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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 5d

Does 'opening government' still matter when the government's literally closed? Dispatch from #OGPSummit in Spain. Plus: Brazil wins public participation: mailchi.mp/civictech/ogp

Does opening government still matter when the government literally closed?

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 18d

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 18d

New job opportunity: Research Manager at Centre for the Governance of AI.
Details: £71,000 - £93,000 | London preferred | Visa sponsorship | Apply by 28 September

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Research Manager | GovAI Blog

About the Team

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 18d

New job opportunity: Information Security Program Manager at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto.
Details: $120,499 – $200,831 |Toronto | Apply by 30 September

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Job Opportunity: Information Security Program Manager - The Citizen Lab

The Information Security Program Manager will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to develop and implement Information Security Programs for the Citizen Lab as well as other units at the...

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 18d

New job opportunity: Vice President, Civic Innovation at Rockefeller Foundation.
Details: $248,175 - $284,510 | NYC | Remote Fridays OK

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Recruitment

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 26d

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 28d

New job opportunity: Invitation to Tender: Learning and Evaluation of the Global Citizens’ Assembly for COP30 at Global Citizens Assemblies at COP30.
Details: £70,000 budget incl. VAT | Apply by 19 October

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Learning and Evaluation ITT - GCA 12.09.25

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 28d

New job opportunity: Research collective intelligence at UCL School of Management.
Details: Funded 5-year PhD | London | Apply by mid-December

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#phdlife #research #collectiveintelligence #ucl #ivorytower #topoftheworld | Joshua Becker

Funded PhD Position 🎓 Research collective intelligence @ UCL and be on top of the world! Are you fascinated by how groups make decisions? Do you enjoy thinking, reading, writing, and all things science? Do...

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · 29d

New job opportunity: Director, Office of Belonging, Community, and Connection at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Details: $121,200 - $215,600 salary range | Cambridge, MA

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Director, Office of Belonging, Community, and Connection

The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) seeks a visionary, collaborative, and innovative Director of the Office of Belonging, Community, and Connection. The successful...

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 15

Happy International Day of Democracy! Celebrate by exploring the latest participatory democracy projects from around the world (app.civictech.guide/category/par... ) or attending one of the many democracy innovation events today (civictech.guide/calendar)

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 14

Useful. civictech.guide/useful/ We're baaack

Useful.

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 14

Update: We fixed the parent entity block on profile pages so it works all of the time now! See the 'Parent organization(s)' section here for an example:

Profile

A rich, crowdsourced collection of thousands of democracy tech projects from around the world.

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 14

Update: Continent pages now show an appropriately zoomed-out map block and a block to pages for each country in that continent. For example, see the Africa continent page:

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A rich, crowdsourced collection of thousands of democracy tech projects from around the world.

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 12

New job opportunity: Civic Media Campaign Manager at Free Press.
Details: $80,000 - $85,000 | Washington | Remote | Apply ASAP

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Civic Media Campaign Manager

Free Press and Free Press Action work to amplify the voices of people and communities in the crucial decisions that shape our media. We believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful...

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 12

New job opportunity: Director at Rutgers Democracy Lab.
Details: $150,000 – $300,000 | New Brunswick, NJ

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Director, Rutgers Democracy Lab

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey invites nominations and applications for the inaugural Director of the Rutgers University Democracy Lab (RDL). Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”),...

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 12

New job opportunity: Digital Campaigns Assistant at The Small Axe.
Details: £30,500 | London | 1 year contract | Apply by 14 September

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Careers - Digital Campaigns Assistant

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 12

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mySociety @mysociety.org · Aug 19

youtu.be/I_uL0yKWISY?... Enjoy @civictechguide.bsky.social's #TICTeC session on what it means to conduct a community-led AI audit, how to do it - and why you should.

TICTeC 25: Community-led AI audits: why they matter and how to start one

Speakers: Matt Stempeck, Eloise Gabadou, Yung-Shuan Wu (Civic Tech Field Guide) Audits of AI systems looked at predictive algorithms in the criminal justice system; discrimination by ride-hailing…

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 12

Update: We added 36 new listings to the collection this week. Check them out:

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A rich, crowdsourced collection of thousands of democracy tech projects from around the world.

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Aug 8

Today! Bússola Tech is hosting The Strategic Role of Artificial Intelligence in Strengthening Parliamentary Accountability. RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Jul 25

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Jul 18

A new edition of our newsletter just went out! We skipped a week, so here's a feast

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Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Ian G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · Jun 11

We must fight for the future we want to live in, continue to study and experience the ways in which pro-democracy tech can and does work in practice, and resist the current antidemocratic Big Tech "mask off" moment. #TICTeC #PITech @civictechguide.bsky.social @mysociety.org

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