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.