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Explore 183 projects in the Academia category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

183 projects

AI for Impact (formerly Development Ventures)

For entrepreneurial MIT students looking to put their skills to work for a greater good, the Media Arts and Sciences class MAS.664 (AI for Impact) has been a destination point.

MIT Media Lab

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)

Georgetown has partnered with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to invest $30 million in a nonpartisan institute that helps policymakers and tech industry leaders address pressing issues related to technology, policy and ethics and make informed decisions on how technology is used to shape, produce and share information across platforms.

Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, United States
2023

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

Designing tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society.

MIT Media Lab

Mitigating Wildfire

The Mitigating Wildfire Initiative facilitates dialogue and collaboration to identify and advance solutions that address the fundamental changes happening in wildfire risk and management in British Columbia.

Burnaby, Canada
fires

Civic Engagement for Social Good (CESG)

A living-learning community at the University of Maryland based on instilling civic engagement

College Park, Maryland
1999

Justice Media co-Lab

The Justice Media co-Lab at Boston University provides the programmatic structure to train a new generation of computational investigative journalists equipped to leverage the power of computing and data science to advance justice and transparency.

Boston, MA

Tutech Innovation

Tutech connects research, business and society

Germany

HKS Misinformation Review

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.

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

PIT Lab @Stanford

The PIT Lab is building a thoughtful community around public interest technology at Stanford. Themes include systemic inequities, democratic values, bridging the divide, career pathways.

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA