Research

Civic research, structured for action

Every research project turns structured public participation into actionable insight. Decide who participates, how they contribute, and how visible the work should be.

How research is configured

Organizations configure research by making three decisions.

Decision 01

Who participates?

Anyone, invited participants, specific organizations, or an existing community.

Decision 02

How visible is the research?

Public, private, invite-only, or organization-scoped. Independent of who can participate.

Decision 03

How should participants contribute?

Ideas, discussion, challenge, refinement, evaluation, prioritization. Not a survey.

Active research

Where inquiry is happening now

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Civic questions

Public Works

Institutions post open civic questions and communities help shape the pathways.

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Community spaces

Circles

Focused communities working on shared inquiries and niche discourse.

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Intelligence

The Network Field

Curated visualization of emergence patterns across the ecosystem.

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