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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Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼連結全球公民科技社群。｜Connect global civic tech communities.
Methodical Snark
OsloThis is a blog about how the civic tech and accountability field measures its work and its impact.
A podcast on breakthroughs in public service technology.
GW Graduate School of Political Management
The George Washington University, I Street Northwest, Washington, DCPolitics for the people, by the people
WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities' online resource for the latest news and analysis on urban sustainability and development, from a global perspective.
Centre for Internet and Society
194, 2nd C Cross Rd, Stage 2, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560071The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an Indian, non-profit organization that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives -- including hundreds of articles on Accessibility.
The Center for Informed Democracy and Social Cyber-Security (IDeaS)
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213Carnegie Melon's center for disinformation, hate speech and extremism online
The list contains relevant articles for anyone interested in understanding the space of technological solutions to societal, governmental, and society-government interface problems.
Data61
Australia 🇦🇺We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.
Ford's Public Interest Technology campaign
320 E 43rd St, New York, NY 10017Technology at work for the public
Government Digital Services Podcast
Government Digital Service, Whitechapel High Street, London, UKThe Government Digital Service podcast looks at innovation and digital transformation across the public sector. We’ll interview interesting people both inside and outside government and cover new developments as they happen.
Mobile text reminders for tax payments in Madagascar
Madagascar (Madagasikara) 🇲🇬How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes
Professional development courses for election officials
Master in Data & Design
La Rambla, 30-32, 08002 Barcelona, SpainThe MADD programme will provide candidates with the Master Key to create comprehensible and meaningful ways to connect people with information.
Each of our lectures will explore one specific facet of bullshit. For each week, a set of required readings are assigned. For some weeks, supplementary readings are also provided for those who wish to delve deeper.
GovTech Magazine
100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630The first national magazine covering information technology in state and local government.
Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.
Latinno
Berlincases of democratic technology in Latin America from eighteen countries in a twenty-six year period (1990-2016)
Code.gov
Washington, DCSharing America's Code. Unlock the tremendous potential of the Federal Government’s software
This book is a resource for (and by) practitioners inside and outside government—from the municipal chief information officer to the community organizer to the civic-minded entrepreneur.
Norman Lear Center
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Watt Way, Los Angeles, CAStudying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society
Intel's Big Data for Precision Farming
University of California, Davis, Shields Avenue, CAIntel is working with University of California, Davis, to perfect irrigation techniques by placing sensors in crops and other strategic areas to monitor soil and air moisture levels.
The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world.
In a world in which fear and insecurity are being twisted into hate, and inequalities, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise, a renewed municipalist movement is emerging to defend human rights, democracy and the common good. Fearless Cities is the first book written by and for the global municipalist movement.
The Internet of Ownership
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)The Internet of Ownership is a resource for the emerging online democratic economy.
Living Cities
1040 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10018We take risks, catalyze fresh thinking and test new approaches in order to creatively disrupt the status quo.
Grab, a ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia, and the World Bank are developing free, open-source tools that translate Grab’s driver GPS data into traffic statistics, including speeds, flows, and intersection delays.
Crowdsourced examples of private sector data for public good
Smart growth is a way to build cities, towns, and neighborhoods that are economically prosperous, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable.
Delta Labs
ChicagoOur vision is to transform the way we learn, play, work, and live to create the society in which we want to live.
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
1101 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005ITIF is a think tank focusing on critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.
Beeck Center
The George Washington University, I Street Northwest, Washington, DCThe Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation was founded in 2014 to provide training and experiential opportunities for students, faculty, and global leaders to enact solution-based social change.
BetaNYC's 'the_message'
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)the_message, BetaNYC's monthly newsletter
Edinburgh Futures Institute
EdinburghTeams of researchers will work with up to 350 partner organisations on a range of topics and themes, including how data-driven innovation can improve public services in the region, the role of artificial intelligence and the ethics of data.
by Hollie Russon Gilman. Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and innovation.
A podcast highlighting the new normal of urbanism in our globalized cities, as told by Kristen Jeffers and Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman - two female urbanists. . 38 Tracks. 277 Followers. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Third Wave Urbanism on your desktop or mobile device.
"To my mind, the ANES has been the single most important resource in my career in political psychology."
MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Website for the Center for Advanced Urbanism, a division of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bot Populi is an alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective. It was founded in 2018 by seven global, digital justice organizations.
Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity.
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.
A report on innovations attempted by Mobile Network Operators following the major earthquake in Nepal
Speculative Tourism
JerusalemSpeculative Tourism is an international project that operates at the crossroads of science fiction, historical tourism, Augmented Reality and local action.
Global Fishing Watch is a collaboration among SkyTruth, Oceana, and Google to map and measure fishing activity worldwide using data from the Automatic Identification System (AIS), a ship-tracking system used by large fishing vessels.
Eleven Predictions on the Influence of Emerging Technologies
City Of Tomorrow
AmsterdamIt explores how different stakeholders in the Smart City ecosystem can come together to build safer, more efficient and sustainable cities of the future.
How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
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