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Inside Catalonia’s Cypherpunk Referendum

Posted on October 3, 2017 by serendipolis

The referendum for independence in Catalonia on 1 October opens up an uncertain era for both Catalonia and Spain — a new period that may also impact the future of the European Union. Read the full piece here: https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=54133

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Democracy Models and Civic Technologies: Tensions, Trilemmas, and Trade-offs

Posted on May 27, 2017 by serendipolis

Check out my pre-print with Enric Plaza at https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.09015 Abstract This paper aims at connecting democratic theory with civic technologies in order to highlight the links between some theoretical tensions and trilemmas and design trade-offs. First, it reviews some tensions … Continue reading →

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Microtasking: Redefining crowdsourcing practices in emergency management

Posted on April 30, 2017 by serendipolis

Check out my paper with Mari Fitzpatrick on crowdsourcing practices in emergency management at https://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=815917622185255;res=IELHSS Abstract This paper examines the roles, types and forms of virtual microtasking for emergency information management in order to better understand collective intelligence mechanisms and … Continue reading →

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What are the benefits of sharing grant data openly?

Posted on October 21, 2015 by serendipolis

Originally posted on Australasian Open Access Strategy Group:
Marta Poblet and Amir Aryani talk about the importance of open sharing of grant data – a topic not often brought into the OA debate Contacts on twitter: @mpoblet @amir_at_ands Every year, the Australian…

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Give me location data, and I will move the world

Posted on September 3, 2015 by serendipolis

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Behind the success of the new wave of location based mobile apps taking hold around the world is digital mapping. Location data is core to popular ride-sharing services … Continue reading →

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El moment constitucional

Posted on July 9, 2015 by serendipolis

Catalunya viu un moment constitucional sense precedents, derivat d’un procés polític inèdit i transitat d’incògnites. Un temps únic d’efervescència d’iniciatives, projectes i debats sobre allò que s’esdevé, potser, una vegada (o menys) per generació: com fer una nova constitució. Arreu, … Continue reading →

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We the crowd? Constitution making 2.0

Posted on April 29, 2015 by serendipolis

This is an update of the post I wrote on crowdsourced constitutional reform in 2011. Constitution-making can be broadly defined as a set of activities intended to produce a constitution, the highest law of a state. To the UN Rule … Continue reading →

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Catalonia in Europe: who will play the game?

Posted on November 6, 2014 by serendipolis

The future relationship with the EU is a core issue in today’s debate about the independence of Catalonia. The slogan of the 2012 rally in Barcelona was “Catalonia, next state of Europe”, echoing the majoritarian desire within the independentist movement … Continue reading →

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Catalans step up independence push despite Spain’s firm ‘no’

Posted on September 15, 2014 by serendipolis

By Marta Poblet, RMIT University and Pompeu Casanovas, RMIT University This article was first published on The Conversation on 11 th September 2014 For three years in a row, Catalans have taken to the streets on September 11, Catalonia’s national … Continue reading →

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Leveraging Big Data in disasters: Working around the clock in Philippines

Posted on November 13, 2013 by serendipolis

[Cross posted at the Money, Data, and Privacy blog] Big data from social media is increasingly used in disaster management procedures. The speed at which big social data feeds travel across the networks has already been leveraged at the early … Continue reading →

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