In addition to curating the Civic Tech Field Guide, we regularly conduct additional research using its data.
You’re welcome to do the same, as all of our data is openly available. Just drop us a note.
You can also hire us to conduct research on your behalf.
Here are the fruits of some of our research:
AI for Digital Democracy
Community-Led AI Audits
Guide to Digital Participation Platforms
Common civic tech needs across global contexts
Disinformation and Civic Tech
Longevity in Civic Tech
A Timeline of Civic Tech Tells a Data-Driven Story of the Field
Learning from the Civic Tech Graveyard
10 Problems with Impact Measurement in Civic Tech
Pathways Through the Portal
How do we ensure that AI promotes democratic participation, rather than hinders it? That was the question behind AI for Digital Democracy: New Guidance from Global Case Studies, a global webinar that brought together more than 300 participants. Together with UNDP, FNF Global Innovation Hub, and People Powered, we launched the updated Digital Participation Guide, which now includes practical guidance on AI.
EU-funded partnership with Eticas, producing open resources like guides, code workbooks, an open source Python auditing library.
When to Use Them, How to Choose & Tips for Maximum Results
By Matt Stempeck, published with People Powered in 2022 and revised and updated in 2025.
Presented at The Impacts of Civic Tech Conference (TICTeC) London 2024.
Blog post write-up and presentation video:
Disinformation and Civic Tech
Get the playbook and read deep-dive case studies from around the world. By Matt Stempeck. Published in December 2022 with Code for All.
Presented at The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference in March, 2020 by Micah Sifry and Matt Stempeck.
Presented at The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference in March, 2019 by Sruti Modekurty, Aliya Bhatia, Matt Stempeck, and Micah Sifry.
Presented at The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference in April, 2018 by Micah Sifry and Matt Stempeck.
Presented at The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference in April, 2018 by Matt Stempeck and Micah Sifry.
A Field Scan of Emerging Technologies in the Public Interest, by Sasha Costanza-Chock, Diana Nucera, Berhan Taye Gameda, Matt Stempeck, and Micah Sifry, published in September 2020 with Civic Hall.
