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Brazil, South America
Develop public budgeting tools that reveal spending, contracts, service outcomes, and tradeoffs in ways ordinary residents can meaningfully use.
local-regional
south-america
brazil
making
municipal
budgets
understandable
contestable
develop
public
budgeting
tools
reveal
society-governance
local
mathematics-logic
might
apartment
Create secure, accessible, dispute-aware processes for converting paper and customary land claims into digital records without enabling elite capture.
technology-computing
africa
kenya
preventing
land-record
fraud
during
digitization
create
secure
accessible
dispute-aware
processes
society-governance
land
digital
informal
twins
Develop rights-preserving identity systems for displaced people, informal workers, and marginalized groups without creating surveillance, exclusion, or vendor lock-in.
technology-computing
identity
people
interoperable
digital
stable
documents
develop
rights-preserving
systems
displaced
society-governance
informal
economics-resources
without
global-unspecified
open
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Develop locally credible communication systems that address uncertainty, past harm, rumors, and access barriers without stigmatizing hesitant communities.
health-biology
africa
democratic-republic-of-the-congo
communication
uncertainty
building
trusted
public-health
vaccine
develop
locally
credible
systems
society-governance
reliable
communities
technology-computing
last
open
United States, North America
Create secure, ethical systems for collecting, authenticating, storing, and making digital evidence usable by investigators without exposing victims.
philosophy-ethics
north-america
united-states
evidence
preserving
online
war
crimes
human-rights
abuses
create
secure
ethical
systems
technology-computing
society-governance
digital
corruption
open
Brazil, South America
Develop privacy-preserving methods to study paid political influence and coordinated campaigns in messaging platforms without mass surveillance.
society-governance
south-america
brazil
political
improving
transparency
advertising
encrypted
channels
develop
privacy-preserving
methods
study
without
mass
surveillance
technology-computing
global-unspecified
open
Canada, North America
Create methods for governments to evaluate bias, error, and accountability in automated public decisions while preserving citizen privacy and system security.
technology-computing
north-america
canada
public
making
algorithms
auditable
exposing
personal
data
create
methods
governments
society-governance
global-unspecified
whether
systems
philosophy-ethics
Create community-owned archival methods that preserve oral traditions, local records, and indigenous knowledge while respecting consent and access boundaries.
social-civic-problems
south-america
peru
local
oral
knowledge
preventing
loss
history
digitization
create
community-owned
archival
economics-resources
climate-environment
recovery
society-governance
actors
Create age-appropriate programs that build emotional skills, peer support, referral pathways, and teacher capacity while respecting local culture.
social-civic-problems
asia
sri-lanka
scaling
mental-health
literacy
schools
overmedicalizing
students
create
age-appropriate
programs
build
economics-resources
ecosystems
protection
education
society-governance
Develop valid evaluation approaches that measure original thinking while minimizing bias from coaching, language, resources, and cultural familiarity.
local-regional
assessing
creativity
problem-solving
rewarding
privilege
develop
valid
evaluation
approaches
measure
methods
mitigating
impacts
climate
climate-environment
designed
foods
open
Mexico, North America
Build accessible guidance systems that explain careers, prerequisites, costs, scholarships, apprenticeships, and labor-market realities to students without family networks.
economics-resources
north-america
mexico
guidance
making
career
useful
first-generation
learners
build
accessible
systems
explain
education
social-civic-problems
students
society-governance
technology-computing
Develop recognition systems that validate skills learned through apprenticeships, family businesses, and informal labor without imposing costly exams or bureaucracy.
society-governance
africa
nigeria
informal
building
affordable
pathways
work
formal
credentials
develop
recognition
systems
settlements
economics-resources
technology-computing
social-civic-problems
digital
Design assessment, pedagogy, attribution, and institutional norms that preserve genuine learning without relying solely on surveillance or unreliable detection tools.
society-governance
improving
academic
integrity
era
ubiquitous
generative
design
assessment
pedagogy
attribution
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
technology-computing
fake
prevent
way
open
South Africa, Africa
Build privacy-respecting systems that identify transport, health, safety, family-care, work, and disengagement causes behind persistent student absence.
society-governance
africa
south-africa
detecting
addressing
chronic
absenteeism
dropout
build
privacy-respecting
systems
identify
transport
health-biology
health
economics-resources
technology-computing
ensuring
open
New Zealand, Oceania
Create community-controlled educational resources that support endangered languages without reducing them to museum artifacts or excluding young speakers.
social-civic-problems
oceania
new-zealand
endangered
languages
preserving
school-based
learning
create
community-controlled
educational
resources
support
global-unspecified
technology-computing
philosophy-ethics
whether
language
open
Brazil, South America
Develop affordable lab equipment, experimental protocols, and digital interfaces that enable meaningful participation in science education for disabled learners.
social-civic-problems
south-america
brazil
science
accessible
laboratories
students
disabilities
develop
affordable
lab
equipment
experimental
education
digital
remains
technology-computing
access
Design affordable resilient school infrastructure, continuity plans, safe routes, and learning systems for children facing repeated climate disruptions.
climate-environment
oceania
vanuatu
safeguarding
schools
against
heat
floods
cyclone
disruption
design
affordable
resilient
systems
technology-computing
under
climate
social-civic-problems
Develop land-use, compensation, farming, and hydrological strategies that allow rivers to absorb floods without simply eliminating rural livelihoods.
mathematics-logic
europe
netherlands
restoring
floodplains
while
maintaining
food
production
develop
land-use
compensation
farming
climate-environment
economics-resources
global-unspecified
urban
rural
open
Chile, South America
Design water-allocation and enforcement systems that reduce consumption among high users without shifting disproportionate burdens onto low-income residents.
climate-environment
south-america
chile
making
drought
restrictions
equitable
unequal
cities
design
water-allocation
enforcement
systems
society-governance
economics-resources
global-unspecified
public
social-civic-problems
open
United States, North America
Build risk-based grid maintenance, vegetation management, shutoff policies, and backup systems that prevent sparks without leaving communities vulnerable.
local-regional
north-america
united-states
reducing
wildfire
ignition
failing
electricity
infrastructure
build
risk-based
grid
maintenance
systems
economics-resources
technology-computing
communities
global-unspecified
