{"type": "project", "title": "Metagov", "logoImg": "bafkreih74hxoxcveedavur4zswyydtyyej5og32h7z47ysw5z7lpaq777a", "website": "https://metagov.org", "bannerImg": "bafkreih6szsmrktxqf6l7q5qclwvqonm72pvh7qqtqd2wlg3gkcsqytbiy", "createdAt": 1681289860610, "userGithub": "metagov", "credentials": {"github": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..CRspiMpZz1AHSojLvwaZRqx48_mWCY6ssCbPzxQo3WUTgmGBqUFDZPULhFTTh6sHTjIEp9UfX5mutKHZr4pIAQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-11-11T15:37:06.756Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-11-11T15:37:06.756Z", "expirationDate": "2024-02-09T15:37:06.756Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xa12f6928972B3B3C72259C7631BC1C37aA813C2e", "hash": "v0.0.0:f/yZ93nizxeRUzXoC4gixi1RdxQbOBduuVbmj+8OrS0=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextGithubOrg#metagov#9309884"}}, "twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..B7OJB_8Jfw9u04Icn2peT7osRQZSsg6dlAtoavU1Cn0cN1Skjkx2KqonbXPKPhXpBVyvs2gQ4L4iBEpZiIwzDQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-11-11T15:37:25.081Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-11-11T15:37:25.081Z", "expirationDate": "2024-02-09T15:37:25.081Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xa12f6928972B3B3C72259C7631BC1C37aA813C2e", "hash": "v0.0.0:lkA5xH0PMy6aVlWfX8L04iB9SVD4OAkR4UCXdmbSHtI=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#metagov_project"}}}, "description": "[Metagov](https://metagov.org) is a nonprofit research collective. We build standards and infrastructure for digital self-governance. Our collaborations include: \n\n-   [Metagov Gateway](https://gateway.metagov.org/), an API gateway for digital governance services\n-   [DAOstar](https://daostar.org/), the standards body of the DAO ecosystem\n-   [Agreement Engine](https://law.mit.edu/pub/buildingnetnativeagreementsystems), a tool for building net-native agreement systems\n-   [CommunityRule](https://communityrule.info/), a user-friendly governance toolkit for great communities\n-   [Composing games into complex institutions](https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05318), a research paper\n-   [Constitutions of Web3](https://constitutions.metagov.org/), analysis and guides for DAO constitutions\n-   [Cryptopolitics](https://medium.com/metagov/the-political-landscape-of-crypto-f440d521f411), a study of politics and ideology in crypto\n-   [DAOchem](https://daogovdata.info/), a holistic view of DAO governance\n-   [Govbase](https://govbase.metagov.org/), a set of research data sets in online governance\n-   [Govbase Labs](https://metagov.org/govbase/), a weekly lab meeting\n-   [Governance Experience Design](https://www.crowdwrite.xyz/metagov/cl7e9sjvc000q09jx9kjhbocz/text), a living manifesto for online spaces\n-   [Governance Surfaces](https://github.com/notchia/dao-governance-surfaces), a tool for analyzing DAO contracts\n-   [Groundwork Fellowship](https://metagov.org/open-call-groundwork-fellowship/), internet infrastructure design and marginalization\n-   [LARP Governance](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQZ_ROn1DBa_qi68PynATDH3ssK1D9xTH0DG5plp_vNuA3mUMD0Rl2jSG0Nlxy18ajVk6ZtMhnPFKAg/pub), speculative governance play, ethnography, and history\n-   [MetagovDAO](https://metagov.org/metagovdao-call-for-proposals-research-community/), a funding body for research on DAOs\n-   [Metagovernance Seminar](https://metagov.org/seminar/), a weekly seminar\n-   [Modular Politics](https://www.metagov.org/modpol), a paper outlining a governance layer for the internet\n-   [Modpol](https://modpol.net/), a governance mod for Minetest\n-   [PolicyKit](https://policykit.org/), an engine for building governance in online communities\n-   *(new)*\u00a0[Redwood Parliament](https://metagov.org/redwood-parliament/), a governance convocation event\n-   [Telescope](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4078259), a Discord bot for ethical, responsive digital ethnography\n-   [Validator Commons](https://validatorcommons.org/), a cryptopolitical party of validators and allies\n\nOur research is led by a group of principal investigators:\n\n-   [Federica Carugati](https://casbs.stanford.edu/people/federica-carugati), King's College London\n-   [Primavera De Filippi](https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/pdefilippi), Harvard / CNRS\n-   [Seth Frey](https://communication.ucdavis.edu/people/sethfrey), University of California, Davis\n-   [Lawrence Lessig](http://www.lessig.org/about/), Harvard Law School\n-   [Ellie Rennie](https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/r/rennie-professor-ellie), RMIT\n-   [Nathan Schneider](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/media-studies/nathan-schneider), University of Colorado Boulder\n-   [Divya Siddarth](https://twitter.com/divyasiddarth), RadicalXChange Foundation / Microsoft\n-   [Joshua Tan](http://www.joshuatan.com/research/), University of Oxford\n-   [Philipp Zahn](https://www.philipp-zahn.com/), 20squares / CyberCat Institute\n-   [Michael Zargham](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mczargham), BlockScience / WU Vienna\n-   [Amy Zhang](https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~axz/), University of Washington", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "metagov", "projectTwitter": "metagov_project"}
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[Metagov](https://metagov.org) is a nonprofit research collective. We build standards and infrastructure for digital self-governance. Our collaborations include: 

-   [Metagov Gateway](https://gateway.metagov.org/), an API gateway for digital governance services
-   [DAOstar](https://daostar.org/), the standards body of the DAO ecosystem
-   [Agreement Engine](https://law.mit.edu/pub/buildingnetnativeagreementsystems), a tool for building net-native agreement systems
-   [CommunityRule](https://communityrule.info/), a user-friendly governance toolkit for great communities
-   [Composing games into complex institutions](https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05318), a research paper
-   [Constitutions of Web3](https://constitutions.metagov.org/), analysis and guides for DAO constitutions
-   [Cryptopolitics](https://medium.com/metagov/the-political-landscape-of-crypto-f440d521f411), a study of politics and ideology in crypto
-   [DAOchem](https://daogovdata.info/), a holistic view of DAO governance
-   [Govbase](https://govbase.metagov.org/), a set of research data sets in online governance
-   [Govbase Labs](https://metagov.org/govbase/), a weekly lab meeting
-   [Governance Experience Design](https://www.crowdwrite.xyz/metagov/cl7e9sjvc000q09jx9kjhbocz/text), a living manifesto for online spaces
-   [Governance Surfaces](https://github.com/notchia/dao-governance-surfaces), a tool for analyzing DAO contracts
-   [Groundwork Fellowship](https://metagov.org/open-call-groundwork-fellowship/), internet infrastructure design and marginalization
-   [LARP Governance](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQZ_ROn1DBa_qi68PynATDH3ssK1D9xTH0DG5plp_vNuA3mUMD0Rl2jSG0Nlxy18ajVk6ZtMhnPFKAg/pub), speculative governance play, ethnography, and history
-   [MetagovDAO](https://metagov.org/metagovdao-call-for-proposals-research-community/), a funding body for research on DAOs
-   [Metagovernance Seminar](https://metagov.org/seminar/), a weekly seminar
-   [Modular Politics](https://www.metagov.org/modpol), a paper outlining a governance layer for the internet
-   [Modpol](https://modpol.net/), a governance mod for Minetest
-   [PolicyKit](https://policykit.org/), an engine for building governance in online communities
-   *(new)* [Redwood Parliament](https://metagov.org/redwood-parliament/), a governance convocation event
-   [Telescope](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4078259), a Discord bot for ethical, responsive digital ethnography
-   [Validator Commons](https://validatorcommons.org/), a cryptopolitical party of validators and allies

Our research is led by a group of principal investigators:

-   [Federica Carugati](https://casbs.stanford.edu/people/federica-carugati), King's College London
-   [Primavera De Filippi](https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/pdefilippi), Harvard / CNRS
-   [Seth Frey](https://communication.ucdavis.edu/people/sethfrey), University of California, Davis
-   [Lawrence Lessig](http://www.lessig.org/about/), Harvard Law School
-   [Ellie Rennie](https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/r/rennie-professor-ellie), RMIT
-   [Nathan Schneider](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/media-studies/nathan-schneider), University of Colorado Boulder
-   [Divya Siddarth](https://twitter.com/divyasiddarth), RadicalXChange Foundation / Microsoft
-   [Joshua Tan](http://www.joshuatan.com/research/), University of Oxford
-   [Philipp Zahn](https://www.philipp-zahn.com/), 20squares / CyberCat Institute
-   [Michael Zargham](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mczargham), BlockScience / WU Vienna
-   [Amy Zhang](https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~axz/), University of Washington
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