An artistic project to bring poetic composition to accessible alt text on the web

• Artistic interventions
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Democracy Pioneers is an award for innovations that are experimenting with ways to re-energise civic participation and everyday democracy in the UK.

• Engagement tech
• Awards and prizes

A short guide to help keep journalists and their sources safe

• guides

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year, “pop-up” research initiative to accelerate progress towards addressing social media’s most urgent problems, including misinformation, privacy breaches, harassment, and content governance.

• Research and policy centers
• Social media

Celebrating purpose & mission-driven work from people, companies and organizations worldwide.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Awards and prizes

We are a group of badass scientists who use technology to empower communities across America.

• Data science for social good

Get A Certificate in Inclusive Community Engagement

• trainings

• Engagement tech

análisis de 30 medios de comunicación en España

• Media
• Data visualization
• Media and social media analysis

Etiqueta y visualiza el contenido de tu texto en relación con los objetivos de la Agenda 2030

• Sustainable Development Goals

• Data visualization

EL THINK-AND-DO TANK de la Fundación Salvador Soler

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency

Solidarity with frontline communities using tech to defend environmental & human rights. Co-building mapping & monitoring tools. Challenging tech colonialism.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• human rights

• Digital rights

Using integrated sensors and artificial intelligence, Livio AI enhances your listening experiences, proactively manages your health and provides access to information to simplify your life.

• Deaf

• Artificial Intelligence
• Hardware

Grassroots fundraising with NFTs

• Fundraising tools
• Blockchain
• Campaign tools

Solar Ear manufactures low cost, solar rechargeable and environment friendly hearing aids so you can hear perfectly again. Our products are manufactured by deaf workers with high quality components. FIND YOUR HEARING AID

• Deaf

• Hardware

The hearing aid that tracks body and brain health.

• Deaf

• Hardware

The public-private initiative supports Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and women-led small businesses, nonprofits, cooperatives, and technology startups that are building a more equitable and sustainable future for New York City.

• Govtech
• Fellowships

Research with Code for America on CalFresh, by Donald Moynihan, Eric Giannella, Pamela Herd, and Julie Sutherland finds "hard evidence on the barriers administrative burdens pose."

• research

• Peer-reviewed research
• Access social benefits

(PDF) How to develop collaborative data projects – for citizens, urban innovators, researchers and policy makers

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

An independent research institute with a mission to ensure data and AI work for people and society.

• The People
• Research and policy centers

A single civic action each day ensures that a voter will never miss an election and feel empowered showing up to the polls.

• apps
• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Six European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.

• city
• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The AI Now Institute at New York University is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to understanding the social implications of artificial intelligence.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Learn about civic tech

Come for the discounts, stay for the opposition to common sense gun laws.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Adjacent Fields

Hayat Technologies is a specialised health-tech analytics and digital solutions provider

• health
• Good health and well-being
• Decade-Plus Club

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

We improve the effectiveness of international development efforts by understanding and encouraging what works using rigorous, actionable and engaging evidence.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Evaluate impact

We're a nonprofit fundraising platform for campaigns and organizations and the small-dollar donors who support them

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

Dialogue is a digital platform for building consensus via ideas, comments and ratings in a shared space. Manage closed conversations with defined groups of stakeholders, or open up a public debate.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

OpenMedia works to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Driven by the rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, intelligent machines are gaining the ability to learn, improve and make calculated decisions in ways that will enable them to perform tasks previously thought to rely solely on human experience, creativity, and ingenuit​y

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
• Meet the others
• Conferences

The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking, but we also do occasional research about trust in the news media and other topics.

• The Tech
• Media
• The People

Find help in NYC with food, money, housing, work and more on ACCESS NYC.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Algorithm Watch is a non-profit research and advocacy organization committed to evaluating and shedding light on algorithmic decision-making processes

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech

Aira connects people who are blind or low vision to a trained professional agent who is dedicated to further enhancing their everyday experience – completely hands-free assistance at the touch of a button.

• blind

• Adjacent Fields
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• Foundational layers

In "Abierto al Público" we explore the use of open knowledge through data, code and other media.

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

An evolving directory of tools and resources that OPSI believes may be useful for civil servants interested in the use of AI in government

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

We designed Tactical Data Engagement to help cities go beyond a policy and portal, and facilitate opportunities for the community use of open data to improve residents’ lives.

• guides

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

ad.watch breaks open the machine of political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram with data of more than 150 parties in 34 countries.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

Weil Transparenz Vertrauen schafft

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Advocacy tech

The 21st Century Vocabulary seeks to map and catalog the emergence of new terms to enable a more sophisticated public discourse on technology, innovation, and governance.

• Glossaries

Tactical voting against the Tories.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

We fund research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

AI in the Trap, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens.

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

A Feminist AI Research network that gathers a cohort of social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Provincial powerhouse: Alberta’s new government lab

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Centering the knowledges of marginalised communities from around the world. Re-imagining the internet to be for and from us all.

• women

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Diversity & Inclusion

Keep yourself and your community safe with Círculo, an app easy to use that allows you to send check-ins and urgent alerts in a fast and private way.

• apps

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

A 24 hour Covid Vigil, May 20 - May 21, 2PM-2PM ET

• COVID Engagement Projects
• Participatory memorials

This book takes a close look at civic apps and general-purpose tech platforms and services.

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

ActionSprout makes it easy to find curated content, schedule posts, manage Facebook ads, and create donations and petitions to grow your following!

• commercial

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

Well designed posters to hang in your gov office

• resources

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles