The Governance Lab

Founded at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering, The Governance Lab (GovLab) aims to strengthen the ability of institutions and people to work more openly and collaboratively to make better decisions and solve public problems. The GovLab believes that increasing the availability of data as well as new ways to leverage the capacity, intelligence, and expertise of people in the problem-solving process combined with technological advances and developments can transform governance.

GovLab strives to achieve their mission and vision by:

• Building and testing prototypes for new platforms to enable open and collaborative problem-solving in a variety of organisation
• Assessing and disseminating information and analysis about governance innovations globally and their impacts on people's lives
• Training entrepreneurs to tackle public interest challenges using open innovation to take projects from idea to implementation
• Connecting innovators from across disciplines to gain deeper insights and develop new frameworks for improving governance