The mySociety Research team investigates the impact of Civic Technology tools: those we produce ourselves, and those from the wider community.
As the field matures, it is important to understand whether our tools are creating genuinely positive outcomes for as many people as possible. To that end, the Research Team pursues the following lines of enquiry:
- What is the impact of our tools? Who feels that impact? How beneficial is it?
- Are we reaching all demographics? If not, what can we change to improve that?
- What effect does it have when we make small modifications to the way our technology works?
We also run TICTeC — the annual Civic Technology conference bringing together researchers, practitioners, and others with an interest in how technology is changing the way we engage with society.
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Featured research (See more)
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Participatory Budgeting
January 2018
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WhatDoTheyKnow and Central Government FOI
November 2017
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Civic Tech Cities
May 2017
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Who Benefits From Civic Technology?
October 2015
Recently on the blog (See more)
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- TICTeC 2018 in Lisbon: Conference resources now online
- Investigating political communication in Sub-Saharan Africa
- mySociety Data Portal
- A look at Participatory Budgeting
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We are always keen to hear from potential research partners, anywhere in the world.
Contact: research (at) mysociety dot org