Marta Poblet
Associate Professor at RMIT University. Researcher at the UAB Institute of Law and Technology. Law, technology, innovation, open science, open democracy. Geocurious.
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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
- The Governance of Blockchain Dispute Resolution
- The Catalan tsunami: encrypting swarm intelligence
- Linked democracy: Foundations, Tools, and Applications
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Category Archives: mobile technologies
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
Posted in Blockchain, Law, mobile technologies, Open data, Politics, social media
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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
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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
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
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Tagged Australia, bushfires, disaster response, technology
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Minimal toys, bikes, and appropriate technologies
Children at play are fascinating to observe. It’s not only that “their games should be deemed as their most serious actions”, as Montaigne famously wrote, but they are the finest examples of serendipity at work. All of a sudden, sticky … Continue reading
