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Polarization

Explore 26 projects in the Polarization category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

26 projects

The Cambridge Political Psychology Lab

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

Cambridge, UK

Between Nostalgia and New Horizons

The Allianz Foundation Next Generations Study series examines how young Europeans imagine and shape the future.

Berlin

Unify America

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 countryโ€™s biggest challenges.

Evanston, IL, USA

Digital Wellbeing Initiative

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.

Colombo, Sri Lanka
2021
mental health, "Peace, justice, and strong institutions"
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Voxit

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.

Helsinki, Finland
2026

Mapping LLMs Tools for Public Discourse, Pluralism & Social Cohesion

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?

USA

Defining and evaluating political bias in LLMs

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.

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