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.
Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung
Das Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (ipb) will der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Protesten, sozialen Bewegungen und ihrem Wechselverhältnis zur Demokratie einen Ort geben.
Internet Governance Forum
The IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet
Berkman Klein Center for the Internet and Society
We are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to learn is not already recorded. Our method is to build out into cyberspace, record data as we go, self-study, and share. Our m...
Opening the Government of Canada
The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age. By Amanda Clarke
Cities of the Future
Each episode explores one idea or innovation that will transform cities.
Flowminder
Flowminder Foundation is a registered non-profit entity based in Stockholm, Sweden, Our mission is to improve public health outcomes by working with NGOs and government agencies with method developmen...
National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September
Iniciativa Latinoamericana por los Datos Abiertos (ILDA)
ILDA was founded in 2012 as a research program that sought to promote and understand the use of open data in Latin America.
Comment les outils numériques renouvellent la démocratie locale
Face à l’essoufflement des partis politiques, la défiance vis-à-vis des élus et l’abstentionnisme des jeunes, les outils numériques apparaissent comme salvateurs.
Ours to hack and own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet
Edited by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider: Ours to Hack and to Own, the rise of platform cooperativism, a new vision for the future of work and a fairer Internet.
Mapa da Inovação Política
The largest and most extensive mapping of emerging political practices in Latin America.
Oxford Internet Institute
A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
DemocracyLab
Accelerating Civic Innovation
Ctrl Alt Right Delete
Ctrl Alt-Right Delete is a weekly newsletter devoted to understanding how the far right operates online and developing strategies and tactics to fight back
Data for Climate Action (D4CA)
Data for Climate Action called upon researchers to harness dataprovided by the multinational banking company BBVA, the global telecommunications provider Orange, Waze, and others for climate-related a...
Digital Civil Society Lab
Helping civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.
Civic Tech Innovation Database (South Africa)
The Civic Tech Innovation Database is a living collection of civic tech initiatives in South Africa.
Genomic Data Commons
Providing a web‑based platform and related tools for researchers to authenticate, upload, validate, harmonize, and release cancer genomic and associated clinical data into the NCI Genomic Data Commons
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital age, Citizenville reveals how ordinary Americans can reshape their government for the better.
Big Ideas for Better Places
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual...
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...
NNIP Catalog of data trainings
This catalog highlights examples of training courses from around the country that advance data and technology literacy.
Open Cities Lab
Open Cities Lab is a non-profit open and non-partisan organisation that combines the use of action research, co-design, data science, and technology with civic engagement, to enable the development of...
Observatory of Public Sector Innovation
Access international case studies, research and innovation tools.
ParticipateDB
the digital engagement catalogue
Civic Features
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City Science Network
MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science Labs
Global Disinformation Index
We have designed a neutral, independent and transparent index to assess news websites on their risk of carrying disinformation.
National University of Singapore Centre for Integrated Building Energy and Sustainability in the Tropics (CiBEST)
Global Americans
A modern take on the traditional think tank, Global Americans provides up-to-date research and analysis on key areas and issues affecting Latin America
Missing Numbers
a blog on the data the government should collect, but doesn't
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...
NonProfit Tech for Good
A Fundraising & Social Media Blog for Nonprofits
TRACKBACK
BuzzFeed News's YouTube show fighting misinformation
Open Hardware Observatory
The Open Source Observatory (OSOR) serves as a place where the open source software community can come together to publish news, find out about events, find relevant open source software solutions and...
Barcelona Metropolis Dossiers
The new Barcelona Metròpolis wants to be a tool for promoting and stimulating citizen debate on the big questions affecting our future.
Feeding America and Map the Meal Gap
This collaboration between Feeding America and Nielsen in 2014 collected and mapped data about food insecurity across America to aid research and advocacy efforts.
International School for Transparency
INTENSIVE ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR FUTURE LEADERS offered by Transparency International
Data for Black Lives
Data as protest. Data as accountability. Data as collective action.
Tools for Reporters
Digital upheaval also means a whole universe of tools and techniques are out there to make your reporting easier, faster, harder, smarter.
Election Tech Handbook
A crowdsourced resource for technologists building things for the (probably) upcoming general election
NextCity
Next City is a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire social, economic and environmental change in cities through journalism and events around the world.
CITRIS – Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of...
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.
Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter
The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter
The Engine Room
We are an international organisation that helps activists, organisations, and other social change agents make the most of data and technology to increase their impact.
Global Network Initiative
Protecting and advancing freedom of expression and privacy in information and communications technologies.
DMC International Imaging
Earth Observation for Disaster Risk Management