Investigating the challenges and opportunities for civil society to thrive in the digital age.

The Stanford Digital Civil Society Lab seeks to understand, inform, protect and promote civil society in a digitally dependent world. Our goal is to foster a thriving and independent digital civil society rooted in a democratic commitment to freedom of association and assembly, freedom of speech and privacy. Our approach is interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral:

We conduct and catalyze research across disciplines,

We develop learning opportunities for civil society and philanthropic organizations,
We support an emerging generation of community advocates, technologists and policymakers through teaching and fellowships,
We promote efforts to better integrate civil society and digital policy advocacy.

Digital Civil Society Lab

Investigating the challenges and opportunities for civil society to thrive in the digital age.

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