Peer-reviewed research
AI for Good Foundation
The AI for Good Foundation engages on a number of fronts in order to continuously serve its core mission.
AI Initiative
The AI Initiative is dedicated to shaping the global policy framework to govern the rise of Artificial Intelligence, addressing holistically short-, mid- and long-term governance challenges.
Cambridge, MA, USA
AI Now
The AI Now Institute at New York University is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to understanding the social implications of artificial intelligence.
Analyst Institute
Collaborating with progressive organizations and Democratic campaigns around the US to measure & increase the impact of their programs.
Association of Internet Researchers
The Association of Internet Researchers is a member-based, academic association dedicated to the promotion of critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders.
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Center for an Informed Public
To resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse.
The Information School, Mary Gates Hall, Northeast Grant Lane, Seattle, Washington, USA
Center for an Urban Future
Center for an Urban Future is a catalyst for smart and sustainable policies that reduce inequality, increase economic mobility, and grow the economy in NYC.
Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sobre Internet
Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Chatham House Commission on Democracy and Technology
Chatham House is establishing a Commission on Democracy and Technology in Europe to help investigate the nexus of technological change and the future of democratic governance.
10 St James's Square, London, UK
CITRIS – Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
Civic Signals
Civic Signals aims to inspire and connect designers and technologists to build more flourishing, public-friendly digital spaces.
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
CivLab
CivLab is a suite of complementary projects and design-thinking that revolve around the concepts of citizenship, civics, and engagement.
Lehigh University, Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA, USA
Common Cents Lab
Solutions that aim to increase the financial well-being for low- to moderate-income people living in the United States
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Data & Policy Journal
Data & Policy is a peer-reviewed, open access venue dedicated to the potential of data science to address important policy challenges.
Data & Society
Data & Society is a research institute focused on the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development.
Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USA
Data61
We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.
Australia
Décider ensemble
Décider ensemble met en place des échanges sous forme de groupes de réflexion à travers l’organisation de colloques, matinées de questionnements, formations et événements annuels
128 rue Vieille-du-Temple, 75003, Paris, France
Deliberative Media Initiative Lab
assessing and analyzing the current state of media and prescribing technologies, practices, and ethics that might foster and promote deliberation
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Digital Civil Society Lab
Helping civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, California, USA
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Teams of researchers will work with up to 350 partner organisations on a range of topics and themes, including how data-driven innovation can improve public services in the region, the role of artificial intelligence and the ethics of data.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Emerson Engagement Lab
We are an applied research lab dedicated to innovating the ways people participate in civic life and expanding the study of citizenship in a digital era.
Fundación Avina
Fundación Avina is a Latin American foundation created in 1994 and focused on producing the large-scale changes necessary for sustainable development by fostering collaborative processes among leaders from different sectors, thereby contributing toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Global Disinformation Index
We have designed a neutral, independent and transparent index to assess news websites on their risk of carrying disinformation.
GovEx Center for Government Excellence
GovEx at Johns Hopkins successfully helps governments effectively use data in order to make informed decisions on services that improve people’s lives.
HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)
User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.
Fluwelen Burgwal 582511, The Hague, The Netherlands
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
ITIF is a think tank focusing on critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy.
1101 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Institute of Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro
studies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world
Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Instituto Update
Instituto Update is an institute of intelligence and technology that works to strengthen the ecosystem of political innovation in Latin America.
Brazil
LSE Cities
LSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, graduate and executive education and outreach activities in London and abroad.
Clement's Inn, London, United Kingdom
52 Vanderbilt AvenueNew York, NY 10017
Media Research & Action Project (MRAP)
The Media Research & Action Project’s (MRAP) mission is to strengthen progressive social movements working toward social justice and inclusive, participatory democracy.
MIT GOV/LAB
The MIT GOV/LAB is a group of political scientists focusing on innovation in citizen engagement and government responsiveness.
30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Mobile text reminders for tax payments in Madagascar
How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes
Madagascar
mySociety
mySociety is a not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to invent and popularise websites and apps that enable citizens around the world to exert power over institutions and decision makers.
Norman Lear Center
Studying & Shaping the Impact of Entertainment & Media on Society
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, USA
NYU Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA)
The Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.
New York University
Oxford Internet Institute
A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UK
PeaceTech Living Learning Community
Exploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Planning Resource
Find news, appeals decisions & best practice for development management & strategic planners on PlanningResource
Project for Placemaking
Our placemaking blog connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, places, and events that have come out of the placemaking movement.
Protestinstitut
Das Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (ipb) will der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Protesten, sozialen Bewegungen und ihrem Wechselverhältnis zur Demokratie einen Ort geben.
Berlin
Proto’s WhatsApp Checkpoint Tipline
“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”
London, UK
Smart Growth America
Smart growth is a way to build cities, towns, and neighborhoods that are economically prosperous, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable.
Stanford PACs Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.
Sunlight Open Cities
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants…
Survey of Mayors
The Only Nationally Representative Survey of American Mayors
Techtopia
Techtopia is a multidisciplinary research and teaching initiative that brings together Harvard students and faculty around the biggest issues in tech today.
The Annenberg Innovation Lab (AnnLab)
The Annenberg Innovation Lab is a curious, creative and committed Think & Do Tank at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281
The Center for Communication and Civic Renewal
To support the development of tools to study state and regional communication systems
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
The impact of the digital information environment — especially the influence of social media
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
The Center for Informed Democracy and Social Cyber-Security (IDeaS)
the study of information manipulation through online platforms
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
The Center for Social Media and Politics
To directly study the impact of social media on politics and to develop new methods and technology tools to analyze the impact of social media on democracy.
70 Washington Square South, NY, New York 10012, USA
The Centers for Civic Impact
Empowering the public sector through expertise, training, research, and collaboration.
The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto
The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Civic Data Design Lab
“Big data” will not change the world unless it is collected and synthesized into tools that have a public benefit.
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