Academia

https://ash.harvard.edu/programs/getting-plurality/

Governance of Emerging Technology and Tech Innovations for Next-Gen Governance (GETTING-Plurality)

A multi-disciplinary research network linking philosophers, social scientists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and technologists.

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

Academia, Governance of AI, Learn about civic tech, Research and policy centers

https://stanforddeliberate.org/

Stanford Online Deliberation Platform

The Online Deliberation Platform is a video discussion platform for groups of 8-15 people.

450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Academia, Artificial Intelligence, Collective intelligence, Deliberation, Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Group decision making

https://delibdemjournal.org/

Journal of Deliberative Democracy (previously the Journal of Public Deliberation)

The Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) is an open access journal publishing articles that shape the course of scholarship on deliberative democracy.

University of Canberra

Academia, Deliberation, Journals, Learn about civic tech, Participatory democracy, Peer-reviewed research

http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/index.php/awards/

LaborTech Book & Graduate Student Paper Awards

We aim to reframe the conversation about technology and labor towards issues of power, inequality, and social justice, and incorporate themes of feminism, anti-racism, and transnationalism.

Academia, Awards and prizes

https://datasociety.net/public-technology-leadership-collaborative/

Public Technology Leadership Collaborative

The Public Technology Leadership Collaborative (PTLC) is a new peer learning collective of scholars, researchers, and government leaders committed to addressing the social and cultural implications of data and technology.

Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USA

Academia, Research and policy centers

https://dss.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/projcet_ctdi/

シビックテック・デザイン学創成寄付研 (Civic Tech Design Initiative (CTDI))

東京大学内に設置された「デジタル空間社会連携研究機構」を中心に、市民や地域企業、行政、関連団体など多様なステークホルダーが関わり、地域やコミュニティのためのデータ・

Tokyo

2024

Academia, Learn about civic tech, Research and policy centers

https://ipen-network.org/parliamentary-academic-fellowship-mapping-public-engagement-in-parliaments-across-the-world/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Mapping Public Engagement in Parliaments across the world

The map of public engagement activities created (similar to this map showing parliaments’ access to academic research) will enable the International Parliament Engagement Network to foster lesson sharing, knowledge exchange and collaborations.

Leeds, UK

2025

Academia, Communicating with the people, Engagement tech, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Public engagement with parliaments and legislatures

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