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Academic programs, relevant research centers, journals, and peer-reviewed articles.
Storytelling with Data Course
Taught by Maria Massei-Rosato
Civic Service Design Graduate Minor at The New School
The Civic Service Design minor draws upon a practice and subfield of research and theory that connect to design, social theory, and public policy and management frameworks, methods, and tools to refor...
How to Think/Act in Dark Times: Exploring a Critical Praxis
Taught By: Eduardo Staszowski
Fritz Family Fellowship at Georgetown University Tech & Society
Building on expertise from across Tech & Society, the Fritz Family Fellowship aims to cultivate the next generation of leaders with expertise in the social impacts of technology, and build a network o...
Public & Collab Services Course
A core course for the Graduate Minor in Civic Service Design at Parsons School of Design at The New School, taught by Lara Penin
Center for Science and the Imagination
Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination brings writers, artists and other creative thinkers into collaboration with scientists, engineers and technologists to reignite humani...
Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)
We are dedicated to shaping the future of technology through interdisciplinary research and collaboration.
Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
HAC is the world's most expansive home for bold and risky humanities thinking about our political world inspired by the spirit of Hannah Arendt.
Democracy Innovation Hub
We convene and train public servants, community leaders and educators to use participatory methods of engagement and tools, with a focus on citizens’ assemblies.
Journal of Democracy
Focusing exclusively on democracy, the Journal monitors and analyzes democratic regimes and movements around the world.
Governance of Emerging Technology and Tech Innovations for Next-Gen Governance (GETTING-Plurality)
A multi-disciplinary research network linking philosophers, social scientists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and technologists.
Prosocial Media
We propose an alternative platform model that the social fabric an explicit output as well as input. By E. Glen Weyl, Luke Thorburn, Emillie de Keulenaar, Jacob Mchangama, Divya Siddarth, Audrey Tang
Nonviolent Action Lab
The Nonviolent Action Lab is an innovation hub for activists, researchers, and supporters who share common goals around defending and advancing democracy worldwide through civil resistance — protests,...
Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation
The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation aims to reinforce democracy through strengthening institutions, building interpersonal and informational trust, and reducing hyper-partisan affective polarizatio...
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Harvard’s hub for research and teaching on democracy
Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
Founded in 2021 with Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University serves a global community committed to improving public management, leadership, and governance.
AI and Democracy Movements Project
The AI and Democracy Movements Project explores the impacts of AI on the strategy, operations, and outcomes of pro-democratic social movements.
Wiki Education
Wiki Education engages students and academics to improve Wikipedia
The Dialogue on Technology Project (DoT)
DoT’s mission is to convene a sustained and nuanced societal dialogue between leaders, experts and community members around the social impacts of AI in British Columbia and Canada.
Hey Neighbour Collective
Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) is a collective impact project that brings together housing providers, researchers, local and regional governments, housing associations and health authorities to experi...
Mitigating Wildfire
The Mitigating Wildfire Initiative facilitates dialogue and collaboration to identify and advance solutions that address the fundamental changes happening in wildfire risk and management in British Co...
Democratic AI is Possible. The Democracy Levels Framework Shows How It Might Work
In this paper, building on insights from the theory and practice of deliberative democracy, we provide a "Democracy Levels" framework for evaluating the degree to which decisions in a given domain are...
The Dais
Canada’s platform for bold policies and better leaders.
Responsible Use of Decision-Making Algorithms in the Public Sector: a Case Study Approach
Course designed and taught by Soizic Pénicaud at Sciences Po Paris’ Graduate School of Public Affairs in September-December 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
Generative Agent Simulations of 1,000 People
Stanford + DeepMind study that used LLMs to simulate people with AI agents based on a 2-hour interview
Tufts Cybersecurity Center for the Public Good
Research, Education, and Civic Engagement
MIT Center for Constructive Communication
Designing tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society.
Accountability Research Center (ARC)
Accountability Research Center bridges research and frontline perspectives to learn from ideas, institutions, and actors that advance strategies to improve public and corporate accountability. Learn m...
Stanford Online Deliberation Platform
The Online Deliberation Platform is a video discussion platform for groups of 8-15 people.
GloTech Lab @ UMass
Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech) is a hub for interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of critical tech studies and global studies.
Pitt Cyber
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シビックテック・デザイン学創成寄付研 (Civic Tech Design Initiative (CTDI))
東京大学内に設置された「デジタル空間社会連携研究機構」を中心に、市民や地域企業、行政、関連団体など多様なステークホルダーが関わり、地域やコミュニティのためのデータ・
デジタル空間社会連携研究機構 (Digital Sapital Society (DSS))
デジタル空間社会連携研究機構ではIoTデバイスからのデータなどの多様でダイナミックなリアルタイム時空間ビッグデータを一元的に集約し、これらを統合した形で人々や企業の活動、交通
Empowering Indigenous Communities: Land Alienation in Tripura and Restoration through ICT Initiatives
Through a comprehensive analysis of various ICT projects, this study examines the success and challenges of using technology to protect and restore land rights.
Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University
The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University drives innovation in local government by marrying cutting-edge practice with world-class research.
Transversal Design for Social Impact
This course uniquely combines the critical lens of art with the innovation framework of DesignX, promoting introspection and thoughtful deliberation before diving into design interventions.
Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)
PSAM’s activities include research, monitoring, advocacy and capacity building. Working through southern Africa, PSAM generates and shares knowledge about social accountability and the monitoring and...
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)
at University of California Berkeley
The Impact and Opportunities of Generative AI in Fact-Checking
Paper by ROBERT WOLFE and TANUSHREE MITRA, University of Washington, United States
When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study
[A] multi-stakeholder co-design project – including a citizen panel – is an integral part of the process in which the service is designed and realized
The Internet & Democracy Initiative
The Internet & Democracy Initiative will study problems that have widespread information and social media implications.
Psychology of Misinformation Lab
Center for Labor and a Just Economy (CLJE:Lab)
CLJE:Lab is the policy and legal innovation lab at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy – where our ideas for building worker power and strengthening democracy hit the ground.
Civic Tech Innovation Short Course, Wits School of Governance
This course will provide you with skills to develop an applied understanding of how to use technological platforms to enhance the interface between government and citizens in the delivery of services.
Ohio State Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA)
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.
Design for America Studios
Studios are nodes of community, design education, and localized impact within university campuses across the U.S.
Tech Policy Institute at Cornell
Brooks School of Public Policy
Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics
We are training the next generation of cyber leaders and safeguarding community organizations.
Citizen Clinic
Citizen Clinic is a public-interest cybersecurity clinic at UC Berkeley.