The second civic engagement workshop of DCitizens brought together a diverse group of participants from academia, the public and 3rd sector, and industry to discuss the needs and opportunities in Civic and Inclusive Education. The workshop targeted institutions and people who work/live in the periphery of the City of Lisbon and featured round-table discussions to…
DCitizens is delighted to host its wrap-up ESR event in Newcastle. This programme brings together a series of hybrid events designed to: Participants can engage in a variety of formats — from presentations and workshops to reading groups, showcases, and seminars. Each session can be joined in person or online, with flexible ways to participate: you may present, facilitate, contribute a paper or demo, or simply…
???????? Versão em Português We are excited to announce a series of online civic engagement workshops for DCitizens. These are 2-hour workshops that will occur between February and March 2025, aiming to bring together a diverse group of participants from academia, the public and 3rd sector to discuss the role of digital technologies in areas…
Putting people at the heart of new developments in artificial intelligence and digital technology will be the focus of a Digital Civics Exchange taking place at Northumbria University from the 20th-30th of May. Digital Civics research seeks to explore the ways in which citizens and communities can be empowered in decision making processes and service provision – on…
Putting people at the heart of new developments in artificial intelligence and digital technology will be the focus of a Digital Civics Exchange taking place at Northumbria University from the 20th-30th of May. Digital Civics research seeks to explore the ways in which citizens and communities can be empowered in decision making processes and service…
Versão em Português We are excited to announce the second civic engagement workshop of DCitizens. It is a one-day workshop on the 27th of February that aims to bring together a diverse group of participants from academia, the public and 3rd sector, and industry to discuss the needs and opportunities in Civic and Inclusive Education….
Date: 25/01/2023 We are excited to announce the first civic engagement event of DCitizens. It is a one-day workshop on the 25th of January that aims to bring together a diverse group of participants from academia, industry, the public and 3rd sector to discuss the needs and opportunities in three challenge areas: inclusive education, social…
The DCitizens project successfully built research and innovation capacity in the field of Digital Civics in Lisbon. The project established a collaborative network among IST-ID, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, the Italian Institute of Technologies, and the University of Siegen to foster scientific excellence. Major outcomes DCitizens achieved the three major outcomes: 1) Enhanced scientific…
The DCitizens project recently concluded a 3-day lab retreat in Genova, Italy from November 26 to 28, 2024. This lab retreat corresponded to the DCitizens yearly consortium meeting, and it was co-located with the Early Stage Researcher training, and research management training. The retreat was hosted by IIT at Center for Human Technologies (CHT). Consortium…
Become part of a new research & development paradigm DCitizens is reconfiguring the power relationships between academia and local communities to promote positive social change. We host a series of public civic events with our partner network to shape the research and innovation agenda for community-based organisations, the university, and the city of Lisbon. Additionally,…