Berkeley Challenge Lab：Democracy^Tech（ENGIN C183F/POL SCI C193A）搬运
来源：scet.berkeley.edu/students/courses/democracytech/ 课程编号：ENGIN C183F / POL SCI C193A 学分：4 units 讲师：Gert Christen
官方课程描述（原文翻译）
This experiential course prepares technical, business-minded, and policy-oriented students to build and plan the implementation of a product, startup, or policy innovation from scratch. Students work in an interdisciplinary team to develop novel products and solutions to address existing problems in the realm of democracy and technology. For example, engineering students may leverage technical skills to help translate ideas into products, while political science students may leverage their policy knowledge and social science skills to identify problem areas and generate plausible solutions. Students from any discipline may bring unique perspectives, domain expertise, and comparative advantages to their team. This cross-listed course utilizes the Challenge Lab entrepreneurial course foundation, offered by the College of Engineering Sutardja Center of Entrepreneurship and Technology, in partnership with the Political Science department to "Building Bridges between Democracy and Technology for a Better Society".
翻译：这门体验式课程为技术型、商业导向和政策导向的学生做好准备，从零开始 build 和规划产品、startup 或政策创新的实施。学生在跨学科团队中工作，开发新产品和解决方案，以解决民主和技术领域的现有问题。例如，工程学生可以利用技术技能帮助将想法转化为产品，而政治学学生可以利用其政策知识和社会科学技能识别问题领域并提出 plausible 解决方案。任何学科的学生都可以为他们的团队带来独特的视角、领域专业知识和比较优势。这门跨 listed 课程利用 Challenge Lab 创业课程基础，由工程学院 Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology 与政治学系合作提供，旨在"Building Bridges between Democracy and Technology for a Better Society"。
课程核心议题
学生将探索以下领域的政策、商业和/或产品设计：
| 议题领域 | 示例 |
|---|---|
| Misinformation | 区分事实与非事实政治内容的能力 |
| Democratic discourse | 公民之间及其与政治代表进行productive交流的能力 |
| Civic/political participation and empowerment | 不同社区成员参与核心政治过程的能力和动力 |
| Political knowledge and citizen awareness | 政治数据的可及性和可解释性 |
| Democratic representation and accountability | 维护和揭示政治代表的责任制 |
| Transparency and trust in institutions | 公众对治理系统信心的条件 |
| Data-driven policy | 使用数据和 AI 辅助政策过程中的决策 |
| Collection and control/freedom of information | 关于谁可以访问和使用不同类型数字信息的问题 |
课程目标
People and organizations have been grappling with unceasing advancements in digital technologies and their implications for society, both good and bad, real or perceived. On the one hand, technology and data can bolster democratic functions and the empowerment of communities within a society. On the other hand, there also exist risks of technological misuse. In this Challenge Lab, students will explore the design of policies, businesses, and/or products that can help provide such benefits and/or mitigate such risks.
翻译：人们和组织一直在应对数字技术的持续进步及其对社会的影响，无论是好是坏，真实或感知的。一方面，技术和社会中的数据可以加强民主功能和社会中社区的赋权。另一方面，也存在技术滥用的风险。在这个 Challenge Lab 中，学生将探索政策、商业和/或产品的设计，以帮助提供这些好处和/或减轻这些风险。
团队组建
Each student will join a team based on their own interests and knowledge. Each team will choose an area to develop and test possible solutions, build prototypes, and develop a new business, product, or policy innovation.
翻译：每个学生将根据他们自己的兴趣和知识加入一个团队。每个团队将选择一个领域来开发和测试可能的解决方案，build prototypes，并开发一个新的 business、产品或政策创新。
讲师：Gert Christen
总结
ENGIN C183F/POL SCI C193A 是 Berkeley SCET 的跨学科 Challenge Lab，联合工程学院和政治学系，专注于民主与技术的交叉领域。课程要求学生从零开始 build 产品、startup 或政策创新，解决虚假信息、公民参与、数据驱动政策等 real-world 问题。这是一个典型的 BMOE（Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship） 课程，强调跨学科团队和动手原型。