Learn about civic tech
This category collects different learning resources about civic tech. You can find from blogs that explain how to enhance the relationship between people and governments to podcasts and films on how humanitarian organizations are responding to crises. The collection also includes books, newsletters, research, catalogs, reports, and information about courses, trainings, and workshops.
Observatory of Public Sector AI
By analyzing how public employees learn, use, and adapt AI at work, the Observatory aims to identify which investments in skills and training strengthen government capacity, improve services, and deli...
How to Launch a High-Impact Foundation
This book is for anyone who wants to understand how to be an impactful grantmaker.
How to Launch a High-Impact Nonprofit
In How to Launch a High-Impact Nonprofit, a team of experts who themselves have helped launch 18 evidence-based charities (and counting) break down what it really takes to build impactful organization...
Distroid Digest
A curated newsletter of grey literature and other non-traditional sources at the intersection of technology and society.
Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Our mission is to inspire and support better government and public policy around the world
Democratic Erosion Consortium (DEC)
The Democratic Erosion Consortium (DEC) is a nonpartisan, collaborative effort to address the global challenge of democratic erosion through research, teaching, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.
AI Design Field Guide
"[W]e started AI Design Field Guide to serve as both a resource for our peers in the field, and also a time capsule of this unique time where we're all figuring out how this new kind of work is done i...
Inside AI Substack
We bring you news and insights fueled by insider voices at the cutting edge of Frontier AI—delivered straight to your inbox, every two weeks.
Project Geospatial
A non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to advancing geospatial education for a better world.
Whistleblowing Now and Then Podcast
Whistleblowing Now and Then is hosted by Anna Myers, Executive Director of the Whistleblowing International Network.
The Mappyist Hour archives
Archived podcast on everything geospatial. Original air dates 2017 - 2021.
Civic Glossary
The Public Servants team is defining and explaining common civic tech terms
Good Services - the book
The bestselling book by Lou Downe about how to design services that work
Disentangling participation in online political discussions with a collective field experiment
These findings support preference- and incentive-based accounts of participation but suggest that light-touch interventions are unlikely to bridge participation gaps, let alone polarization.
Democracy Champions’ Pocket Guide
The Keseb Democracy Champions’ Pocket Guide is a digital resource hub offering key trends, frameworks, and strategic recommendations to advance democratic resilience and innovation.
The Outlook
The Outlook is a digital global magazine for and by democracy champions.
The AI 50
The AI 50, a new recognition program from the Center for Public Sector AI, highlights individuals and organizations making significant contributions to AI adoption and advancement in public sector age...
Making Sense of Open Government: A Conceptual Framework and Ideas for Future Research | Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
"[T]his article proposes an open government framework that integrates multiple concepts related to open government and categorizes them as either constitutive components or potential results"
Youth Political Participation: Literature and Policy Review 1980–2023
The aim of this research was to conduct a literature review of landmark research pieces and major policies in the field of youth political participation to support the design of EPD programmes.
Civic Punks
YouTube channel by Derek Alton
The Functional Government Podcast
Government doesn't have to suck.
The Agentic State
Launched at the Tallinn Digital Summit 2025, the Vision Paper maps how agentic AI systems will rewire the core functions of government — spanning public services, crisis management, governance, and pr...
Understanding Your Morality
In about 15 minutes, this tool will help you discover the core moral dimensions that guide your ethical judgements.
We are Civic Media
We Are Civic Media is a collective manifesto for field builders, stakeholders, educators, creative professionals, and community leaders who want to understand BOTH the deeply personal human as well as...
NYC PIT Pop Up
The first-ever NYC PIT Pop Up is a temporary, immersive, pop-up event where technology, art, science, and community converge.
Nothing Personal
An editorial platform for independent thinkers, technologists, and creatives on the front lines of digital culture.
Innovation for Democracy Café
In a series of digital events, we will showcase best practices of civil society: how to make use of digital technology or innovative approaches to foster freedom, democracy, and human rights.
What’s Emerging in Digital Democracy
Introducing a Research Digest on Digital Deliberation
Computer Says Maybe
A podcast about the politics of technology
Localization Lab's Glossary
Terms and Definitions you should know when localizing a product
The Better (Political) Leadership Substack
My promise with Better (Political) Leadership is simple: reflections that are practical, timely, evidence-based, inspiring, and human. For all leaders—but especially for those in politics, where every...
Bellingcat Tech Series
A how-to-series on the command line and Bellingcat research tools. Created with the beginner researcher in mind.
InnovateUS
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own-pace, and live learning on data, digital, innovation, and AI skills for public service professionals like you.
Assemblies as a Tool for Just Democracy
"In this report, we look at all multiple forms of assemblies including civic assemblies, people’s movement assemblies and governing power assemblies. We discuss the potential and limitations of each m...
Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)
The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) is an independent non-profit think tank based in Berlin. We conduct research, offer ideas and advice and facilitate dialogue, seeking to contribute to a world...
Data & Technology Politics at GPPi
Research division focused on new digital technologies and politics
Pioneer
Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance
Democracy Innovators Podcast
People behind innovative tools and ideas for the next generation of democracy.
World Bank Global Program on GovTech & Public Sector Innovation
The objective of this strategic framework is to mainstream citizen engagement in World Bank Group (WBG)-supported policies, programs, projects, and advisory services and analytics to improve their dev...
UN E-Government Survey
Since 2001, the United Nations E-Government Survey has provided a comprehensive assessment of the digital government landscape across all 193 Member States.
Local E-Government Toolkit
The learning outcomes of this training toolkit are crafted to address the frequently voiced challenges associated with implementing and improving government capacities for inclusive and effective loca...
National E-Government Toolkit
The learning outcomes of this training toolkit are crafted to address the frequently voiced challenges associated with implementing and improving government capacities for inclusive and effective loca...
Futurepolis
What would democracy look like if it were being invented today, instead of in the 18th century? That’s the driving question of Futurepolis.
The Philea Virtual Library
The Philea Virtual Library includes over 1,000 free-to-download publications from a range of organisations and publishers on the topics of philanthropy, the management of foundations and the areas the...
Caixa-Preta
Caixa-Preta é um podcast que trata de assuntos ligados ao impacto da tecnologia na sociedade.
Cabo Eleitoral
O podcast traça um panorama sobre os impactos e as mudanças que a internet trouxe para as campanhas eleitorais.
Antivírus
Debates sobre tecnologia, direitos e pandemia
Software Reuse through Open Source Software in the Public Sector
A qualitative survey on Policy and Practice, by Johan Linåker, Sachiko Muto
Dadocracia
Um podcast voltado para as mais diversas discussões entre tecnologia e sociedade. Listen on Spotify
The Cambridge Political Psychology Lab
The recently established Cambridge Political Psychology Lab attempts to apply insights from psychology to understand real world political decision making.