Our crisis hackathon is done — and wow, what a weekend! A hackathon is a small crisis, but our teams made it through and did an amazing job. Big thanks to our challenge partners, mentors, jury and the org-team for all the support: Leo Saurenmann, Massimo G. Brivio, Moises Maldonado, Kevin Hönger, Michael Schröder, Gerhard…

From today until November 1, we’re bringing together minds from tech, design, and humanitarian action to build digital solutions for crisis response — using the idea of Government as a Platform to act faster and smarter in times of crisis. The next three days will be filled with creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving as participants develop…

“I had to give my fingerprints just to get food for my kids.” That’s what one refugee told us during our study on digital platforms used in humanitarian crises. These platforms are meant to help. But in practice, they often force people to choose between survival and privacy, between speed and dignity. In our new…

EU citizens regularly share their views on upcoming laws through platforms like Have Your Say. But much of that input gets lost in the noise: hard to read, harder to organize, and often inaccessible due to language barriers. We explored whether AI could help. The result is AskThePublic – a chatbot that helps people (including policymakers, researchers,…