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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>Over 40 Papers on Crowdsourcing for Politics &amp; Policy</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2014/09/25/over-40-papers-on-crowdsourcing-for-politics-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://democracyspot.net/2014/09/25/over-40-papers-on-crowdsourcing-for-politics-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today saw the beginning of the biennial conference on Internet, Politics and Policy, convened by the&#160;Oxford Internet Institute&#160;(University of Oxford) and OII-edited academic journal&#160;Policy and Internet. This year&#8217;s conference theme is Crowdsourcing for Politics and Policy. Skimming over some papers &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/09/25/over-40-papers-on-crowdsourcing-for-politics-policy/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1052&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>Technology and Citizen Engagement: Friend or Foe?</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2014/08/06/technology-and-citizen-engagement-friend-or-foe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the open government debate, there is growing interest in the role of technology in citizen engagement. However, as interest in the subject grows, so does the superficiality of the conversations that follow. While the number of citizen engagement and &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/08/06/technology-and-citizen-engagement-friend-or-foe/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1014&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>References on Evaluation of Citizen Engagement Initiatives</title>
		<link>http://democracyspot.net/2014/04/14/references-on-evaluation-of-citizen-engagement-initiatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been doing some research on works related to the evaluation of citizen engagement initiatives (technology mediated or not).&#160; This is far from exhaustive, but I thought it would be worth sharing with those who stop by here. Also, &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/04/14/references-on-evaluation-of-citizen-engagement-initiatives/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=976&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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