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
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- 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: crowdsourcing
Crowd-Resourcing in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Resource Transformation Perspective
By Olga Kokshagina, Justyna Dąbrowska, and Marta Poblet Balcell Abstract: Driven by recent calls for more research that examines forms of crowdsourcing used to address social challenges, in this article, we contribute to the broader literature on open innovation and … Continue reading
Posted in crowdsourcing, Open data, Collective intelligence
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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
Linked democracy: Foundations, Tools, and Applications
Citizens’ trust in democratic institutions is reaching new lows globally. The trust deficit primarily affects governments and representative institutions, but also media outlets and platforms spreading misinformation. In parallel, new forms of digital populism—bots, fake news, micro-targeting—are on the rise, … Continue reading
Democracy Models and Civic Technologies: Tensions, Trilemmas, and Trade-offs
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
Posted in democracy, political crowdsourcing, Politics
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Microtasking: Redefining crowdsourcing practices in emergency management
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
Posted in crowdsourcing, mobile technologies, social media
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Give me location data, and I will move the world
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
El moment constitucional
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
Posted in Law, political crowdsourcing, Uncategorized
Tagged Constitució catalana, crowdsourcing
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We the crowd? Constitution making 2.0
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
Posted in Law, political crowdsourcing, social media
Tagged Constitution, participatory processes
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Leveraging Big Data in disasters: Working around the clock in Philippines
[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
Spread the word: the value of local information in disaster response
By Marta Poblet and Keera Pullman As dozens of bushfires continue to burn across the country (not least in New South Wales) many Australians find themselves unable to return home while many others have no home to return to. While … Continue reading
Posted in crisis mapping, crowdsourcing, mobile technologies
Tagged Australia, bushfires, disaster response, technology
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