Public Interest Tech
A new name for the field introduced by the Ford Foundation, Public Interest Tech "is an emerging scholarly and professional field that is defined by the deployment of technological expertise in service of the common good, often with a focus on under-resourced communities and needs." (definition from Cornell Tech)
Policy Innovation Lab (PIL) at Heinz College
The Policy Innovation Lab (PIL) is an intensive, applied policy course at Heinz College that prepares students to become public interest technologists who are creative, ethical, inclusive, and respons...
PIT @ CUNY
The goal of PIT @ CUNY is clear: To inspire the next generation of young technologists – including Engineers, Designers, Computer and Data Scientists, and others with an interest in leveraging technol...
Siegel Family Endowment
We aim to understand and shape the impact of technology on society.
Current AI
Through global collaboration and local action, we’re building a future where open, trustworthy technology serves the public interest.
AI Collaborative
Advancing AI in the public interest.
Missouri S&T Public Interest Technology University Network chapter
As an academic community that believes in technology’s potential to have a positive impact on public life, Missouri S&T is honored to be recognized as a member of the Public Interest Technology Univer...
Community-Centered Planning for Mobility as Social Service
The project will establish a workshop to bring community-centered planning to the emerging technology of autonomous vehicles (AV)
Public Interest Tech Fund
The Fund is a shared space for philanthropists to leverage one another’s expertise, incubate investment strategies to advance visionary concepts, and catalyze big ideas that can transform the use of t...
Dreamspace Academy
DreamSpace Academy is a social enterprise tackling local socio-economic and environmental challenges through challenge-based learning, grassroots innovation and impact venture building.
Public Interest Tech Webring
The Public Interest Tech Webring is a collection of blogs dedicated to civic tech, public interest tech, government tech policy, and similar topics.
Curricular Resource: Public Interest Data Literacy
Public Interest Data Literacy (PIDLit) at Georgia State University weds the skills of data literacy with the frameworks and tools of public interest technology.
Public Interest Technology University Network: Understanding the State of the Field in 2021
This report from Katharine Lusk and Azer Bestravos of Boston University evaluates of the state of the field across the 43 academic institutions that make up the Public Interest Technology University N...
Public Interest Technology, MS at Arizona State University
Do you have a passion for ensuring technology and innovation benefit society? Join this unique program and become a leader in examining and using technology for social good, whether in the public or p...
Public Interest AI explainer site
A project map of Public Interest AI and related research
Public Interest Technology (PInT) at Olin College
PInT is the student-run public interest technology (PIT) organization at Olin College of Engineering
Public Interest Technology Convening
Join us for the 2022 Public Interest Tech University Network (PIT-UN) Convening, hosted by City University of New York, on Oct. 28-29.
PIT-UN Network Challenge
The Network Challenge is a grant program designed to seed and support initiatives that promote public interest in technology at the university level.
Building the Public Interest Technology Infrastructure of the Future
How a robust public interest technology field can overcome historical inequities and ensure that everyone can fully benefit from technology. By Jenny Toomey & Latanya Sweeney
Public Interest Technology at Cornell Tech
Public Interest Technology (PiTech) at Cornell Tech catalyzes and amplifies technical advances that promote societal welfare and address systematically unfulfilled needs
PIT Lab @Stanford
The PIT Lab is building a thoughtful community around public interest technology at Stanford. Themes include systemic inequities, democratic values, bridging the divide, career pathways.
NYU Public Interest Technology Institute
A 2-week virtual conference for early and mid-career faculty who seek to accelerate their work in public interest technology
PiTech Runway Postdoc
12-24 month startup accelerator at Cornell Tech
Harvard's Public Interest Tech Lab
We help shape the future of technology and society to advance equity, expand opportunity and protect basic rights and liberties.
Building a new field of Public Interest Technology: Lessons learned from Public Interest Law
A Ford Foundation memo sharing lessons learned from public interest law for their work in Public Interest Tech
Members of New America's Public Interest Tech University Network
PIT-UN (US) university membership list
PITcases.org
PITcases.org is a university platform to help students and faculty find the best ways to make a positive difference in their communities. The website gives detailed information about projects that hav...
PIT @ The City University of New York
Making Tech Education and Research a Transformational Force in Serving the Public Good
Building the Field of Public Interest Technology article
Higher education must give the next generation of technology and policy leaders the interdisciplinary training they need to succeed, write Anne-Marie Slaughter, Darren Walker and Larry Kramer.
Public Interest Technology Summit
The Public Interest Technology Summit is the evolution of the Alumni Digital Summit hosted last October in collaboration with Alumni Relations.
Public Interest Technology University Network
The Public Interest Technology Universities Network is a partnership that fosters collaboration between 21 universities and colleges committed to building the nascent field of public interest technolo...