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Experimenting with emerging approaches in open civic innovation

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OpenCivics Labs is a cooperative guild of civic innovators experimenting with collaborative network solutions and open templates that support collective action responding to critical civilizational challenges.

The OpenCivics Labs serves the Network as a research and development cooperative of systems thinkers, facilitators, designers, and researchers on the cutting edge of distributed governance and collaborative process design for networked organizations.

The Labs is composed of members holding the roles of practitioner, partner, participant, operator, and/or manager. About Roles →

Project Models : The Forms of Guild engagement

  • Innovation Ecosystems

    Collaborative environments that integrate diverse stakeholders to co-create, test, and scale systemic solutions to complex civic challenges.

  • Network Design Concepts

    Frameworks for structuring resilient, decentralized networks that foster collective agency and align distributed actors toward shared civic goals.

  • Research Swarms

    Dynamic, decentralized research groups that leverage collective intelligence and open knowledge to explore emergent civic questions and innovations.

  • Design Workshops

    Participatory sessions that use systemic design principles to prototype tools, frameworks, and strategies for civic regeneration and mutual care.

Labs Capacities : The domains of guild FOcus

  • Process design and facilitation

    We design participatory processes for civic engagement and collective action.

  • System design and deployment

    We support the design and enculturation of a variety of systems, including governance, economic, and communications.

  • Research and publication

    We conduct novel research into cutting edge inquiries in blockchain governance, cosmo-local infrastructure, and socio-technical design.

  • Decentralized organizations

    We design on-chain and off-chain organizations seeking to cultivate community engagement.

  • Systems change strategy and roadmap development

    We support mapping strategies to discover how groups can increase their systemic impact.

  • And More

    If you have a project that doesn't fit into any of these categories, we'd still love to speak with you to explore how we might be able to help.

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We're always open to new inquiries from prospective Labs members. If you're an OpenCivics Consortium member, you're eligible to become a member of OpenCivics Labs. Membership starts with a project trial period.

Engage a guild of civic innovators

We partner with innovative individuals and organizations who wish to co-design collaborative network solutions and open templates that support collective action responding to critical civilizational challenges.