Staying in the Know – The GovLab’s Open Governance Changemakers Twitter Lists

As part of its ongoing effort to provide those interested in open governance a means for staying in the know regarding new insights and development in the field, the GovLab curates a collection of topic-specific Open Governance Twitter lists featuring people and organizations working at the forefront of innovation in governance.
The field of open governance is nascent and broad, ranging from data-driven, sensor-based smart city initiatives to collaborative, people-driven participatory budgeting efforts. As such, identifying the most relevant and important voices in the field is a significant and ongoing challenge. That’s why the GovLab Twitter lists are living, evolving curation efforts seeking to provide followers with comprehensive and easily tracked insights into the field. Recent additions to the lists include: the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance, Open Contracting, Open City, World Bank Data, Derek Eder, Colby Hochmuth, Adriel Hampton, Chelsea Mauldin, Sean Deely, Jenn Gustetic, Michael Cornfield, Helen Margetts, Charles Leadbetter and Anne-Laure Fayard, among others.
Of course, with a field this broad and dynamic, capturing the entirety of relevant actors is a challenge too big for any one organization. That’s why we encourage you to share your must-follow open governance Twitter accounts with us. Please tweet us @TheGovLab or leave your suggestions in the comments below. Also, be sure to subscribe to the GovLab Digest for another way to stay on top of new developments in the field.
The GovLab’s Open Governance Changemakers Twitter lists are:

• Open Governance Changemakers – a complete list of the Twitter accounts found in the GovLab’s topic-specific lists, including Clay Shirky, Susan Crawford and Tanja Aitamurto.
• Smarter Governance Changemakers – people and organizations exploring how to make governance smarter by getting expertise in, including Stephen Goldsmith, Jennifer Pahlka and Duncan Watts.
• Open Data Changemakers – people and organizations exploring how to improve governance by pushing data out, including Jeanne Holm, Nigel Shadbolt and Pia Waugh.
• Shared Governance Changemakers – people and organizations exploring how to improve governance by sharing responsibility with citizens, including Edward Andersson, Rachel Botsman and Hollie Russon Gilman.
• General Open Governance Changemakers – people and organizations exploring the broad, general field of open governance, including Alex Howard, Kristy Dalton and Micah Sifry.
• Legal and Regulatory Changemakers – people and organizations exploring law- and policy-based constraints to open governance, including Matt Leighninger, Christina Gagnier and Hudson Hollister.
• Technology Changemakers – people and organizations exploring the technologies that enable open governance, including Vinton G. Cerf, Wendy Hall and Rachel Metz.
• Innovation Changemakers – people and organizations exploring innovation in governance, including Sonal Shah, Marshall Van Alstyne and Nigel Jacob.
• Policy Changemakers – people and organizations exploring open governance through a policy lens, including Rachel Gibson,  Theresa Pardo and David Osimo.
• Business and Economics Changemakers – people and organizations exploring business and economic factors related to open governance, including Moisés Naím, Casey Coleman and Peter Orszag.
• Behavioral Science and Social Psychology Changemakers – people and organizations exploring the use of behavioral science and social psychology to improve governance, including Cass Sunstein, Dan Ariely and Sheena S. Iyengar.
• Crowdlaw Changemakers – practitioners involved in collaborative legislation and constitution writing initiatives, including Nati Carfi, Seamus Kraft and Pia Mancini.
• Network of Collaborators – people and organizations with whom the GovLab collaborates in order to improve people’s lives by changing how we govern, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Geoff Mulgan and Anita McGahan.