The 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

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“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.”

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User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.

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Das CityScienceLab der HafenCity Universität Hamburg erforscht mit PartnerInnen aus der Zivilgesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Veränderung von Städten im Kontext der Digitalisierung

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The 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.

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Carnegie Melon's center for disinformation, hate speech and extremism online

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We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.

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How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes

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ITIF is a think tank focusing on critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.

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The 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.

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Teams 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.

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Eleven Predictions on the Influence of Emerging Technologies

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To resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse.

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This OII research programme investigates legal, ethical, and social aspects of AI, machine learning, and other emerging information technologies.

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To support the Yale Information Society Project’s work on how law should regulate and social media companies should govern the digital public sphere

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

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studies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world

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Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales

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CivLab is a suite of complementary projects and design-thinking that revolve around the concepts of citizenship, civics, and engagement.

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LSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, graduate and executive education and outreach activities in London and abroad.

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A research lab that addresses local issues through participatory data practices: methods, approaches and tools for co-creation to learn about and through data.

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Civic Signals aims to inspire and connect designers and technologists to build more flourishing, public-friendly digital spaces.

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To understand digital media’s influence on national dialogue and opinion, and to develop sound solutions to disinformation.

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To field-leading study of the challenges that democracy faces in the digital age and what reforms are needed

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Data & Policy is a peer-reviewed, open access venue dedicated to the potential of data science to address important policy challenges.

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The Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.

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