Financial Times special report on citizen empowerment through technology
The Financial Times has published People’s Technology, an excellent special report on how grassroots communities across Europe are using technologies in new ways to solve problems and empower citizens....
View ArticleHow patient stories can improve intensive care
The hospital intensive care unit (ICU) has traditionally been a closed environment, where patient, nurse, doctor and family stories are lost. Christiane Job McIntosh, Sean Bagshaw and Tom Stelfox are...
View ArticleA design lab is making rituals for secular people
At the Ritual Design Lab in Silicon Valley, a small team of “interaction designers” is working to generate new rituals for modern life, with an eye to user experience. Created by Kursat Ozenc and...
View Article[Report] Reclaiming the Smart City
Reclaiming the Smart City: Personal Data, Trust and the New Commons Why and how city governments are taking a more responsible approach to the collection and use of personal data By Theo Bass, Emma...
View ArticleLa prima di mille notti. Evento di inaugurazione progetto ToNite
Evento di presentazione del progetto europeo che intende migliorare la vivibilità delle aree attorno al fiume Dora ToNite è un progetto finanziato dal programma europeo Urban Innovative Actions che ha...
View ArticleThe first of a thousand nights – ToNite project opening event
Presentation event of the European project that aims to improve the liveability of the areas around the river Dora ToNite is a project funded by the European programme “Urban Innovative Actions” that...
View ArticleParticipo, a new digest on OECD’s work on innovative citizen participation
Participo is a digest for the OECD Open Government Unit’s area of work on innovative citizen participation. Articles by external contributors are their own and do not reflect the views of the OECD....
View ArticleThe future of digital democracy
Over the past ten years, our modern democracies have undergone a radical change. We have seen technology transform things for better, and for the worse. Trust in our institutions has eroded, old...
View ArticlePost-it note city
This article on the Quayside project (by Shannon Mattern) takes a really interesting dive into the “rhetoric” of public engagement. The result is a great and long, reflective piece that opens up to a...
View ArticleSmart city visions and human rights
Smart City Visions and Human Rights: Do They Go Together? – Understanding the impact of technology on urban lifeby Tina Kempin Reuter, Ph.DHarvard Kennedy School – CARR Center for Human Rights...
View ArticleNordic lessons for people-first smart cities
People First: A Vision for the Global Urban Age. Lessons from Nordic Smart Citiesby Olli Bremer, Niko Kinnunen, Johannes Koponen, Louna Laurila, Juha Leppänen, Maria Malho, Roope Mokka, Henrik...
View ArticleExperientia participating in Swiss Smart Government Day
Experientia’s partner Jan-Christoph Zoels and our Swiss collaborator Thomas Schertenleib will be leading the process workshop “Culture of participation: digital stakeholder engagement post COVID” at...
View ArticleLack of partnership with key community members causes ICT4D projects to fail
Why Some Well-Planned and Community-Based ICTD Interventions FailSuzana Brown and Alan MickelsonInformation Technologies & International DevelopmentVolume 15, 2019, 49-61 Despite being...
View Article[Paper] Active consumer participation in smart energy systems
Active consumer participation in smart energy systemsby Gerald Schweiger et alEnergy and Buildings, Volume 22715 November 2020, 15 pages[open access] Abstract A pressing task for future energy systems...
View ArticleExperientia speaks at EFUS webinar on insecurity at night
On 24 November Elena Guidorzi, research unit coordinator of Experientia, will speak at the EFUS web conference entitled “Reducing and preventing the feeling of insecurity at night“. The free event...
View ArticleThe incompatibility of Nudge and Co-Design as tools for policymaking
The use of nudge theory to inform policy interventions in response to COVID-19 has re-opened debates over the politically paternalistic nature of governing by ‘nudges’ and has given momentum to calls...
View ArticleDigital for Care – Rapporto gratuito di Experientia
Tendenze chiave e sfide di design nell’assistenza a domicilio e a distanza quando il paziente e i caregiver usano piattaforme online e dispositivi per la salute.Scarica il rapporto L’invecchiamento...
View ArticleDigital for Care – Free Experientia report
Key trends and design challenges in home and remote care when patient and caregivers use online platforms and on-body health devices.Download report Aging populations, the rising prevalence of chronic...
View Article[Book] OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes
OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation ProcessesOECD Publishing, ParisSeptember 2022, 94 pages The OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes are intended for any public official or public...
View Article[Book] The Corruption of Co-Design
The Corruption of Co-DesignPolitical and Social Conflicts in Participatory Design ThinkingBy Otto von Busch, Karl PalmåsRoutledge (Publisher)February 16, 2023 – 152 pages Designers are often depicted...
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