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Public Interest Tech

Explore 28 projects in the Public Interest Tech category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

28 projects

Community-Centered Planning for Mobility as Social Service

The project will establish a workshop to bring community-centered planning to the emerging technology of autonomous vehicles (AV)

Indiana
2024
mobility, workshops

Public Interest AI explainer site

A project map of Public Interest AI and related research

Humboldt-Institut Berlin, Invalidenstraße, Berlin, Germany

Public Interest Technology at Cornell Tech

Public Interest Technology (PiTech) at Cornell Tech catalyzes and amplifies technical advances that promote societal welfare and address systematically unfulfilled needs

Cornell Tech
CTFG partners

NYC PIT Crews

Five in-house teams of product managers, designers, engineers, researchers and data experts are being stood up and embedded directly with agencies to build digital tools.

New York City Hall, City Hall Park, New York, NY, USA
2026

Missouri S&T Public Interest Technology University Network chapter

As an academic community that believes in technology’s potential to have a positive impact on public life, Missouri S&T is honored to be recognized as a member of the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN).

Missouri
2023
Gender Equality, culture

Harvard's Public Interest Tech Lab

We help shape the future of technology and society to advance equity, expand opportunity and protect basic rights and liberties.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

PIT-UN Network Challenge

The Network Challenge is a grant program designed to seed and support initiatives that promote public interest in technology at the university level.

USA

Siegel Family Endowment

We aim to understand and shape the impact of technology on society.

New York City
STEM, Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, Quality education

Curricular Resource: Public Interest Data Literacy

Public Interest Data Literacy (PIDLit) at Georgia State University weds the skills of data literacy with the frameworks and tools of public interest technology.

Georgia (US state)
2023