Marta Poblet
Professor at RMIT University. Researcher at RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub. Law, technology, innovation, open science, open democracy. Geocurious.
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- Crowd-Resourcing in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Resource Transformation Perspective
- Blockchains, DAOs, and fractal governance
- Toquenitzar el català: la llengua com a bé comú
- To defuse political violence across US, conflict mediators apply lessons from gang disputes and foreign elections
- From Athens to the Blockchain: Oracles for Digital Democracy
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Category Archives: Blockchain
Blockchains, DAOs, and fractal governance
Blockchains and, more recently, DAOs (Decentralised Autonomous Organisations) can be described as complex socio-technical systems where groups of people interact with distributed protocols and digital technologies at different scales. The complexity of both blockchains and DAOs can be described in … Continue reading
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Toquenitzar el català: la llengua com a bé comú
Marta Poblet i Pompeu Casanovas This is a short essay on dialogue, culture and identities. In addition to the public good policy adopted by the Catalan Government over the last four decades, it examines the Catalan language from a commons-based … Continue reading
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From Athens to the Blockchain: Oracles for Digital Democracy
By Marta Poblet, Darcy W. E. Allen, Oleksii Konashevych, Aaron M. Lane and Carlos Andres Diaz Valdivia Oracles were trusted sources of knowledge for public deliberation in classical Athens. Very much like expert and technical knowledge, divine advice was embedded … Continue reading
Is Blockchain Hashing an Effective Method for Electronic Governance?
My paper with Oleksii Konashevych on the use of the blockchain for e-governance is now published. Check out the online version at: http://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/50851 Abstract Governments across the world are testing different uses of the blockchain for the delivery of their … Continue reading
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Distributed, privacy-enhancing technologies in the 2017 Catalan referendum on independence: New tactics and models of participatory democracy
My paper on how civic groups leveraged distributed technologies in the 2017 Catalan referendum on independence is now available at First Monday. https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/9402/7692 Abstract This paper examines new civic engagement practices unfolding during the 2017 referendum on independence in Catalonia. … Continue reading
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