Code for All: comparative models across borders
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Looking at different setups of the volunteer network across the globe. A slide deck.
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Mapping slacktivism: patterns of low-threshold civic participation on the internet
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Looking more deeply into the impact of low-cost, low-risk online actions. A slide deck.
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Populism, post-truth and fake news: the role of civic tech in the post-fact world
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2017, when we were just getting to grips with the terms ‘fake news’, ‘populism’ and ‘post-truth’.
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Exploring sense of community for online citizen engagement
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What value is created through online citizen engagement by using the community psychology Sense of Community theory to examine the behavioural aspects of eParticipation?
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Questioning impact: what if you find it lacking?
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What happens when a seemingly successful initiative starts to question its Theory of Change?
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Fostering democractic societies to fight platform populists: the Brazilian experience
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The keynote of TICTeC 2019 and an inspiring look at what citizen-led activism and direct engagement can achieve – even when things look hopeless.
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Digital tools to connect those facing homelessness with the support they need
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Notes from a presentation about Proxy Address, which provides stable addresses for those facing the instability of homelessness.
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Fireside chat: Hollie Russon Gilman
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Hollie Russon Gilman is particularly interested in revitalising American democracy, local innovation, and the opportunities and challenges of digital technologies to enhance governance and public policy.
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Fireside chat: Stephen King, Omidyar Network
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The Omidyar Network is one of the most significant benefactors for those working in Civic Tech. Through the Governance & Citizen Engagement initiative, it supports a broad range of organisations working in the US and around the world.
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Impacts of leak sites
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Leak sites are web-based initiatives which usually employ encryption and anonymisation technologies for concealing the identity of whistleblowers.
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