Research and policy centers
Research and policy centers develop evidence- and ideology-based recommendations to address societal challenges, inform policy decisions, and promote effective governance.
Research institutes of Sweden (RISE)
RISE is Sweden's independent government research institute, with a mission to promote sustainable growth by strengthening business competitiveness public sector innovation.
Center for Cooperative Media
Münchner Cluster für die Zukunft der Mobilität in Metropolregionen – Innovationen für den Mobilitätswandel (MCube)
Innovations for the mobility transition
TransforM
Munich Center for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change
Public Science Lab
The lab brings together researchers from various disciplines to study how science and technology shape society and how societal perspectives influence research and innovation.
Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS)
An interdisciplinary elite research center dedicated to world-class, curiosity-driven research. DIAS operates independently across the traditional faculty structure at SDU.
Digital Democracy Centre at SDU
The Digital Democracy Centre (DDC) will develop a new socio-technical, interdisciplinary approach combining theory and methods from social sciences and computer science, to study the impact of digital...
Center for Public Deliberation
Here at the Center for Public Deliberation, we focus our energy and expertise on elevating the conversation, not winning the argument.
The Society for Technological Advancement (SoTA)
The Society for Technological Advancement (SoTA) is a new venture designed to cultivate optimism about technoscientific development and build capacity for it to happen, forming a cross-disciplinary co...
Penn Institute for Urban Research
The Penn Institute for Urban Research informs public and private decision-making and policy to advance sustainable urban development.
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy
Advancing knowledge on media, audiences, and influence
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...
Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT)
The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) is an evidence-based research and training Centre based at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Digital Technology for Democracy (DTD) Lab
The Digital Technology for Democracy Lab is a collaboration across the University of Virginia that explores how rapidly evolving digital technologies can challenge, but might also fortify, democratic...
Rutgers Democracy Lab
University initiative fostering research, education, and innovation in democracy and civic engagement.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We are the world's first AI alignment alignment center, working to subsume the countless other AI centers, institutes, labs, initiatives and forums into one final AI center singularity.
Local Policy Lab
The Local Policy Lab accelerates the adoption of effective solutions to pressing problems at the local governmental level.
Multiracial Democracy Project
Through research, analysis, convenings, and public education, the Project produces solutions that facilitate our nation’s transition to a well-functioning democracy that truly represents our increasin...
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...
Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion (BSC-CNS)
Public supercomputing and AI research center and home of MareNostrum
Stavros Niarchos Foundation SNF Agora Institute (SNF Agora)
Strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue
BU Platform Governance Lab
Combating misinformation in digital marketplaces through gamified behavioral experiments. We design two-sided platforms to study and prevent misleading claims that harm consumers and democracy.
New Local
We are home to over 50 councils and partners, united in a drive to create sustainable, inclusive and community-powered public services.
Stanford Cyber Policy Center
Stanford University's research center for the interdisciplinary study of issues at the nexus of technology, governance and public policy
Civic Interaction Design Research Group
Civic Interaction Design is an interdisciplinary research group at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Institute for the Future of Work
Peacetech and Polarization Lab at University of Notre Dame
The PeaceTech and Polarization (PTAP) Lab, part of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies within the Keough School of Global Affairs, offers students the opportunity to study and research...
Pusat Inovasi Kecerdasan Artifisial dan Teknologi untuk Demokrasi (pikat)
Pusat penelitian berfokus inovasi AI dan teknologi untuk demokrasi.
Centre For Communication Governance at NLU Delhi
The Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi (CCG) is a research centre within NLU Delhi and is meant to ensure that the Indian legal education establishment engages more m...
Atlantic Council
Driven by our mission of “shaping the global future together,” the Atlantic Council is a nonpartisan organization that galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world, in partnership with allies...
Reboot Democracy
We use artificial intelligence to help institutions and communities solve problems together.
GovTech Intelligence Hub
Connecting governments, technology, and academia with GovTech intelligence to enhance public service delivery.
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.
The Workers' Algorithm Observatory (WAO)
Worker-led audits in the platform economy
Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill
The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy examines how media and emerging technologies shape democracy.
Applied Social Media Lab (ASML)
The Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center brings together technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good and establish a l...
Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI)
Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) is a virtual interdisciplinary research centre at IIT Madras.
Instituto de Governo Aberto
Transparência, participação e inovação para uma sociedade mais justa, inclusiva e igualitária
GNOVA
Na GNova somos pessoas apaixonadas por impulsionar a inovação no setor público, resolvendo problemas de forma criativa.
Digital Society Initiative Democracy Community
The DSI Community Democracy at the University of Zurich focuses on research related to the impact of digitalisation on the political system, on democracy, and on related topics.
mInt: Human-centered design principles for effective management of social boundaries in interoperable text messaging platforms
At the Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University
University of Miami's Office of Civic and Community Engagement
The McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University
Research, programs and interventions that address the root causes and consequences of poverty. Learn moreabout What We Do
ESRC Digital Good Network
Building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there.
Center for Science and the Imagination
Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination brings writers, artists and other creative thinkers into collaboration with scientists, engineers and technologists to reignite humani...
Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)
We are dedicated to shaping the future of technology through interdisciplinary research and collaboration.
Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
HAC is the world's most expansive home for bold and risky humanities thinking about our political world inspired by the spirit of Hannah Arendt.
Democracy Innovation Hub
We convene and train public servants, community leaders and educators to use participatory methods of engagement and tools, with a focus on citizens’ assemblies.
Just Security
Just Security is an editorially independent, non-partisan, daily digital law and policy journal that elevates the discourse on national security, democracy and the rule of law, and rights.
Governance of Emerging Technology and Tech Innovations for Next-Gen Governance (GETTING-Plurality)
A multi-disciplinary research network linking philosophers, social scientists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and technologists.