Abstract Successfully making civic datasets accessible to communities involves more than hosting them on a website. There are entire infrastructures that need to be aligned to ensure that those who need these datasets can access them in a timely, usable, and efficient manner. In this article, I use interviews and data ethnographies to draw attention…
The DCitizens coordinator Hugo Nicolau will present the project to the Associate Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems (LARSyS) members on May 24 at 15h. The seminar series is kicking-off to discuss DCitizens and similar research opportunities in Twinning EU calls. The LARSyS seminar and DCitizens aim to foster collaboration between the four research units…
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…
Dr Anna R L Carter was invited to talk about how to empower citizens with and through digital technologies at the UCL Smell Above All: Where technology meets the nose. Anna was one of the demonstrators at the event talking with the 100+ international participants about citizen-led designs and improving quality of life for citizens….
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…
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 Summer School Attendees 2024 DCitizens is returning with a five-day training event in Lisbon, Portugal, that will explore the strategies and techniques to engage and work with communities to co-create, deploy, and evaluate civic technologies that seek to empower citizens in service provision and civic participation. This event will include a one-day Doctoral Consortium…
The DCitizens team will be getting together in Siegen for a Knowledge Exchange Event from the 19th to 20th of June 2024. The event will include seminar talks and group discussions. Wednesday 19th June Morning (10am – 12pm CET): Wednesday 19th June Afternoon (3PM – 4.30PM, CET): Seminar Talks: Pedro Ferreira Posthumanist Care and Ecologies…
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…