Explore the world’s sandboxes

Interactive map of regulatory, operational, and hybrid sandbox initiatives worldwide.

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Why mapping sandboxes matters

Sandbox initiatives are growing rapidly across sectors and regions, from artificial intelligence and health to finance, mobility, and digital infrastructure.

Yet the global sandbox landscape remains fragmented and difficult to track.
The Sandbox Explorer was created to make this evolving ecosystem more visible, accessible, and actionable.

By bringing structured information into one continuously updated platform, the Explorer helps governments, researchers, businesses, and civil society better understand how experimentation and governance are evolving worldwide.

Who this helps

Policymakers &
regulators

Track regulatory experimentation, benchmark approaches, and identify regional peers.

Businesses &
innovators

Understand emerging governance models and anticipate policy trends.

Researchers &
journalists

Access structured intelligence and discover initiatives across sectors and jurisdictions.

Civil society &
ecosystem builders

Identify sandbox initiatives, collaboration opportunities, and governance trends.

Built on continuously updated research

The Sandbox Explorer is powered by a structured research database maintained and curated by the Datasphere Initiative.

Sandbox profiles are reviewed before publication to improve consistency, comparability, and reliability.

The platform evolves continuously as new initiatives emerge worldwide.

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Stay updated on new sandbox initiatives

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Need deeper access to the data?

The Sandbox Explorer is designed for public exploration and discovery.

Researchers, journalists, and institutions interested in structured access to the underlying dataset may contact the Datasphere Initiative team for research and collaboration requests.

To maintain consistency and data quality, the core research database is curated internally.

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