The Global Impact of Open Data
Free ebook – Open data has spurred economic innovation, social transformation, and fresh forms of political and government accountability in recent years, but few people understand how open data works. This … Continue reading
Mapping Grassroots: Geodata and the structure of community-led open environmental science
Using balloons and kites to launch cameras as “community satellites”, grassroots mappers around the world have engaged in local-level, activist remote sensing — building upon the critical cartography and participatory … Continue reading
Cities, Violence and Order
How will security in cities be understood in the future? For whom will it be provided? What are the ways by which urban security provision will be governed? And, what … Continue reading
The price of connection: ‘surveillance capitalism’
The problem is not so much someone reading my emails, but the collection of metadata. In any case, if the mere existence of such power contradicts liberty, why were we … Continue reading
Rethink, Retool, Reboot: Technology as if people and planet mattered
Rethink, Retool, Reboot presents the evidence and analysis that informs Practical Action’s organisational mission to create a world with Technology Justice: where technology and innovation is used to end poverty … Continue reading
Defining Smart City Governance
Slides from keynote address by Igor Calzada at the Smart City InFocus held in China in September 2016. The presentation revolved around governance of smart cities by pointing out a critical … Continue reading
Participatory Budgeting: Next Generation Democracy
[White paper] – In a time of rising civic disengagement, many city leaders are using an innovative tool to reconnect with the people they serve: Participatory budgeting, known as “PB.” PB … Continue reading
Labour Migration in the ASEAN Region
Attention should be given to the review of policies, the practices of the migration industry and intermediaries, and the accountability of employers. The guiding principles of approaching migration issues should … Continue reading
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