The Plurality Institute develops and experiments with plural technologies by convening researchers and collaborators from a range of fields including computer science, political ethics, sociology, and government.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Voting and elections
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Plurality Institute and Council on Technology and Social Cohesion gathered over seventy researchers and technologists to answer the question: how can we harness that enormous power to foster public discourse, pluralism, and social cohesion in digital spaces?

• Artificial Intelligence
• Deliberation
• Generative AI

• Polarization

Jigsaw

• Civic features
• Polarization

Voxit is a [Pol.is fork and] open source polling platform that addresses challenges commonly found in online conversations and digital polls, like low engagement or highly polarising debates.

• Engagement tech
• Crowdsourcing
• Surveys & polling

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

These findings support preference- and incentive-based accounts of participation but suggest that light-touch interventions are unlikely to bridge participation gaps, let alone polarization.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Learn about civic tech

This post is the culmination of a months-long effort to translate principles into a measurable signal and develop an automated evaluation setup to continually track and improve objectivity over time.

• ChatGPT

• Artificial Intelligence
• Evaluate impact
• Report cards and audits

Sway is a chat platform that connects students with differing perspectives into one-on-one conversations and facilitates better discussions between them.

• students

• Artificial Intelligence
• Polarization

"Schoolhouse Dialogues, hosted on the nonprofit tutoring platform Schoolhouse founded by Sal Khan, pairs high schoolers with opposing viewpoints to discuss controversial issues one-on-one and give feedback on each other’s civility." - Hannah Feuer, Forward

• students

• Polarization

We support individuals and communities to engage authentically and relationally with others who are different.

• Citizen Engagement
• Polarization

Laboratório de pesquisa independente e multidisciplinar de política digital

• Global South Alliance

• Fight disinformation
• Civil society research outfits
• Polarization

The recently established Cambridge Political Psychology Lab attempts to apply insights from psychology to understand real world political decision making.

• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Gain insights from real-time conversations in less than one hour. No matter how many people.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Group decision making

• Polarization

[A] dynamic prototype from MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication that identifies how words common in American political discourse are used differently across the political divide

• Artificial Intelligence
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

Newsweek has added a "Is this article trustworthy?" poll below its articles

• Media
• Polarization

Making Disagreement Useful Again

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Civic forums

The Digital Wellbeing Initiative in Sri Lanka is a project that collaborates with youth, technology professionals, artists, and policymakers to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the digital landscape with skill and intellect and find a balance between the promise of technology and their personal well-being.

• mental health
• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Digital security and privacy
• Digital literacy
• Media literacy

Citizen Connect is a non-partisan platform dedicated to helping Americans right, left and center find ways to heal our divides and strengthen this great nation.

• Polarization

Bridge Alliance members work in diverse areas of practice, all serving the larger movement for healthy self-governance.

• Participatory democracy
• Polarization

What might it sound like if a reporter in rural Missouri partnered with a reporter in New York City to together explore contentious issues and uplift common ground?

• students

• Media
• Journalism
• Polarization

A texting hotline promoting education for peace

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• Israel Palestine

• Help out
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Peer to peer SMS

PRL’s Path to 2024 report series is a new monthly chronicle covering partisan attitudes of Americans in the lead-up to the November 2024 presidential election. Each month, we focus on a different salient issue affecting voters and analyze public attitudes from our weekly public opinion poll.

• reports

• Polarization

Resources and data to understand and halt the growth of partisan animosity

• 2024 elections
• US Election 2024

• Polarization

This survey is a series of questions designed to shed light on public sentiment towards political animosity, respect for democracy, and support for political violence -- asked of a thousand Americans each week.

• Surveys & polling
• Polarization