
This section of the Civic Tech Field Guide is a living repository of the resources identified in Pathways Through the Portal, a report released September 22nd, 2020. Researchers Sasha Costanza-Chock, Diana Nucera, Berhan Taye Gameda, Matt Stempeck, and Micah Sifry interviewed 24 experts in the field, in addition to original research, to gather these resources.
As we embarked on this research, we decided to review existing efforts, develop lessons to share back, and mark signposts along possible paths forward. To that end, we conducted an extensive literature review, developed a database of 246 relevant resources (including projects, organizations, tools, conferences, fellowships, and people), and conducted in-depth interviews with 24 field leaders, including data scientists and technologists, artists and activists, researchers and policy advocates, and others deeply involved in the space. Below is that resource database. For privacy reasons, we have omitted the names of private individuals.
Organizations | Projects | Tools | Conferences | Fellowships
Our database of emerging technology resources included 46 organizations. These organizations were discovered during our initial research phase or directly suggested by one or more of the 24 field leaders we interviewed for the report.
Women Who Drone
A community of female drone pilots, enthusiasts, content creators and innovators. Fly, learn and contribute with us!
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.
Wadhwani AI
- www.wadhwaniai.org
- Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Organizations, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
Using the power of #AI for social good - Infectious diseases, Agriculture, Maternal & child health.
Fifty-three specific projects, initiatives, and programs leveraging emerging technologies for the public interest.
NeMO-Net
NeMO-Net is a single player iPad game where players help NASA classify coral reefs by painting 3D and 2D images of coral.
Your Priorities applies AI
- www.citizens.is
- Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Projects, Emtech, Engagement tech, High-tech civic tech, Participatory democracy, Public input and engagement tools, Soliciting new ideas, The Tech
Empowering citizens democratically with Artificial Intelligence
Tzina: symphony of longing
This interactive WebVR experience creates a space out of time to explore memory from an intimate and poetic perspective.
Forty-nine tools anyone can use to leverage emerging tech for the public good. This collection includes mainstream commercial products as well as explicitly pro-social offerings.
Purple Air
- www2.purpleair.com
- Citizen science, Emerging Tech Tools, High-tech civic tech, Sensors, Tech for public challenges
A low cost air quality sensor network providing real time measurement of air quality on a public map.
WAYS: What Aren’t You Seeing?
- www.turing.ac.uk
- Data visualization tools and platforms, Emerging Tech Tools, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
Enhancing everyday visualisation practice through generative and evaluative design tools for data scientists
SamaSource SamaHub
- www.samasource.com
- Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Tools, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, Labor platform, The Tech
Hiring people from the bottom of the pyramid to complete digital work - SamaHub is Samasource’s training data annotation platform used to manage the entire annotation lifecycle. The platform ensures high-quality, human-powered training data and validation for world leading AI teams.
Eight conferences suggested by leading experts as relevant to emerging tech.
Tech & Check Conference
- reporterslab.org
- Conferences, Emerging Tech Conferences, Emtech, Factchecking, Fight disinformation, Media
As part of its Tech & Check Cooperative, the Reporters’ Lab is serving as a hub for automated fact-checking to connect journalists and technologists around the world. The conference gave them an opportunity to demonstrate current projects and discuss the big challenges of automation.
Nonprofit Tech Conference
- www.nten.org
- Adjacent Fields, Emerging Tech Conferences, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, Nonprofit tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is the can’t-miss technology event for the nonprofit sector.
International Conference on Machine Learning
A premier international conference for researchers on machine learning
Key emerging tech related fellowships flagged by our interview subjects.
Open Web Fellowship
- foundation.mozilla.org
- Emerging Tech Fellowships, Emtech, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, High-tech civic tech, The People, The Tech
Open web fellowship hosted by Mozilla
Institute for the Future
50 years of leading the world in strategic futures
Ford Foundation Tech Fellow
- www.fordfoundation.org
- Emerging Tech Fellowships, Emtech, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone, High-tech civic tech, The People, The Tech
The Ford Foundation did something unique—it hired technologists and embedded them in its grant-making teams. It was part of a foundation-wide effort to better understand the growing influence of data and technology on social justice issues.
Media Democracy Fund
- mediademocracyfund.org
- Emerging Tech Fellowships, Emtech, Funders & donors, Get funding, High-tech civic tech, The People, The Tech
At the crossroads of digital technology and social justice.