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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Category Archives: Open data
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
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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Assigning Creative Commons Licenses to Research Metadata: Issues and Cases
Check out our new book chapter discussing licensing options for research metadata: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-00178-0_16 Pre-print available here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.05700.pdf Abstract This paper discusses the problem of lack of clear licensing and transparency of usage terms and conditions for research metadata. Making research … Continue reading
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A Research Graph dataset for connecting research data repositories using RD-Switchboard
Check out our paper at Scientific Data on Research Graph, an open-access graph connecting and visualising research data for discovery. https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201899 Abstract This paper describes the open access graph dataset that shows the connections between Dryad, CERN, ANDS and other … Continue reading
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