carnegie Melon's center for disinformation, hate speech and extremism online

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Learn about civic tech

Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.

• The People
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• Research and policy centers

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

In the midst of an immigration crisis on the US-Mexico border, Code for America, Codeando México, and The GovLab organized online listening sessions to help determine areas of need and where the civic tech community might help.

• immigration

• Needs assessment

Newsgeist is a gathering of practitioners and thinkers from the worlds of journalism, technology, and public policy who are re-imagining the future of the news.

• The Tech
• Media
• The People

The Open Data Barometer for Latin America and the Caribbean covers 24 countries and classifies governments according to readiness for open data initiatives, implementation of open data programs, and impact that open data is having on companies, politics and civil society.

• Civic data
• Report cards and audits

The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

2018 Book by Susan Crawford

• books

• Books
• Connectivity

Code for America partnered with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Nava Public Benefit Corporation to conduct pilots in Michigan (in partnership with Civilla), Colorado, Alaska, Vermont (led by Nava PBC) and Louisiana.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Access social benefits

Studying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Towards better use of development resources. Find out, follow, press forward.

• Open data publishing portals
• Open government data

Cloud-based budget and performance management software built for local governments.

• ChatGPT

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Budget explorers

The Elections Performance Index (EPI) compares election administration policy and performance across the states and from one election cycle to the next.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

Unlocking People's Expertise to Solve Urban Challenges

• methodology
• reports

• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Building inside government
• Innovation capacity

Using software, policy and data to empower activists and end oppression

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center

• Fight disinformation
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Factchecking

Teams of researchers will work with up to 350 partner organisations on a range of topics and themes, including how data-driven innovation can improve public services in the region, the role of artificial intelligence and the ethics of data.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

We hope the project will arm activists, advocates, journalists, policy makers, and elected officials with relevant, timely information about how government functions—so we can fix it when it doesn’t.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Smart growth is a way to build cities, towns, and neighborhoods that are economically prosperous, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

ITIF is a think tank focusing on critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was founded in 2014 to provide training and experiential opportunities for students, faculty, and global leaders to enact solution-based social change.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• The People

Exploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”

• peace
• universities

• Research and policy centers
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• In-person meetings

Help make climate change visible in public spaces with design, data and stickers.

• Climate action
• guerilla

• The People
• Artistic interventions
• Specific campaigns

A tool created for citizens and all those people or organizations that may be interested, which aims to facilitate the analysis and understanding of the budgets of the City of Barcelona.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency