Civic Tech Field Guide
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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.
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El Soberano
Chile 🇨🇱El Soberano aparece entonces como una plataforma informativa que surge desde las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y de los movimientos sociales a efectos de informar directamente a los ciudadanos, sin censuras editoriales, sin aceptar presiones de ningún tipo.
A collection of tools and resources to learn and act on Brexit.
mySociety Research
483 Green Lanes, London, N13 4BS United KingdomInvestigates the impact of Civic Technology tools: those we produce ourselves, and those from the wider community.
Uptake.org leverages Uptake's people, technology and expertise to address the world's most pressing problems.
The Public Impact Observatory
10, Rue de Rive 1204 Geneva SwitzerlandThe Public Impact Observatory Welcome to our Public Impact Observatory, a unique database of public policy case studies. Using our Public Impact Fundamentals we have analysed hundreds of examples of public policy succeeding or failing, drawing out the key lessons for future policy work
Radio for good
Bristol, United KingdomInfrequent podcast covering various tech for good ventures
The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
Chapel Hill, NCThe impact of the digital information environment — especially the influence of social media
London Plus
LondonChampioning London’s civil society through insight, influence and powerful connections
Mapped: The innovation labs transforming government — and how to get in touch
Sideways Dictionary
Washington, DCit's like a dictionary, but using analogies instead of definitions.
GovEx Center for Government Excellence
Johns Hopkins UniversityGovEx at Johns Hopkins successfully helps governments effectively use data in order to make informed decisions on services that improve people’s lives.
From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force
Police Case
Sierra Leone 🇸🇱Police Case uses popular TV culture to educate the public about legal rights and the justice system.
iCivics
1035 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141iCivics works to ensure every student in America receives a quality and engaging civic education and graduates from high school well prepared and enthusiastic for citizenship
Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines
Common Cents Lab
Duke University, Durham, NCSolutions that aim to increase the financial well-being for low- to moderate-income people living in the United States
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity
Programa de Derechos Humanos
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoEl Programa de Derechos Humanos busca, desde su creación en el año de 1998, contribuir a la plena vigencia de los derechos humanos en México a través de la investigación con pertinencia social, la incidencia en el contexto político y social y la promoción de la justicia.
A show that takes the two dullest subjects in the world, government and technology, and makes them irresistibly relevant and undeniably fascinating. (Trust us!)
The Interface is a daily column about the intersection of social media and democracy.
How do you like it so far?
3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281How Do You Like It So Far uses pop culture to take soundings of a society in transition, exploring intersections with civic imagination and engagement, and social and political change. Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay are your guides on this adventure.
OGRX is a platform for browsing and sharing research findings about new, innovative ways to solve public problems.
People's Press
58 Victoria EmbankmentPeople’s Press is a fictional community magazine exploring the use of digital social innovation in the year 2030
Chatham House Commission on Democracy and Technology
10 St James's Square, London, UKChatham House is establishing a Commission on Democracy and Technology in Europe to help investigate the nexus of technological change and the future of democratic governance.
TechSoup
435 Brannan St, San Francisco, CaliforniaTechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally.
Atlas
San Diego, CALearn from your local government officials & staff about the smart, safe, and sustainable solutions working in their communities
The Emergence of Civic Tech: Investments in a Growing Field
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FLKnight Foundation's seminal 2013 report on the growing field of Civic Tech
"Artifice" describes the end of a relationship between an Apple iPhone and an Amazon Echo.
NUMO New Mobility Atlas
10 G St NE Suite 800 Washington, DC 20002A comprehensive look at the growing world of new mobility.
Designed for public servants, this course helps government innovators learn how to lead digital-driven change in the public sector.
The Annenberg Innovation Lab (AnnLab)
3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281The Annenberg Innovation Lab is a curious, creative and committed Think & Do Tank at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Netzpolitik podcast
Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪NPP Off The Record ist ein Podcast zu unseren Reportagen und Recherchen, der einen Einblick in die redaktionelle Arbeit gibt. Er erscheint regelmäßig am 1.
The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age that will help leaders link important breakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessons of small-group community input to create more agile, competitive, and economically resilient cities.
Explora Latam
South AmericaMap of Open Data, Civic Technology and social innovation in Latin America
Digital Impact
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CADigital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.
The Dangerous Speech Project was founded in 2010 to study speech (any form of human expression) that inspires violence between groups of people – and to find ways to mitigate this while protecting freedom of expression.
“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”
HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)
Fluwelen Burgwal 582511, The Hague, The NetherlandsUser-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.
Mobile Phone Data for Optimizing Bus Routes in Korea
South Korea (Republic of) (Hanguk or Namhan) 🇰🇷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.
ICTworks™ is the premier community for international development professionals committed to utilizing new and emerging technologies to magnify the intent of communities to accelerate their social and economic development.
CityScienceLab at HafenCity University Hamburg
Überseeallee 16, Hamburg, GermanyDas CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisierung
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 organizations while enabling more transparency in how governments provide their services.
Desis Lab New School Social Innovation
The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NYan action research laboratory
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 reinvigorating our public institutions. In collaboration with UNIT Innovations.
Tech for Good Live
Manchester, United KingdomChampioning the ethical use of technology
Collaborating with progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns around the US to measure & increase the impact of their programs.
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