====== Center for an Informed Public ======

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The **Center for an Informed Public** is an American interdisciplinary think tank in [[united_states:washington:Seattle]], [[united_states:Washington]]. It is based out of the [[University of Washington]].

===== Organization =====

The center is a collaboration between [[Human Centered Design & Engineering]], the [[University of Washington Information School]] and the [[University of Washington School of Law]].((//About.// Center for an Informed Public. Retrieved June 12, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230612234843/https://www.cip.uw.edu/about/))

==== Funding ====

The center is funded by:

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  * [[AARP Washington]]
  * [[BECU]]
  * [[Craig Newmark Philanthropies]]
  * [[Election Trust Initiative]]
  * [[Institute of Museum and Library Services]] (IMLS)
  * [[Knight Foundation]]
  * [[Microsoft]]
  * [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF)
  * [[Omidyar Network]]
  * [[Social Science Research Council]] (SSRC)
  * [[State of Washington]]
  * [[Technology & Social Change Group]] (TASCHA)
  * [[University of Washington Public Health Initiative]]
  * [[William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]]
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==== Partners ====

Partners of the center include:

  * [[Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology]]
  * [[Data Science and Analytics Lab]]
  * [[Emerging Capacities of Mass Participation Lab]] (emCOMP)
  * [[Evans School of Public Policy & Governance]]
  * [[Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies]]
  * [[KUOW]]
  * [[Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering]]
  * [[Tech Policy Lab]]
  * [[University of Washington Continuum College]]
  * [[University of Washington Department of Biology]]

The center is a member of the [[Public Technology Leadership Collaborative]], through which it also partners with:

  * [[Edward R. Murrow College of Communication]]
  * [[Election Integrity Partnership]] (EIP)
  * [[Pacific Science Center]]
  * [[Radio Television Digital News Association]] (RTDNA)
  * [[Teachers for an Informed Policy]] (TiP)
  * [[The Trust Project]]
  * [[Washington Library Association]]
  * [[Washington State University Vancouver]]
===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.linkedin.com/company/uwcip/|LinkedIn]]
  * [[https://www.cip.uw.edu/|Website]]