Civic Engagement interdisciplinary program at UChicago

University of Chicago's Office for Civic Engagement is committed to building community relationships.

Edward H. Levi Hall, 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA

2015

Courses, Learn about civic tech, The People

The Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library

Strengthening society’s connection to knowledge by advancing our access to and understanding of the data that shapes AI.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Civic data, Open knowledge

libraries

Evaluating Civic Technology Design for Citizen Empowerment

Civic technology should empower us as citizens.

MIT Media Lab

Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, The Tech

research

Rule Atlas

The Axiom Foundation builds open, machine-readable encodings of statutes, regulations, and policy rules.

USA

Access to laws, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Laws as Code, Legislation trackers

EUNA Procurement

Bonfire provides software that helps procurement teams and stakeholders come together to make smarter buying decisions, easily and with certainty.

800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199

Bureaucracy tech, Govtech, Procurement

Trump Said He’d Unleash the Economy in Year 1. Here’s How He Did.

New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

2026

Promise trackers

The Internet of Ownership

The Internet of Ownership is a resource for the emerging online democratic economy.

New York City

Adjacent Fields, Civic tech catalogs, Learn about civic tech, Platform coops, Tech for public challenges, The People

Vision Zero Portland map

This story map was created with the Story Map Series application in ArcGIS Online.

Portland, OR

2016

Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization, Mapping, The Tech

mobility

The Big Cases Bot

The Big Cases Bot follows the most important federal cases in the country

Oakland, California

Access to laws, Bots, Legal tech