Data-Driven Urban Citizenship
With networked infrastructures mixing with physical fabric of the cities, there is a gradually growing body of urban data. Often this data is not collected or not stored. Often it … Continue reading
The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights has released an excellent report today on the right to privacy in the digital age, blasting the digital mass surveillance that has been … Continue reading
The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation
Hartz-Karp and Sullivan – Since online deliberation has not delivered on the expectations of more considered, democratic participation, the authors propose less focus on technological ‘fixes’ and more on re-conceptualizing … Continue reading
Information Lives of the Poor – Fighting poverty with technology
This book explores the impacts of this unprecedented technological change. Drawing on unique household surveys undertaken by research networks active in 38 developing countries, it helps to fill knowledge gaps … Continue reading
Putting Politics Back Into Development
Creating systemic change is fundamentally a political process insofar as it involves power—who has power, how those in power act, and especially how those in power allocate resources. You can’t … Continue reading
The New Economics of Innovation Ecosystems
A new strain of economic thought is emerging to explain how societies can grow sustainably. It’s not just coming from the public, which has already expressed discontent with the status … Continue reading
Data and Citizen Engagement – Disentangling the Relationship
Tiago Peixoto – As more and more players engage in participatory initiatives, there is a significant amount of citizen-generated data being collected, which is important on its own. However, in … Continue reading
The Uncertain Relationship between Open Data and Accountability
Tiago Peixoto – Open government data, often equated with transparency by its advocates, emerges as the new low-hanging fruit of good governance.In the absence of a free press, open data … Continue reading
