Reports
Reports about the field itself.
Violence Against Women in Elections Online: A Social Media Analysis Tool
This tool offers an adaptable method to measure the gendered aspects and understand the drivers of this violence.
Malign Creativity: How Gender, Sex, and Lies Are Weaponized Against Women Online
Report striving to build awareness of the direct and indirect impacts of gendered and sexualized disinformation on women in public life, as well as its corresponding impacts on national security and d...
Data Analytics for Social Media Monitoring
This new guide is designed to help democracy practitioners better understand social media trends, content, data, and networks.
Assessment of Online Risks for the 2021 German Federal Elections
A report analyzing the online environment and potential risks for the 2021 German Federal Elections.
Healthier Democracies Case Studies
Public Agenda's Healthier Democracies project studied public engagement systems from 15 locations around the world, and, accordingly, each study has its own report with key learnings and takeaways.
Guide to Digital Participation Platforms
When to Use Them, How to Choose & Tips for Maximum Results
Digital Democracy: The Tools Transforming Political Engagement
This paper shares lessons from Nesta’s research into some of the pioneering innovations in digital democracy which are taking place across Europe and beyond
Tackling the climate crisis with data: what the built-environment sector can do
ODI & ARUP report and call to action
Thinking about GovTech: A brief guide for policymakers
(PDF) Thinking about GovTech (2019) introduces the concept of GovTech and identifies eight activities that policymakers can undertake to foster national GovTech innovation ecosystems and help to steer...
Aspen Institute principles for smarter regulation in cities
See how local governments are responding to tech solutions to persistent problems #InnovatingRegulation
Can Civic Tech Save Democracy?
L'Atelier BNP Paribas 2017 report on "how technology is renewing civic engagement". (PDF file)
Tracxn Govtech Sector Report
Extensive Tracxn 2018 report on the Govtech startup investment landscape.
The Emergence of Civic Tech: Investments in a Growing Field
Knight Foundation's seminal 2013 report on the growing field of Civic Tech