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Research And Policy Centers

Explore 274 projects in the Research And Policy Centers category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

274 projects

NYU Public Safety Lab

Using data + social science to support communities' efforts to improve equity and efficiency in public safety outcomes

New York University
criminal justice, racial equity, "Peace, justice, and strong institutions"

REAL ML

REAL ML supports and advances interdisciplinary research that holds the use of algorithms and AI technologies to account—with a focus on the perspectives and experiences of marginalized communities

Oregon

Mobile Information Literacy Project

The Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington's Information School explores the role of digital technologies in building more open, inclusive, and equitable societies.

Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)

We are dedicated to shaping the future of technology through interdisciplinary research and collaboration. 

Brussels

InternetLab

InternetLab is an independent research center that aims to foster academic debate around issues involving law and technology, especially internet policy

São Paulo
TICTeC 25

OpenGov Foundation

The OpenGov Foundation is a fiercely apolitical nonprofit dedicated to serving those who serve the people in America’s legislatures.

Washington, DC
2013

SAFELAB

The SAFElab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.

1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA
racial equity

Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)

PSAM’s activities include research, monitoring, advocacy and capacity building. Working through southern Africa, PSAM generates and shares knowledge about social accountability and the monitoring and advocacy tools that can build more open, participatory and accountable governments.

South Africa

Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers

We are the world's first AI alignment alignment center, working to subsume the countless other AI centers, institutes, labs, initiatives and forums into one final AI center singularity.

2025