In this groundbreaking work, Haochen Sun analyzes the ethical crisis unfolding at the intersection of technology and the public interest.

• books

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Books

Does your nonprofit have a technology related project idea that will advance your mission?

• Awards and prizes
• Nonprofit tech

The Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for practitioners at the intersection of responsible technology development to explore multidisciplinary approaches to maximizing the societal benefits of emerging technologies while minimizing the harms.    

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Fellowships

• Civic tech catalogs

This class uses the idea of values-driven design to help creators consider the politics of the technologies we use and which we bring into the world and teaches methods of research, design and deployment intended to help technologies meet the needs of real-world communities.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Courses

Design and deliver a digital government with and for the American public.

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

Combating media manipulation through knowledge and action

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Many people become engineers or designers because they hope to change the world for the better using technology.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

18F is working iteratively with a team of technologists from across the government to build a platform for users who need to log in to government services. Every consumer-facing service the government offers will benefit from this platform, enhancing the privacy and security of online interactions for the public and for agencies.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

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

The Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships is the first new NSF directorate in 30 years and "advances use-inspired and translational research in all fields of science and engineering, giving rise to new industries and engaging all Americans — regardless of background or location — in the pursuit of new, high-wage jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)."

• STEM

• Govtech
• Economic development

Led by Harold F. Linder Professor Alondra Nelson, the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab explores emerging scientific and technological phenomena (including genomics, artificial intelligence, space exploration, and public health) and their intersections with the fulfillment of civil, political, and social citizenship

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

The Changemaker Award, which celebrates and recognises the best role model and leader from within the EIT Community's education programmes, and whose activities and achievements have the potential to generate a significant social impact.

• Awards and prizes

We design and advance solutions to the world's toughest emerging security threats

• Govtech
• Cybersecurity
• Supporting public sector from outside government

We believe digital technology can and should have a positive impact on society.

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• Funders & donors

We provide research and development to support decision making in the field of sustainable mobility and humanitarian aid. We accomplish this through open geoinformation, open methods, open software and close collaboration with our partners.

• mobility
• Climate action

• Mapping
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit organization fighting to advance civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital rights
• Predecessors

Editors: Hans Jochen Scholl, Eric E. Holdeman, F. Kees Boersma

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• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Books

The Center for News, Technology & Innovation will provide issue primers with research and legislative activity from around the world and host deliberative discussions among thought leaders in journalism, technology, and policy.

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Journalism

Southeast Asia Technology and Transparency Initiative (SEATTI) established to hold its key purpose to support civil society organizations that use or intend to use technology and media platforms to empower citizens in their respective countries to hold their public institutions transparent and accountable

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Foundation initiatives

The Center for Information Technology Policy is a nexus of expertise in technology, engineering, public policy, and the social sciences.

• Research and policy centers
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Academia

A platform to evaluate the most complex of India's technology policy conundrums

• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits

GTY brings leading government technology companies together to empower the government workforce with digital tools to transform the citizen and stakeholder experience.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Govtech vendors

In an era of corporate surveillance, artificial intelligence, deep fakes, genetic modification, automation, and more, law often seems to take a back seat to rampant technological change.

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech

A report by International Republican Institute "synthesiz[ing] core challenges and lessons learned from practitioners, funders and government to help answer the questions of why civic and govtech initiatives struggle long term and what can be done about it."

• reports

• Fieldwide resources
• Reports

This report from Katharine Lusk and Azer Bestravos of Boston University evaluates of the state of the field across the 43 academic institutions that make up the Public Interest Technology University Network as of the summer of 2021, providing insight into the ways in which PIT-UN members are investing in its five priority areas, and sheds light on the state of the field more generally.

• reports
• students

• Academia
• Fieldwide resources
• Reports

Do you have a passion for ensuring technology and innovation benefit society? Join this unique program and become a leader in examining and using technology for social good, whether in the public or private sector or in nonprofit organizations.

• Academic programs
• Academia
• Public Interest Tech

The Public Technology Leadership Collaborative (PTLC) is a new peer learning collective of scholars, researchers, and government leaders committed to addressing the social and cultural implications of data and technology.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Core science and tech policy trainings open to US government staff

• trainings

• Govtech
• Tech or Digital Policy
• Supporting public sector from outside government

This Coursera course aims to help learners understand how inequity and injustice can become embedded in technology, science, and associated policies, and how this can be addressed.

• racial equity
• Reduced inequalities

• Courses
• Tech or Digital Policy

Secretary Blinken established the office as part of the wider modernization agenda because the constellation of critical and emerging technologies reshaping the world is now an integral part of the conduct of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.

• Govtech
• Emerging tech
• Digital transformation

SMEX is launching the inaugural SMEX Fellowship Programme to bring new minds and voices to the digital rights field, raise innovative solutions to the many-layered issues that govern use and access to the internet, and expand research on emerging topics within digital rights in the MENA region.

• Fellowships
• Digital rights

In just 30 minutes, we bring you insightful interviews with public interest technologists and guest experts on such pressing public interest issues as social justice, inequality and internet rights, the digital transformation, social change, the environmental justice, and more.

• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.

• Research and policy centers
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Academia

The time for theorizing is coming to an end. The need for action has arrived.

• reports

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

How do we ensure justice and fair treatment for all in a digital environment? How do we counter online hate, protect free speech, and use social media to reduce bias in society? The Center for Technology and Society takes ADL’s civil rights mission and applies it to the 21st century.

• hate speech
• harassment

This paper identifies and addresses persistent gaps in the consideration of ethical practice in ‘technology for good’ development contexts.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Evaluate impact

Community Technology Empowerment Network (CTEN) is a refugee-founded and led organisation, which began in 2016 as community-based initiative in Rhino Camp refugee settlement West Nile region of Uganda. CTENs mission is to give community knowledge in digital technology for purposes of understanding and eventually building digital skills for employability, resulting in livelihoods resilience.

• refugees

• Co-design
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

The Racism and Technology Center uses technology as a mirror to reflect and make visible existing racist practices in Dutch society.

• racial equity

In order to encourage more outstanding talents to invest in the new-type democratic experiment field and accelerate the incubation of more achievements, the g0v zero-hour government loosening group of Dasong is held on a regular basis.

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• Funders & donors

Find original research, insights, and assessment tools to help you solve your biggest tech challenges.

• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital literacy
• Nonprofit tech

PInT is the student-run public interest technology (PIT) organization at  Olin College of Engineering

• students

• Academia
• Public Interest Tech

Join us for the 2022 Public Interest Tech University Network (PIT-UN) Convening, hosted by City University of New York, on Oct. 28-29.

• Conferences
• Public Interest Tech

The Civics of Technology Project shares research and curriculum and offers professional development that encourages teachers and students to critically inquire into the effects of technology on our individual and collective lives.

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

CITAD is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that is committed to the use of information and communication technologies for development and promotion of good governance.

• Digital literacy
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D