Courses
Virtual and face-to-face training spaces that explore different concepts, practices, methodologies, and tools of the civic tech field.
EDIA
EDIA es un proyecto de la Fundación Vía Libre cuyo objetivo es involucrar a más personas en la evaluación de tecnologías de inteligencia artificial como son los modelos de lenguaje (por ejemplo, ChatG...
DataHaven Youth Advisory Council
The DataHaven Youth Advisory Council (DHYAC) has created a model for democratizing data and AI literacy by equipping young people with practical skills to interpret and apply data for participatory ac...
Certified course on legislative scrutiny and technology
This course explores the theory and practice of legislative scrutiny and explores the potential role of technology to augment these efforts. The course will take place online and in Berlin from 8–...
Curso de Justicia Abierta
La Escuela Judicial de Costa Rica, la CONAMAJ y la Conferencia Internacional de Justicia Abierta le agradecen su inscripción en el Curso de Justicia Abierta.
L.A. TACO Media Lab
USC Annenberg and L.A. TACO have developed a new course, “Bridging the Gap Between L.A. Influencers and Independent Journalists,” which will provide time and space for USC students to contribute to th...
Defending Democracy in a Digital World
Zuckerman and students explore digital media, polarization, and democracy
Data as Material Course
Taught By Richard The
Storytelling with Data Course
Taught by Maria Massei-Rosato
How to Think/Act in Dark Times: Exploring a Critical Praxis
Taught By: Eduardo Staszowski
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
Doing Democracy Differently
This 10 Credit CTLE (Continuing Teacher and Leader Education) course presented with Democracy Without Elections introduces secondary teachers to the expanding use of lottery (sortition) to bring diver...
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.
School of Creativity and Democracy
Cooperative AI Course
Cooperative AI is an emerging research field focused on improving the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI for the benefit of all.
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.
The School for Everyday Democracy
This programme will support 100 people to become Everyday Democracy Champions, in turn catalysing the action of others in communities furthest from power, and creating tangible change across all four...
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.
Service Design at Newspeak House
A curriculum for the Service Design 101 course with readings and case studies
Cyberharassment Clinic at New York Law School
The Cyberharassment Clinic is a program at a law school that allows students to represent victims of online harassment, cyberbullying, and revenge porn.
Justice and Equity in Technology Policy course
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.
Equitech Futures' Civic Tech Institute
The Civic Tech Institute at Equitech Futures empowers leaders in the social sector - governments, nonprofits, and social enterprises - with the data and technology skills critical to achieving impact...
Justice Media co-Lab
The Justice Media co-Lab at Boston University provides the programmatic structure to train a new generation of computational investigative journalists equipped to leverage the power of computing and d...
Advocacy Assembly
Advocacy Assembly is a free e-learning platform featuring dozens of courses for human rights activists, campaigners and journalists.
Media Matters for Democracy Courses
Two courses - Understanding Citizen Journalism and Digital Disinformation and Journalistic Responsibilities
The School of Good Services
The skills you need to deliver services that work
Learn to Discern (L2D) - Media Literacy Training
IREX’s Learn to Discern approach builds resilience to manipulative information by empowering those who engage with media and information to navigate it in a safe, critical, responsible, healthy, and e...
ITS Rio Curricula on Information Issues
Course at Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio
Centering Human Rights: A Curriculum
Based on extensive research with these communities to build and refine products, we are offering: best practices, use cases, and knowledge from human rights activists, community organizers, and techno...
AI Ethics: Global Perspectives
GovLab NYU's Collection of Lectures on the Ethical implications of Data and Artificial Intelligence from Different Perspectives
Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age
Our syllabus is a set of free, open access ‘teach the teacher’ materials designed to help educators teach master’s level students the skills they need to thrive as public servants in the Digital Era....
AI for Impact (formerly Development Ventures)
For entrepreneurial MIT students looking to put their skills to work for a greater good, the Media Arts and Sciences class MAS.664 (AI for Impact) has been a destination point.
Tech, Media & Democracy course
Through a unique pan-university course, NYC universities partner to explore challenges and opportunities & build prototypes at the intersection of technology, media and democracy
Solving Public Problems (the course)
A free online course offered by The GovLab on: How to take advantage of technology, data and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problems.
Academia de Innovación Política
La Academia de Innovación Política es una plataforma que busca generar espacios de formación virtuales y presenciales para la transferencia y co-construcción de conceptos, prácticas, metodologías y he...
Climate Change AI Summer School
The Climate Change AI summer school is designed to educate and prepare participants with a background in artificial intelligence and/or a background in a climate-change related field to tackle major c...
Seminar of digital democracy
This seminar by Jonathan Piron tackles the issues raised by digital technologies for political institutions, politics and policies, and more broadly for the evolution of what we call “democracy“.
How Cities Can Use Participatory Budgeting to Address Climate Change
People Powered's course for government and organization staff managing citizen participation + environmental programs
Tech for Social Justice's list of educational programs
Google Sheet of Educational programs for technology and social justice/social good/public interest/civics/etc.
Civic Engagement interdisciplinary program at UChicago
University of Chicago's Office for Civic Engagement is committed to building community relationships.
Technology and Social Change 2018
Many people become engineers or designers because they hope to change the world for the better using technology.
DataSF
Our mission is to empower use of the City and County of San Francisco's data. Our core product is SF OpenData, the official open data portal.
CVUP 110: Digital Government and Civic Tech
How can today’s public servants use technology and design to deliver high-quality public services and engagement opportunities?
Securing Digital Democracy
Securing Digital Democracy from University of Michigan. In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet v...
Civic Leadership Academy at U Chicago
The Civic Leadership Academy is an interdisciplinary leadership development program for emerging and high-potential leaders in nonprofit organizations and local government agencies within the City of...
International School for Transparency
INTENSIVE ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR FUTURE LEADERS offered by Transparency International
Acumen Academy (formerly Plus Acumen)
Offers world-class online courses that empower you to think differently, learn collaboratively and join a global community of learners and doers with a burning desire to change the world.
An index of nearly 200 technology ethics courses
I started a Google spreadsheet to track links to tech ethics syllabi
Civic Innovation and Building a People-Centered Government
A process of improving, adapting, or developing a product, system, or service in order to deliver better results and create value for people.
iCivics
iCivics works to ensure every student in America receives a quality and engaging civic education and graduates from high school well prepared and enthusiastic for citizenship
Ryerson University Digital Government and Civic Tech
Designed for public servants, this course helps government innovators learn how to lead digital-driven change in the public sector.