Empowering Citizens with and through Digital Technologies

about the project

DCitizens aims to foster Digital Civics research and innovation in Lisbon. Digital Civics is a cross-disciplinary field that posits the use of technology to empower citizens and non-state actors to co-create, take an active role in shaping agendas, make decisions about service provision, and make such provisions sustainable and resilient. Particularly how digital technologies can scaffold a move from transactional to relational service models and the potential of such models to reconfigure power relations between citizens, communities, and institutions.

latest news & events

Summer School Recap

Day 1: Building Communities, Breaking (and Making) Collaborations The day began with a warm welcome to the week from Prof Hugo Nicolau and Prof Kyle Montague and a fast-paced round of introductions. Through quick talks and informal conversations, we started getting to know one another — our backgrounds, interests, and motivations for being here. These…

DCitizens DC: Reflecting on a Day of Mentorship, Insight and Inspiration

We had the pleasure of hosting an exciting and energising event that brought together emerging researchers and world-class mentors for a day of exchange, reflection, and growth. We welcomed 10 exceptional PhD researchers from four leading institutions and countries—Lisbon, Northumbria, Carnegie Mellon, and Siegen—representing a broad spectrum of backgrounds and research stages, from pre-PhD researchers to those in their third year…

Seminar Series: Ana O Henriques

Speaker Ana Henriques is currently a PhD student at the Interactive Technologies Institute/LARSyS, at the University of Lisbon, advised by Hugo Nicolau and Angelika Strohmayer. Ana has focused their research on the intersections of ethics, feminist HCI and community-based work while exploring what community-led ethics could look like as a process of feminist ethical frameworking…

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