DCU Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society has been pioneering media & journalism research, innovation and best-practice since 2015.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

We are committed to the innovation of democracy and the transformation of governance.

• Participatory democracy
• Deliberation
• Hubs

Unify America brings thousands of Americans together with interactive experiences that help them build and flex their civic muscles so we can work together to tackle our country’s biggest challenges.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Sortition & Citizen Assemblies

We are Canadians keeping tech accountable, towards better democracy for all.

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

Zukunft D is an initiative aimed at strengthening democracy in a digitalized, interconnected society.

• Participatory democracy
• Conferences
• Partner networks and coalitions

Open Source United (OSU) is a UN-wide initiative to coordinate and scale open source efforts across the United Nations system.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

Truly sustainable funding for critical OSS through a community‑driven endowment

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Open source

Fais un don de 15 euros ou plus et reçois tes chaussettes de vote en retour

• Voting and elections
• Civic tech gifts

At Belenga Dev, we craft innovative solutions that transform data into actionable insights.

• Build something
• Building in the private sector

Upload shapes, join data, color your map.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping

We are the new platform for those who want to organize, scale and sustain their cause.

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools

The Almanack includes novel talks, vulnerability discoveries, and experiments from the most recent DEF CON summit.

• Learn about civic tech
• Cybersecurity
• Reports

The City of Aurora's Open Data Portal

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals
• Open civic data

This study addresses one of the most frequently cited explanations for PB’s instability: changes in the ruling party.

• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech
• Peer-reviewed research

Words of Mouth is a weekly newsletter sharing humane professional and creative opportunities across design, the arts, education, information, and the built environment.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

Every day, the world’s leading tech companies share critical intelligence on threats to child safety through Lantern, using that information to make their platforms safer, removing abusive material and bad actors.

• Trust & Safety
• Child safety

We're building a public, inspectable ranking of civic and political technology projects — the kind of tools that help citizens understand institutions, participate in democracy, and hold power to account.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Evaluate impact

Online & IRL studies and prototypes healthier digital ecosystems through research, cultural strategy, and community experiences that reconnect online technology with real-world human relationships.

• Build something
• Building in the private sector
• Public Relations and amplification

Open-source real-time city dashboard aggregating 20+ public data feeds (weather, transit, news, air quality, water levels, police reports, and more). Currently covering Berlin. Easy to apply to other cities.

• Civic data
• Dashboards

The California Department of Technology (CDT) is the guardian of public data, a leader in information technology (IT) services and solutions and has broad responsibility and authority over all aspects of technology in California state government, including policy formation, interagency coordination, IT project oversight, information security, technology service delivery, and advocacy.

• Govtech
• Internal government tech capacity
• Innovation capacity

Leading Edge Fellowships place recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations committed to promoting justice and equity in their communities.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Open-source tax assessment system.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Tax offices

Procurement intelligence platform that makes 16 years of UK council spending data searchable, helping businesses find and win local government contracts

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors
• Procurement

Brightlines protects people and organizations from real-world harm caused by online exposure.

• Digital security and privacy

A site documenting the web of dark money and influence that undermine democracy.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

The Axiom Foundation builds open, machine-readable encodings of statutes, regulations, and policy rules.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Access to laws
• Legislation trackers

A managed runtime for rule encodings, calibrated populations, and economic simulation.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Open source
• Civic data APIs

El Consorcio AlSur está conformado por 11 organizaciones latinoamericanas que articulan acciones conjuntas para promover los derechos humanos en entornos digitales a nivel regional.

• Partner networks and coalitions
• Digital rights

The New York Climate Exchange is a nonprofit that unlocks climate solutions by activating a unique partner model and climate campus—coming to Governors Island in 2029.

• Civic data
• Meet the others
• Partner networks and coalitions

Free walkability and pedestrian safety analysis for any street address globally, scoring streets using OpenStreetMap, satellite imagery, and open government data.

• Evaluate impact
• Civic maps
• Mapping

The home of open source giants and emerging talent, the European Open Source Awards is one of a kind celebration of the leading innovators and contributors in European open source.

• Open source
• Awards and prizes

How outdated systems undermine the day-to-day work of members of parliament

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

Govbase uses AI to track federal policy, political news, and elected officials' social media, then scores how each policy personally impacts citizens.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Evaluate impact
• Communicating with the government

A proposal by POPVOX to establish the Congressional Capacity and Technology Office (C-TECH)

• Govtech
• Parliamentary and legislative tech
• Internal government tech capacity

We are an international network of technologists, practitioners, and experts who are building, studying, and using technology to enhance deliberation and to create digital infrastructure for deliberative democracy.

• Participatory democracy
• Deliberation
• Peer networks

Identity-verified civic engagement platform where citizens participate in polls, surveys, and community discussions with authenticated identities, providing organizations with trustworthy public opinion data.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Identity

A thorough and accessible account of how to use the Freedom of Information Act and other access laws, written by a leading expert

• Learn about civic tech
• Books
• Access to information

A Curated Resource Library and Knowledge Sharing Community for the Digital Democracy Initiative

• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Cidadãos ajudam a escrever projetos de lei com ferramenta de inteligência artificial

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

Finally, a wireless service that wants to know as little about you as possible. Your privacy is Phreeli's priority.

• Digital security and privacy
• Hardware
• Smartphones

When decentered people have the tools to exist, resist, and thrive, so do we all.

• Social impact design firms

O e-Cidadania é um portal criado em 2012 pelo Senado Federal com o objetivo de estimular e possibilitar maior participação dos cidadãos nas atividades legislativas, orçamentárias, de fiscalização e de representação do Senado.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

PROPONHA E APOIE IDEIAS PARA NOVAS LEIS

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

Mais eficiência, menos custos: descubra o contrato de energia ideal para a sua instituição

• Artificial Intelligence
• Academia

A resource bank designed not just to explain AI, but to help MPs and staff with step-by-step guides to foster responsible adoption to meet the needs of the people they serve.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Learn about civic tech
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

ChatGPT is Trump's biggest donor, and ICE uses ChatGPT. It's time to Quit.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Specific campaigns
• Boycott or buycott

attempting to detect smart glasses nearby and warn you

• Digital security and privacy
• Hardware

The UN Open Source Principles are comprised of eight guidelines and provide a framework to guide the use, development and sharing of open source software across the organization.

• Open source
• Playbooks and design principles

We need bold, highly talented people to be the next generation of MPs, advisers, civil servants, commentators, or something else entirely.

• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Tech talent

We publish high-quality, interdisciplinary research that examines misinformation from different perspectives—from its prevalence and impact to the effectiveness of possible interventions—employing a fast-review process designed to publish articles within one to three months of entering peer review.

• Fight disinformation
• Academia
• Journals