Open Data & Civic Trust

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Room 1201, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn

About

Civic trust is vital for people to engage with the institutions and community around them. Yet, there is no consensus on how to establish it or how to measure it. Can open data be used to both establish and understand civic trust?

In collaboration with the NYC Civic Engagement CommissionThe GovLab and the Center for Urban Science + Progress are hosting a workshop during NYC Open Data Week that begins a conversation on these issues.

After a panel discussion on the current landscape of open data and local civic trust with officials representing the New York City government, civil society groups, and data practitioners, attendees will breakout into mini “civic assemblies” where they will have a chance to discuss and come up with ways that data might be used to inform or enable this work in line with a general Civic Trust Data Standard.

Key questions undergird this interactive session:

How do you measure civic trust?
What data sets, tools and methodologies are required?
What types of policy considerations and recommendations are needed in order to achieve the connections between open data and civic trust?

Light bites will be served at the after-hours mixer at Circa Brewery. Drink tickets will be provided on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Stay tuned – panelists will be announced soon!

Important Information

If you are not an NYU student, faculty or staff member, you must register by March 7th. If you register late, you may not be able to access the building in which this event is held. Please reach out to cusp.education@nyu.edu with questions. NYU students, faculty, and staff may continue to register after March 7th.