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.
Mobile Phone Data for Optimizing Bus Routes in Korea
The Data and Statistics division of Seoul’s metropolitan government analyzed late night call records provided by the Korean telecom KT Company to plan bus routes in a more inclusive manner.
Rebuilding Government
Rebuilding Government is a podcast about the people, technology, and missions redefining government. From local officials to government technology founders, we're diving into how people are reinvigora...
CityScienceLab at HafenCity University Hamburg
Das CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisieru...
Gov Pod
Gov Pod, a podcast series by Microsoft, takes us on a journey to understand how the cloud, AI and blockchain—among other technologies—simplifies the lives of citizens, first responders, and defense or...
Desis Lab New School Social Innovation
an action research laboratory
g0v news
連結全球公民科技社群。｜Connect global civic tech communities.
Tech for Good Live
Championing the ethical use of technology
GW Graduate School of Political Management
Politics for the people, by the people
Analyst Institute
Collaborating with progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns around the US to measure & increase the impact of their programs.
Civic tech and govtech reading list
The list contains relevant articles for anyone interested in understanding the space of technological solutions to societal, governmental, and society-government interface problems.
Data61
We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.
Methodical Snark
This is a blog about how the civic tech and accountability field measures its work and its impact.
CivicTech.Chat
A podcast on breakthroughs in public service technology.
Ford's Public Interest Technology campaign
Technology at work for the public
Centre for Internet and Society
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an Indian, non-profit organization that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives --...
The Center for Informed Democracy and Social Cyber-Security (IDeaS)
Carnegie Melon's center for disinformation, hate speech and extremism online
Government Digital Services Podcast
The Government Digital Service podcast looks at innovation and digital transformation across the public sector. We’ll interview interesting people both inside and outside government and cover new deve...
Mobile text reminders for tax payments in Madagascar
How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes
CTCL election official trainings
Professional development courses for election officials
Calling Bullshit course
Each of our lectures will explore one specific facet of bullshit. For each week, a set of required readings are assigned. For some weeks, supplementary readings are also provided for those who wish to...
GovTech Magazine
The first national magazine covering information technology in state and local government.
Stanford PACs Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.
Master in Data & Design
The MADD programme will provide candidates with the Master Key to create comprehensible and meaningful ways to connect people with information.
Latinno
cases of democratic technology in Latin America from eighteen countries in a twenty-six year period (1990-2016)
Code.gov
Sharing America's Code. Unlock the tremendous potential of the Federal Government’s software
MobLab Dispatch
The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world.
Beyond Transparency: Open Data and the Future of Civic Innovation
This book is a resource for (and by) practitioners inside and outside government—from the municipal chief information officer to the community organizer to the civic-minded entrepreneur.
Norman Lear Center
Studying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society
Intel's Big Data for Precision Farming
Intel is working with University of California, Davis, to perfect irrigation techniques by placing sensors in crops and other strategic areas to monitor soil and air moisture levels.
The Internet of Ownership
The Internet of Ownership is a resource for the emerging online democratic economy.
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Fearless Cities: A Guide to the Global Municipalist Movement
In a world in which fear and insecurity are being twisted into hate, and inequalities, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise, a renewed municipalist movement is emerging to defend human righ...
Living Cities
We take risks, catalyze fresh thinking and test new approaches in order to creatively disrupt the status quo.
OpenTraffic Initiative Phillipines
Grab, a ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia, and the World Bank are developing free, open-source tools that translate Grab’s driver GPS data into traffic statistics, including speeds, flows, and i...
The ODI's private data for cities collection
Crowdsourced examples of private sector data for public good
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
ITIF is a think tank focusing on critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.
Beeck Center
The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was founded in 2014 to provide training and experiential opportunities for students, faculty, and global leaders to enact solution-based social change...
BetaNYC's 'the_message'
the_message, BetaNYC's monthly newsletter
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Teams of researchers will work with up to 350 partner organisations on a range of topics and themes, including how data-driven innovation can improve public services in the region, the role of artific...
Democracy Reinvented: Participatory Budgeting and Civic Innovation in America
by Hollie Russon Gilman. Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and...
Third Wave Urbanism podcast
A podcast highlighting the new normal of urbanism in our globalized cities, as told by Kristen Jeffers and Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman - two female urbanists. . 38 Tracks. 277 Followers. Stream Tracks...
Lilly, T1D Exchange Diabetes Research Collaboration
American National Election Studies
"To my mind, the ANES has been the single most important resource in my career in political psychology."
MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
Website for the Center for Advanced Urbanism, a division of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bot Populi
Bot Populi is an alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective. It was founded in 2018 by seven global, digital justice organ...
Racial Equity Tools
Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity.
MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to...
Nepal's Telecom Data & Post-Earthquake Mobility
A report on innovations attempted by Mobile Network Operators following the major earthquake in Nepal
This Week in Civic Tech
Code for America's weekly newsletter
Speculative Tourism
Speculative Tourism is an international project that operates at the crossroads of science fiction, historical tourism, Augmented Reality and local action.