# DAO & Crypto Governance Resources


**Series**: Archive
**Date**: April 2022
**Keywords**: DAO governance resources, crypto governance research, Dune Analytics dashboards, blockchain academic research centers, decentralized governance metrics, smart contract governance, Wharton blockchain reading list, organizational theory


> Industry analytics, academic centers, and reading lists for researching DAO governance. From Dune dashboards to Wharton's blockchain reading list.


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> **Note:** This resource was last updated in April 2022. Some links may be outdated.

A curated collection of resources for researching DAO and crypto governance.

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## Industry Research

### Research Projects

- [Smart Contract Research Forum](https://www.smartcontractresearch.org/)
  - [Governance and Coordination Track](https://www.smartcontractresearch.org/c/governance-and-coordination/11)
  - [Mechanism Design Track](https://www.smartcontractresearch.org/c/mechanism-design-and-game-theory/10)
  - [Research Pulse Newsletter](https://scrf.substack.com/) (weekly summary)

- [Network Governance Research by dGov Foundation](https://daoresearch.dgov.foundation/)
  - [Interaction network graphs](https://graphcommons.com/graphs/6a993e34-d8b0-4425-83ce-67c3560429e7)

- [DAObase](https://daobase.org/)
- [Crypto Governance Research by Block Commons](https://blockcommons.red/crypto-governance-research/overviews/)
- [DAO Research](https://daoresear.ch/)

### Metrics & Analytics

- [Dune Analytics](https://dune.com/home) – User Generated Analytics
  - [MakerDAO Dashboard by @SebVentures](https://dune.com/SebVentures/maker---accounting_1)
  - [DeFi Governance Voter Turnout](https://dune.com/0xoxox0/Unvoted-Voting-Power)

- [Deep DAO](http://deepdao.world/) – Metrics of DAOs
- [Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/) – Blockchain Explorer
- [Token Terminal](https://tokenterminal.com/leaderboards/earnings) – Protocol Earnings

### Working Groups

- [LeXpunK Army](https://www.lexpunk.army/) – Legal innovation for autonomous technologies
- [DAO Governance Collective](https://twitter.com/DAOgovernance)
- [Talent DAO](https://talentdao.notion.site/) – Organization design for DAOs

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## Academic Research

### Research Centers

- [Metagovernance Project](https://metagov.org) – The Governance Layer of the Internet
  - [Exploring DAOs as a New Kind of Institution](https://medium.com/commonsstack/exploring-daos-as-a-new-kind-of-institution-8103e6b156d4)

- [Wharton Cryptogovernance Workshop](https://cryptogov.net)
  - [Participating projects](https://cryptogov.net/participating-projects/)

- [Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance](https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/)
- [UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies](http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/)
- [Stanford Center For Blockchain Research](https://cbr.stanford.edu/)
- [Stanford Law DAO Symposium](https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/dao-symposium/)

### Reading Lists & Databases

- **[Nathan Schneider](https://nathanschneider.info/)** – peer production, online communities, governance
  - [Zotero library](https://www.zotero.org/ntnsndr/items)

- **[Blockchain Research Network](https://www.blockchainresearchnetwork.org/)**
  - [Public Zotero Library](https://www.zotero.org/groups/2216205/blockchain_research_network/library)

- **[Wharton Blockchain Governance Reading List](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vf2-DGW5ppSOOp-yLXxm6wIAMGU9FKAg3L5GFHA9iiM/edit)**

### Classification Framework

Based on Risius & Spohrer (2017) "Blockchain - Research State of the Art":

**Activities:**
- *Design and Features* – How blockchain systems are designed
- *Measurement and Value* – Added value of blockchain solutions
- *Management and Organization* – Governance and strategies in blockchain systems

**Levels of Analysis:**
- *Users and Society* – Individual transactions and societal consequences
- *Intermediaries* – Smart contracts and automation
- *Platforms* – Different implementations (Ethereum, Hyperledger, etc.)
- *Firms and Industries* – Business models and industry applications