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		<title>Easter readings: new selection of articles and notes on democracy, open government, civic tech and others</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2021/04/03/easter-readings-new-selection-of-articles-and-notes-on-democracy-open-government-civic-tech-and-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2021 10:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open government&#8217;s uncertain effects and the Biden opportunity: what now?&#160; A review of 10 years of open government research reveals: 1) &#8220;a transparency-driven focus&#8221;,&#160; 2) &#8220;methodological concerns&#8221;, and 3) [maybe not surprising] &#8220;the lack of empirical evidence regarding the effects &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/04/03/easter-readings-new-selection-of-articles-and-notes-on-democracy-open-government-civic-tech-and-others/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/04/03/easter-readings-new-selection-of-articles-and-notes-on-democracy-open-government-civic-tech-and-others/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>46 favorite reads on democracy, civic tech and a few other interesting things</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently been exchanging with some friends on a list of favorite reads from 2020. While I started with a short list, it quickly grew: after all, despite the pandemic, there has been lots of interesting stuff published in the &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2021/01/13/46-favorite-reads-on-democracy-civic-tech-and-a-few-other-interesting-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Survey of young adults further exposes the challenges for US democracy. But addressing them could be an opportunity to reimagine democracy.</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2020/12/13/survey-of-young-adults-further-exposes-the-challenges-for-us-democracy-but-addressing-them-could-be-an-opportunity-to-reimagine-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 11:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just came across the recently published data from the GenForward project in the United States, a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 young adults aged 18-36 conducted by political scientist Cathy Cohen at the University of Chicago. The new &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2020/12/13/survey-of-young-adults-further-exposes-the-challenges-for-us-democracy-but-addressing-them-could-be-an-opportunity-to-reimagine-democracy/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2020/12/13/survey-of-young-adults-further-exposes-the-challenges-for-us-democracy-but-addressing-them-could-be-an-opportunity-to-reimagine-democracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2020 and beyond: 11 predictions at the intersection of technology and citizen engagement</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2019/12/27/2020-and-beyond-11-predictions-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-citizen-engagement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New World Bank Report on the effects of emerging technologies on public participation.  <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2019/12/27/2020-and-beyond-11-predictions-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-citizen-engagement/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2019/12/27/2020-and-beyond-11-predictions-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-citizen-engagement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NOSSAS as the New Civil Society: Online, Offline, and as a Platform</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/30/nossas-as-the-new-civil-society-online-offline-and-as-a-platform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, a friend of mine who was going to speak at a conference asked me for good cases of civic tech &#8220;that works&#8221;. I didn&#8217;t hesitate, and advised him to get in touch with the people at NOSSAS, &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/30/nossas-as-the-new-civil-society-online-offline-and-as-a-platform/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/30/nossas-as-the-new-civil-society-online-offline-and-as-a-platform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Catching up: civic tech research, crisis of participation in Brazil, podcasts and more</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/04/catching-up-civic-tech-research-crisis-of-participation-in-brazil-podcasts-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dream consultancy The Hewlett Foundation is seeking consultants to help design a potential, longer-term research collaborative to study the application of behavioral insights to nudge governments to respond to citizen feedback. This is just fantastic and deserves a blog &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/04/catching-up-civic-tech-research-crisis-of-participation-in-brazil-podcasts-and-more/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Techniques and Technologies for Mobilizing Citizens: Do They Work?</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2017/11/15/techniques-and-technologies-for-mobilizing-citizens-do-they-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Techniques for mobilizing citizens to vote in elections have become highly sophisticated in large part thanks to get-out-the-vote (GOTV) research, with fascinating experimental evidence from interventions to increase turnout. Until recently, the use of these techniques has been mostly limited &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/11/15/techniques-and-technologies-for-mobilizing-citizens-do-they-work/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Catching up (again!) on DemocracySpot</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2017/10/02/catching-up-again-on-democracyspot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 07:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since the last post here. In compensation, it&#8217;s not been a bad year in terms of getting some research out there. First, we finally managed to publish &#8220;Civic Tech in the Global South: Assessing Technology for &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/10/02/catching-up-again-on-democracyspot/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>New Papers Published: FixMyStreet and the World’s Largest Participatory Budgeting</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2017/03/05/new-papers-published-fixmystreet-and-the-worlds-largest-participatory-budgeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2017 19:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are two new published papers that my colleagues Jon Mellon, Fredrik Sjoberg and myself have been working on. The first, The Effect of Bureaucratic Responsiveness on Citizen Participation, published in Public Administration Review, is &#8211; to our knowledge &#8211; &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/03/05/new-papers-published-fixmystreet-and-the-worlds-largest-participatory-budgeting/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Catching Up on DemocracySpot</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2016/04/29/catching-up-on-democracyspot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while, so here&#8217;s a miscellaneous post with things I would normally share on DemocracySpot. Yesterday the beta version of the Open Government Research Exchange (OGRX) was launched. Intended as a hub for research on innovations in governance, &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2016/04/29/catching-up-on-democracyspot/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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