CitizenLab.org
Self-portrait
The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada focusing on advanced research and development at the intersection of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), human rights, and global security.
Our mission: We are a “hothouse” that combines the disciplines of political science, sociology, computer science, engineering, and graphic design. We undertake research that monitors, analyzes, and impacts the exercise of political power in cyberspace. The Citizen Lab accomplishes these goals through collaborative partnerships with leading edge research centres and individuals around the world and through a mixed methods approach that combines technical reconnaissance, field investigations, and data mining, analysis, and visualization.'
Our Research Network: The Citizen Lab’s ongoing research network includes the Cyber Stewards Network, OpenNet Initiative, OpenNet Eurasia, Opennet.Asia. The Citizen Lab was a founding partner of the Information Warfare Monitor (2002-2012). The Citizen Lab developed the original design of Psiphon, a censorship circumvention software, which was spun out of the lab into a private Canadian corporation (Psiphon Inc.) in 2008. https://citizenlab.org/
Our Donors: Financial support for the Citizen Lab’s research has come from the The Canada Centre for Global Security Studies, Donner Canadian Foundation, Ford Foundation, HIVOS, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Oak Foundation, Open Society Foundation, Psiphon Inc., The Sigrid Rausing Trust, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation. The Citizen Lab received generous donations of software and services from Hyas, Palantir Technologies, and Oculus Info Inc.
Description
El Citizen Lab es un laboratorio interdisciplinario con base en la Escuela Munk de Asuntos Globales de la Universidad de Toronto. Desde el año 2001, han desarrollado un método único sobre varios métodos mixtos para el estudio de las TIC, la política, los derechos humanos, la seguridad y la gobernanza. Combinan las técnicas de la informática y la seguridad de la información con la investigación de campo, las metodologías cualitativas de las ciencias sociales y el análisis legal y de políticas realizado por expertos en la materia. Hasta la fecha ha recibido los siguientes premios: - Premio 2013 CLA a la Libertad Intelectual en Canadá - Premio a la Libertad de Prensa 2011 del Comité Canadiense para el Libertad de Prensa Mundial - Premio Vox Libera 2010 presentado al Laboratorio Ciudadano por los Periodistas Canadienses por la Libertad de Expresión.
Links
Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20160816042843/https://citizenlab.org/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Lab
