Deep Dives into Specific Civic X Tools
Topics are listed in alphabetical order.
Behavioral Economics
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issenberg 2010: Nudge the Vote | |||
| Fishbane et al. 2020: Behavioral nudges reduce failure to appear for court |
Dashboards, Indicators, + Performance Management
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattern 2015: Mission Control: A History of the Urban Dashboard | Hebert 2022: An Introduction to the Data Experience Diagnostic | ||
| Shapiro 2017: 3 Ways Data Dashboards Can Mislead You |
Data Sharing
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aidinlis 2021: Government-to-Business (G2B) Research Data Sharing and the GDPR: Reconciling the ‘Public’ with the ‘Private’? | data.org: Resource Library | ||
| Schreiber 2022: Repository Retrospective: Learnings from Introducing a central place for UX Research |
Data Visualization
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Institute 2021: Do No Harm Guide: Applying Equity Awareness in Data Visualization (incl. webinar) | W.E.B. Dubois Portrait Gallery | ||
| Bad Visualizations | |||
| Clayton 2021: 15 Misleading Data Visualization Examples |
Design Sprints
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takahashi 2018: Why Your Design is Biased | Round Robin Template | The Remote Design Sprint Guide | |
| TOP: Product Development Toolkit | USDS: Discovery Sprint Guide |
Digital Twins
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| SmartCitiesCouncil Digital Twin Hub |
Evidence-Based Policy: Intersecting Academia + Government
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smajgl + Ward 2013: A framework to bridge science and policy in complex decision making arenas | apolitical 2021: Where to Find Evidence for Policy: A Crowd-Sourced List | PEW Evidence-Based Policymaking Resource Center | Scholars Strategy Network |
| BPC 2018: · Evidence Use in Congress · Evidence Use in Congress: Options for Charting a New Direction | PEW Results First Clearinghouse Database | MetroLab Network | |
| BPC 2019: Evidence Works: Cases Where Evidence Meaningfully Influenced Policy | Behavioral Insights Team: Replication Guides for City-Led Evaluations | research 4 impact | |
| Results 4 America 2019: 9 Ways to Make Federal Legislation Evidence-Based: 2019 What Works Guide for Congress | 500 Women Scientists | ||
| Long et al. 2021: Rapid-Cycle Experimentation With State and Federal Policymakers for Optimizing the Reach of Racial Equity Research | Results First Peer Learning Network (state govs) | ||
| Fiedler + Yu 2021: The Role of Higher Education in Data-Driven Cities |
Hackathons
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCann 2014: “So You Think You Want to Run a Hackathon. Think Again” | Make the Breast Pump Not Suck | ||
| Fast Company 2015: “Why Hackathons are Bad for Innovation” |
Human-Centered Design
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glover Blackwell 2017: The Curb-Cut Effect | IDEO Field Guide to Human-Centered Design | USDS Discovery Sprint Guide | Design Policy Conference |
| Weaver 2018: Design Won’t Save the World | Beeck Center: User-Centered Policy: Organization Assessment (read about this project via Graubard et al. 2020: Helping Policy Makers Put People First: A Step-by-Step Tool for User-Centered Policy Making) | Dopp et al. 2019: A glossary of user-centered design strategies for implementation experts | |
| Williams 2019: ‘The Co-Constitutive Nature of Neoliberalism, Design, and Racism’ | Animals Using Curb Cuts Twitter thread – example of ‘Designing for the Margins’ | ||
| Tech + Racial Equity Conference 2021: A People-centric Smart City for Racial Justice (panel) | ethos 2022: The UXR Process From Discovery to Listening | ||
| Wang 2021: The most popular design thinking strategy is BS |
Job Descriptions
| Civic X | Job | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Civic Data | Chief Data Officer | City of San Francisco |
Libraries + Archives
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall 2020: Ending Information Redlining | IMLS Civic Switchboard – for academic and public libraries interested in civic data | A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland – example project | Library Futures |
| New America 2021: Public Libraries and the Pandemic | New America Collection: The Role of Libraries in a Time of Rapid Technological and Social Change | ||
| Black Bottom Digital Archive |
Open Data
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop + Ruma 2010: Open Government | U.S. Open Data Toolkit | CODE: Publications on Open Data | |
| Lach 2022: Why Thousands of People are Left Out of New York City’s Daily Homeless Census | Open Data Impact Map | NYC Open Data Week – example of open data engagement | |
| The GovLab 2022: The State of Open Data Policy Summit | Open Data Policy Crowdlaw Tracker | The Opportunity Project (US Census): TOPx Toolkit | |
| Sunlight Foundation: Open Data Policy Guidelines | The Gov Lab: Periodic Table of Open Data’s Impact Factors | ||
| Sunlight Foundation: Open Data Policy Generator | Sunlight Foundation: Open Data Policy Hub | ||
| ODC + WRI 2020: Open up guide: Using data to advance climate action Also: AirTable Database | |||
| Microsoft Data for Society |
Procurement
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis et al. 2019: Beyond interviews and focus groups: a framework for integrating innovative qualitative methods into randomised controlled trials of complex public health interventions | J-PAL NA: Introduction to Randomized Evaluations |
Civic X Syllabus 