Data 4 Governance Laboratory

Our Purpose

• A platform for ICT-Policy Entrepreneurs devoted to addressing regulatory challenges in innovative tech-savvy manners.
• Real-time identification of issues and providing innovative and technological solutions based on big data and interaction between stakeholders of the digital economy ecosystem at the national level.

Our Mission

• D4G Lab is a platform for ICT Policy Entrepreneurs devoted itself to addressing regulatory challenges which are still very much relevant today: efficiency and pragmatism of rules and legislations, innovation in public governance, the impartiality of arbitration, quality of working relationship between regulators and private actors.
• Politically impartial, we chose the name of our firm as both a tribute and affirmation of shared commitments. So, we are So, we are a mediator for training both policy-makers and the private sector in a large scale to ensure public interest at the national level especially in the ICT sector as an emerging paradigm of governance.
• Our goal is to empower the ability of institutions – including but not limited to governments – and people to work more consistently, collaboratively, effectively, and legitimately to make better decisions and solve public problems. We believe that increased availability and use of data are novel ways to leverage the capacity, intelligence, and disruptive technologies such as AI, Big Data, Blockchain, and Deep Learning, in the problem-solving process.

Our Story

Data for Governance Lab was established in 2018 as a spin-off of the Sharif Policy Research Institute and Sharif Governance and Policy Think Tank but today it is operating as an independent think tank.

The Data for Governance Lab, in short, seeks to establish a link between national entrepreneurs and public institutions.

We approach each challenge and opportunity in an interdisciplinary, collaborative way, irrespective of the problem, sector, geography, and stakeholders to level the playing field.

Selected Projects

• Governance as a platform, Cyber-governance Regimes
• Digital content platforms development and acceleration
• Strategic approach to data governance issues; The system of data governance issues of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Parental control, Content moderation, Fake news.
• Designing the governance system of cyberspace with an emphasis on the convergence of sectorial regulatory systems
• Data-driven Co-creation: Challenges, opportunities and practical plans of the country for the development of the digital economy.

Selected Solutions