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[TWISS] Democratic Citizenship

September 2025 / Chris Grady
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[MIT News] How government accountability and responsiveness affect tax payment

August 2025 / MIT News, Will Sullivan
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MIT GOV/LAB Digest #14 - Generative AI and Democracy Mini Syllabus, Deliberative Democracy, and more

July 2025 / MIT GOV/LAB
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[Government Technology] Washington, D.C. Will Pilot AI at Public Listening Session

July 2025 / MIT GOV/LAB
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[TICTeC] How can AI and Civic Tech Build Consensus for Climate Policy and Include the Voices of Future Generations?

June 2025 / Sasha Rollinger, Alisa Zomer

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Technology and Governance

Accountability & Trust, Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Governance Innovation, Open Government, Student Research
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Trust in Government

Accountability & Trust, Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Elections & Voting, Governance Innovation, Open Government

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Becoming Infrastructure: A Critical Realist Account of the Evolution of DHIS2 as Digital Public Health Infrastructure in Sierra Leone

October 2025 / Lily L. Tsai, Nuole (Lula) Chen, Innocent Ndubuisi-Obi Jr.
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Do government accountability and responsiveness enhance support for property taxes? Experimental evidence from China

June 2025 / Lily L. Tsai, Minh Trinh

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