Commissioning Model DCitizens supports projects led by citizens and communities that aim to create positive social change through the use of digital technologies. We achieve this goal by providing a commissioning model for collaborative projects between communities and the DCitizens consortium. The model is grounded on two main pillars: civic events, and the annual commissioning…
Ways to Collaborate Collaborate with DCitizens to have a positive social change in communities with and through digital technologies. Citizen Volunteer Your contributions to DCitizens can be key to promote social change. Collaborate on an ongoing community-led innovation project or volunteer in a partner institution. Whatever your passion, we can deliver a custom volunteering program…
Date: 23/01/2023 – 25/01/2023 The European research project “DCitizens: Fostering Digital Civics Research and Innovation in Lisbon” will officially begin with a three-day kick-off meeting that brings together experts from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy), the University of Siegen (Germany) and the University of Northumbria (United Kingdom), to set the scene for the project, align…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
Speaker Clara Crivellaro is a Reader in Digital social justice at the School of Computing’s Open Lab, with expertise in Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Civics, Human-Centred Design, Participatory Design, and co-creation. Her research explores how the careful design of new and emergent technologies and socio-technical processes can help support democratic practices and advance equity and social…
Speaker Anna Carter is a Research Fellow at Northumbria University she has extensive experience in designing technologies for local council regeneration programs, her work focuses on creating accessible digital experiences in a variety of contexts using human-centred methods and participatory design. She works on building Digital Civics research capacities of early career researchers as part…