The document discusses the rise of social media and its implications for government and society. It notes that social media usage is growing rapidly among all demographics and that people increasingly expect information and services to be available online. It argues that governments and organizations need to adopt more open and collaborative approaches online to remain relevant, including becoming more transparent with data, engaging citizens through social media, and co-producing services. Examples of innovative social media use by governments are provided.
This document summarizes an event about digital citizenship and participatory democracy in the NHS. It discusses how digital technologies have created more open, networked, and participatory cultures. Citizens now help create public spaces and participate in co-production with government. The event addressed what this means for NHS leadership and how leaders need skills in collaboration, co-design, social media, data, and agile project management rather than just technical skills. The goal of NHS Citizen is to give citizens a direct route to decision making and provide accountability. An open space discussion format was used to discuss opportunities offered by NHS Citizen.
This document outlines ideas and suggestions from a day-long summit on Vermont's digital economy. It includes 9 sections, each presenting 3-4 ideas on a topic such as the role of technology in education, solving the digital divide, how non-profits and small businesses can utilize technology, how technology can enhance open government, resilience and community, fostering new tech industries, valuing broadband access, and addressing poverty and inequality through technology. The overall goal is to provide guidance on harnessing technology to improve various sectors in Vermont.
Presentation delivered by Carrie Bishop of FutureGov at Local by Social: South West Edition. Delivered at Council House, Bristol City Council, on Friday 28th January 2011. For further information on Local by Social please visit http://localbysocial.net/
The document discusses how policing needs to adapt to changes in society due to new communication technologies and the internet. It argues that the concept of "community" now includes online groups that never meet in person. It suggests that policing should engage with online communities through social media to build relationships, understand cultures, and enable coproduction of services to reduce costs. Building relationships online can help offset cuts to policing budgets and manpower by allowing the public to take on more responsibility for their own safety.
The document discusses how providing affordable technology, computer training, and broadband Wi-Fi access to underserved areas can help close the digital divide. This is done with the help of partners, municipal leaders, nonprofits, and local businesses. Providing these resources can realize great economic and social growth for towns and cities while empowering communities and improving quality of life.
The document discusses the rise of social media and its implications for government and society. It notes that social media usage is growing rapidly among all demographics and that people increasingly expect information and services to be available online. It argues that governments and organizations need to adopt more open and collaborative approaches online to remain relevant, including becoming more transparent with data, engaging citizens through social media, and co-producing services. Examples of innovative social media use by governments are provided.
This document summarizes an event about digital citizenship and participatory democracy in the NHS. It discusses how digital technologies have created more open, networked, and participatory cultures. Citizens now help create public spaces and participate in co-production with government. The event addressed what this means for NHS leadership and how leaders need skills in collaboration, co-design, social media, data, and agile project management rather than just technical skills. The goal of NHS Citizen is to give citizens a direct route to decision making and provide accountability. An open space discussion format was used to discuss opportunities offered by NHS Citizen.
This document outlines ideas and suggestions from a day-long summit on Vermont's digital economy. It includes 9 sections, each presenting 3-4 ideas on a topic such as the role of technology in education, solving the digital divide, how non-profits and small businesses can utilize technology, how technology can enhance open government, resilience and community, fostering new tech industries, valuing broadband access, and addressing poverty and inequality through technology. The overall goal is to provide guidance on harnessing technology to improve various sectors in Vermont.
Presentation delivered by Carrie Bishop of FutureGov at Local by Social: South West Edition. Delivered at Council House, Bristol City Council, on Friday 28th January 2011. For further information on Local by Social please visit http://localbysocial.net/
The document discusses how policing needs to adapt to changes in society due to new communication technologies and the internet. It argues that the concept of "community" now includes online groups that never meet in person. It suggests that policing should engage with online communities through social media to build relationships, understand cultures, and enable coproduction of services to reduce costs. Building relationships online can help offset cuts to policing budgets and manpower by allowing the public to take on more responsibility for their own safety.
The document discusses how providing affordable technology, computer training, and broadband Wi-Fi access to underserved areas can help close the digital divide. This is done with the help of partners, municipal leaders, nonprofits, and local businesses. Providing these resources can realize great economic and social growth for towns and cities while empowering communities and improving quality of life.
Knocking on the Parliaments door (Abriendo las puertas del Parlamento)Rafa Rubio
The document discusses the evolution of parliaments' use of digital technologies and participation over the past 15 years. It notes that while most parliaments had an online presence by the early 2000s, challenges remain in fully utilizing technologies to engage citizens and strengthen democracy. Effective e-parliament strategies require addressing issues like personalization, facilitating two-way dialogue, managing information overload, and cooperating with external groups. Parliaments must also reconsider their roles and functions in the digital era.
Vermont Connected - Advancing Municipal Communicationsvtrural
What does it take to create a successful website as a municipality? How can technology be used to improve citizens’ engagement and overall interaction with their municipal government? This workshop will walk through the building blocks of what it takes to have a municipal website that will perform well and be adopted by the community.
Is Offline Consultation Dead? Catherine Howe at PEP-NET SummitPEP-NET
The document discusses the rise of online communication and social media, and how local governments can harness social media to better engage with communities. It introduces Citizenscape, a tool created by Public-i to bring together online conversations from social media and connect them to democratic processes, allowing governments to better represent virtual communities and integrate online and offline engagement.
The document discusses how elected officials can better engage with citizens using new technologies and the concept of co-production. It argues that representative democracy needs to change to reflect an increasingly networked society. Some engagement strategies proposed include using social media like Facebook and Twitter, holding virtual meetings and surgeries, opening up government data and processes, and collaborating with digital activists and online communities. The goal is for elected representatives to build relationships with constituents over the long term through more transparent and participatory governance.
The document discusses the concepts of Web 2.0 and Government 2.0, and how large organizations like the ABC can adopt Web 2.0 approaches. It notes that Web 2.0 is characterized by collaboration over control, with users helping to build value. For Government 2.0, this is even more difficult but follows similar principles. The ABC is encouraged to make more content openly available, engage communities around programs, and get more community-generated content while reducing barriers to online engagement.
A presentation made to the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver Canada April 25, 2013 giving an update on the current status of community based ICT for development initiatives (Community Informatics).
Groupon, Kickstarter, Pledgebank: when does conditional commitment work?mysociety
This was presented by Roger Hallam from Kings College
London at the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC2016) in Barcelona on 27th April. You can find out more information about the conference here: https://www.mysociety.org/research/tictec-2016/
Fixed-mobile convergence, communities and the challenges of subscriber base (and revenue) protection. The role of Web 2.0 business principles and techniques.
This document discusses the digital skills challenges faced by international headquarters in Brussels and opportunities offered by the internet. It outlines Manuel Pueyo's methodology of civic creativity which involves absorbing skills from creative individuals. Key challenges include short attention spans, passive networks, bringing the EU closer to citizens, and mediocre website design. Solutions proposed include using creativity and storytelling across social media, tools to improve community management, and combining digital and offline citizen engagement. Manuel offers expertise in web, mobile and emerging channels and experience working for various companies.
An introduction to the work of Talk About Local and a look at some of the free and easy to use tools which can provide solutions for common challenges facing local authorities in providing and using data in user friendly ways.
Digital equity and democracy the role of internet access and use in building ...Ann Treacy
This document discusses promoting digital equity and inclusion. It describes how 35 AmeriCorps members teach technology skills through 28 partner agencies to help low-income, unemployed or underemployed individuals. Digital equity ensures all people can participate fully in society, democracy and the economy. The document provides definitions of digital inclusion and outlines elements needed for inclusion. It suggests creating an equity plan, aligning work with equity movements, and establishing spaces for encounters across differences to make progress on digital equity issues.
There many ways in which a government can keep itself open, transparent and accountable. When municipal and state governments use digital tools, from online mapping tools to easy-to-find and use websites that host downloadable sets of information, it can encourage citizens to contribute their own time, resources, and ideas more effectively. These types of collaboration are key to finding forward solutions to societal problems, and are thankfully abundant here in Vermont. It is also appropriate to see “open data” as a public asset.
NetSquared - for Social and User-driven Open InnovationMarlon Parker
Presentation presented at the NetSquared NetTuesday Meetup in Cape Town, South Africa. The presentation looks at Social and User-driven Open Innovation and how Living Labs support such approaches to new services and technological developments
The document discusses corporate alliances and partnerships between businesses and universities. It notes that while the number of alliances increases by 25% per year, the failure rate is between 60-70%. When applied to partnerships between different types of organizations like businesses and universities, the success rate may be even lower due to differing motivations and cultures. Effective partnerships require openly communicating about how value is created and distributed to ensure fair sharing of rewards between partners. Measuring the actual value created or destroyed in partnerships can be challenging. Keeping lines of communication open about value is important for partnership success.
Engaging Times: 20 Years of E-Democracy LessonsSteven Clift
Key lessons from twenty years of e-democracy, open government, civic technology, and citizen participation online.
Extended slide deck combining almost all slides used by Steven Clift across 14 presentations across Taiwan and the Philippines to different audiences.
09 Board Meeting: Strengthening NCPTT's Leadership on the the Social WebJeff Guin
NCPTT provides guidance and leadership on the effective use of social media for heritage organizations. It was one of the first preservation organizations to adopt social media tools like podcasting, social networking, microblogging, and online photo and video sharing. While many heritage organizations have begun using new media, progress has been slow and lacking direction. NCPTT aims to help these organizations make sense of social media and use it effectively to engage citizens in heritage and allow for greater participation in cultural matters.
Presentation by William Perrin, Founder of Talk About Local, during the last plenary 'Well-being in Social Housing - Where next?' at the third London Well-being Conference.
Digital Inclusion in the Age of Mobile (Socitm May 2014)Helen Milner
Presentation focused on digital inclusion in the age of mobile. Containing some recent stats on mobile. A great infographic on the digital divide. Information about how to help people to use online public services. Call to action for all Councils to start making the business case for digital inclusion and not to wait. All free to download to accelerate the pace of change for action on digital inclusion.
This document is meant to spark conversations and stimulate thinking around the mission-oriented framework, including the fundamentals about "mission": evolution, concept and some lessons. This deck also serves the purpose of systematising questions from Camden Council, step-by-step implementation recommendations and case studies.
This document provides a vision for cities of the future that are smart, shareable, vertical, and green. It describes how smart cities will use sensors and digital technology to improve living standards. Shareable cities will utilize shared goods, services, and resources through peer-to-peer networks. Vertical cities will build up with multiple levels to accommodate more people in urban areas. Green cities will focus on sustainability, renewable energy, green space, and environmentally-friendly transportation.
Knocking on the Parliaments door (Abriendo las puertas del Parlamento)Rafa Rubio
The document discusses the evolution of parliaments' use of digital technologies and participation over the past 15 years. It notes that while most parliaments had an online presence by the early 2000s, challenges remain in fully utilizing technologies to engage citizens and strengthen democracy. Effective e-parliament strategies require addressing issues like personalization, facilitating two-way dialogue, managing information overload, and cooperating with external groups. Parliaments must also reconsider their roles and functions in the digital era.
Vermont Connected - Advancing Municipal Communicationsvtrural
What does it take to create a successful website as a municipality? How can technology be used to improve citizens’ engagement and overall interaction with their municipal government? This workshop will walk through the building blocks of what it takes to have a municipal website that will perform well and be adopted by the community.
Is Offline Consultation Dead? Catherine Howe at PEP-NET SummitPEP-NET
The document discusses the rise of online communication and social media, and how local governments can harness social media to better engage with communities. It introduces Citizenscape, a tool created by Public-i to bring together online conversations from social media and connect them to democratic processes, allowing governments to better represent virtual communities and integrate online and offline engagement.
The document discusses how elected officials can better engage with citizens using new technologies and the concept of co-production. It argues that representative democracy needs to change to reflect an increasingly networked society. Some engagement strategies proposed include using social media like Facebook and Twitter, holding virtual meetings and surgeries, opening up government data and processes, and collaborating with digital activists and online communities. The goal is for elected representatives to build relationships with constituents over the long term through more transparent and participatory governance.
The document discusses the concepts of Web 2.0 and Government 2.0, and how large organizations like the ABC can adopt Web 2.0 approaches. It notes that Web 2.0 is characterized by collaboration over control, with users helping to build value. For Government 2.0, this is even more difficult but follows similar principles. The ABC is encouraged to make more content openly available, engage communities around programs, and get more community-generated content while reducing barriers to online engagement.
A presentation made to the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver Canada April 25, 2013 giving an update on the current status of community based ICT for development initiatives (Community Informatics).
Groupon, Kickstarter, Pledgebank: when does conditional commitment work?mysociety
This was presented by Roger Hallam from Kings College
London at the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC2016) in Barcelona on 27th April. You can find out more information about the conference here: https://www.mysociety.org/research/tictec-2016/
Fixed-mobile convergence, communities and the challenges of subscriber base (and revenue) protection. The role of Web 2.0 business principles and techniques.
This document discusses the digital skills challenges faced by international headquarters in Brussels and opportunities offered by the internet. It outlines Manuel Pueyo's methodology of civic creativity which involves absorbing skills from creative individuals. Key challenges include short attention spans, passive networks, bringing the EU closer to citizens, and mediocre website design. Solutions proposed include using creativity and storytelling across social media, tools to improve community management, and combining digital and offline citizen engagement. Manuel offers expertise in web, mobile and emerging channels and experience working for various companies.
An introduction to the work of Talk About Local and a look at some of the free and easy to use tools which can provide solutions for common challenges facing local authorities in providing and using data in user friendly ways.
Digital equity and democracy the role of internet access and use in building ...Ann Treacy
This document discusses promoting digital equity and inclusion. It describes how 35 AmeriCorps members teach technology skills through 28 partner agencies to help low-income, unemployed or underemployed individuals. Digital equity ensures all people can participate fully in society, democracy and the economy. The document provides definitions of digital inclusion and outlines elements needed for inclusion. It suggests creating an equity plan, aligning work with equity movements, and establishing spaces for encounters across differences to make progress on digital equity issues.
There many ways in which a government can keep itself open, transparent and accountable. When municipal and state governments use digital tools, from online mapping tools to easy-to-find and use websites that host downloadable sets of information, it can encourage citizens to contribute their own time, resources, and ideas more effectively. These types of collaboration are key to finding forward solutions to societal problems, and are thankfully abundant here in Vermont. It is also appropriate to see “open data” as a public asset.
NetSquared - for Social and User-driven Open InnovationMarlon Parker
Presentation presented at the NetSquared NetTuesday Meetup in Cape Town, South Africa. The presentation looks at Social and User-driven Open Innovation and how Living Labs support such approaches to new services and technological developments
The document discusses corporate alliances and partnerships between businesses and universities. It notes that while the number of alliances increases by 25% per year, the failure rate is between 60-70%. When applied to partnerships between different types of organizations like businesses and universities, the success rate may be even lower due to differing motivations and cultures. Effective partnerships require openly communicating about how value is created and distributed to ensure fair sharing of rewards between partners. Measuring the actual value created or destroyed in partnerships can be challenging. Keeping lines of communication open about value is important for partnership success.
Engaging Times: 20 Years of E-Democracy LessonsSteven Clift
Key lessons from twenty years of e-democracy, open government, civic technology, and citizen participation online.
Extended slide deck combining almost all slides used by Steven Clift across 14 presentations across Taiwan and the Philippines to different audiences.
09 Board Meeting: Strengthening NCPTT's Leadership on the the Social WebJeff Guin
NCPTT provides guidance and leadership on the effective use of social media for heritage organizations. It was one of the first preservation organizations to adopt social media tools like podcasting, social networking, microblogging, and online photo and video sharing. While many heritage organizations have begun using new media, progress has been slow and lacking direction. NCPTT aims to help these organizations make sense of social media and use it effectively to engage citizens in heritage and allow for greater participation in cultural matters.
Presentation by William Perrin, Founder of Talk About Local, during the last plenary 'Well-being in Social Housing - Where next?' at the third London Well-being Conference.
Digital Inclusion in the Age of Mobile (Socitm May 2014)Helen Milner
Presentation focused on digital inclusion in the age of mobile. Containing some recent stats on mobile. A great infographic on the digital divide. Information about how to help people to use online public services. Call to action for all Councils to start making the business case for digital inclusion and not to wait. All free to download to accelerate the pace of change for action on digital inclusion.
This document is meant to spark conversations and stimulate thinking around the mission-oriented framework, including the fundamentals about "mission": evolution, concept and some lessons. This deck also serves the purpose of systematising questions from Camden Council, step-by-step implementation recommendations and case studies.
This document provides a vision for cities of the future that are smart, shareable, vertical, and green. It describes how smart cities will use sensors and digital technology to improve living standards. Shareable cities will utilize shared goods, services, and resources through peer-to-peer networks. Vertical cities will build up with multiple levels to accommodate more people in urban areas. Green cities will focus on sustainability, renewable energy, green space, and environmentally-friendly transportation.
Placemaking is the art of arranging spaces to enrich the urban experience. Continuities and changes will impact that experience. Changes might include more sustainable ways of living and new social networks but greater polarisation. Expect more of the same from globalisation, information technologies and demographic change. Cities could become more gated and ghettoized or more compact, integrated and cohesive.
Nick is a director of Igloo Regeneration and CEO of Blueprint, a partnership between Igloo, the Homes and Communities Agency and East Midlands Development Agency. Igloo are specialists in the development of sustainable places including Phoenix Square Leicester.
Nick was previously a Special Professor of Sustainable Development at Nottingham University and has a degree in Philosophy and Theology.
Graham McClements predicts that over the next 10-15 years, there will be a trend of "agglomeration" where employers, neighborhoods, and cities will cluster around centers of specific industries in order to foster productivity and innovation through the exchange of ideas among like-minded individuals. This trend is driven by a recognition that creativity and social engagement are important for knowledge workers. As a result, architectural design will evolve from sterile office campuses to mixed-use, diverse buildings and neighborhoods that encourage spontaneous interaction. Major cities will increasingly specialize around industries and compete to attract talent through vibrant living and working environments.
The document discusses the future of mobile technologies and locative media. It predicts that in 10 years, mobile technologies will be integrated into every aspect of life, with personalised services accessible via mobile cloud computing networks. Businesses and individuals will rely heavily on information and services provided through mobile phones. The boundaries between physical and virtual spaces will continue to blur as mobile technologies become more integrated into our environments and daily interactions.
The Smart City World Expo 2016 was held in Barcelona from November 15-17 and brought together innovators in smart cities and future urban development. The consulting firm TGAC attended to research innovations that will shape cities and mobility in the future, such as for their work on the 2020 Dubai World Expo. Over three days, TGAC attended talks from thought leaders and interacted with technologies. Key topics discussed included the challenges of rapid urbanization, taking a human-centered approach to development, and ensuring new technologies actually improve quality of life.
Gerard Goggin presentation for Reimagining Australian via Disability and Media: Technologies, mobility, and representations panel,
International Australian Studies Association (INSA) conference, 7-9 Dec 2016, Fremantle
This document summarizes a white paper about major trends impacting content industries, including the disappearance of physical space due to ubiquitous connectivity, the asynchronicity of time in global collaboration, consumers becoming producers of content, consumers raising corporate consciousness through social media, and the blending of personal and professional lives online. It also announces a series of webinars discussing these trends and their implications.
Smart Cities - Why they're not working for us yet.Rick Robinson
My presentation to the April 2016 Eurocities Knowledge Sharing Forum in Rennes. My focus was on describing Smart Cities as an economic and political challenge; and exploring the policy mechanisms that could be used to incentivise private sector investments in business and technology to support local social, economic and environmental outcomes. Further description and supporting evidence for these ideas can be found at https://theurbantechnologist.com/2016/02/01/why-smart-cities-still-arent-working-for-us-after-20-years-and-how-we-can-fix-them/
A holistic presentation on the future of mobility slide deck and underlying research for management book of the year 2020 in The Netherlands " De wereld is rond " by Jo Caudron. Happy to have contributed to it. Aitor Somers
Neighborhood online networks are web-based systems that allow local residents to connect, share information, and engage with what is happening in their community. These sites range from social networks to news sites and forums, and can discuss local issues, events, recommendations, and engage with local governance. Research shows that active participation in neighborhood online networks can increase social connections and trust within a community.
The document envisions the city of the future. It will have more spacious and robust architectural designs to accommodate large populations without needing to expand. Resources will be used more efficiently and sustainably with renewable energy sources and recycled water. The population growth will be steady through immigration as more people work remotely outside of cities. Society will be more equal and just, with social programs supporting all inhabitants. Advanced technology will create an intelligent city that is interactive and adapts to people's needs.
Netfilmmakers were given the opportunity to arrange a one-day workshop for students at the Hyper Island Media School in Karlskrona, Sweden. The chosen theme was Digital Emotionality and creative, collaborative use of Social Media Networks. August 26, 2009.
Examines the impact of technology, generational shift, and apathy as key driving forces of change. Puts forward a POV on the real problems facing agencies and brands operating in this "age of embarrassment" powered by the misuse of technology.
The document discusses the collaborative economy and its future implications. It defines the collaborative economy as an economic model that leverages communities or crowds to rent, share, swap, barter, trade, or sell access to products or services. Key drivers include increasing population density, sustainability concerns, preferences of younger generations, and the desire for extra income. Technologies like social media, payment systems, and augmented reality will further enable sharing models. Brands can participate by renting products directly, sponsoring sharing initiatives, providing sharing platforms, and creating new product life cycles with branded currencies. Future trends may include a blurring of online and offline with augmented reality and a shift to a "power to the edge" model where collective knowledge is valued over
Globalisation and Digital Citiesa talk on digital and place - perspectives
Luis Borges Gouveia (@lbgouveia)
University of East London
15th September 2010
Doteveryone conducted research that found a lack of public understanding around how digital technologies work and collect personal information, leading to unease and distrust. Their research also showed that people experience technology within their communities and jobs, not just between themselves and screens. As a result, Doteveryone advocates for context-centric design that considers how digital technologies impact societies and communities, not just individual users, in order to avoid unintended consequences and better meet user needs.
White Paper: Understanding the Networked Society – new logics for an age of e...Ericsson
Technology has the potential to transform how we organize our lives, businesses and societies. But if the era we are now entering is to be more inclusive, equitable and empowering, we must start by examining the fundamentally different nature of a physical world fueled by digital connectivity.
The ideas explored in Connected Cities chart the emergence of a political and economic phenomenon-the city as the new connected republic of the 21st Century. Simon Willis, Global Head of eGovernment for the Internet Business Solutions Group at Cisco Systems, has collated essays that show how different cities, at the cutting edge of the process, are grappling with the various stages of connectivity.
Rethinking Business Models in a Networked WorldThomas Samson
The document discusses how business models need to adapt to the increasingly networked world. It emphasizes that in the future, people will be connected through social networks and mobile devices. Companies will need to engage customers by rewarding their attention, understanding social networks as new market spaces, and offering value through conversation rather than traditional advertising. The emerging networked culture values open sharing and challenges restrictive property rights.
How do we shift to community-led researchNoel Hatch
This document provides an agenda for a meeting on community-led research. The meeting will include project overviews, breakout sessions on various themes of community-led research, and a wrap-up. Breakout sessions will focus on developing culturally appropriate research methods, working with communities, making equal research partnerships, letting communities decide research topics, and using community knowledge for change. The goal is to share learning and build connections to better understand and support community-led research.
Barry Fong, Principal Social Policy Analyst at the Greater London Authority (GLA) will take us through the Survey of Londoners 2021-22. Conducted at the end of 2021, so just before the full effects of the cost-of-living crisis began to set in, it was commissioned to provide vital evidence on key social outcomes for Londoners, following the onset of COVID-19 and associated restrictions.
A similar survey was conducted in 2018-19, so this survey would show how things had changed in the capital since then.
Barry will go through some of the key findings from the survey before handing over to Michael Cheetham and Ellen Bloomer from the North East London Integrated Care Board, who collaborated with local authority partners to fund a sample boost for the survey within North East London. They will explain how they used the data, including the analyses, the results and how this impacted strategy and practice.
Barry Fong, Principal Social Policy Analyst at the Greater London Authority (GLA) will take us through the Survey of Londoners 2021-22. Conducted at the end of 2021, so just before the full effects of the cost-of-living crisis began to set in, it was commissioned to provide vital evidence on key social outcomes for Londoners, following the onset of COVID-19 and associated restrictions.
A similar survey was conducted in 2018-19, so this survey would show how things had changed in the capital since then.
Barry will go through some of the key findings from the survey before handing over to Michael Cheetham and Ellen Bloomer from the North East London Integrated Care Board, who collaborated with local authority partners to fund a sample boost for the survey within North East London. They will explain how they used the data, including the analyses, the results and how this impacted strategy and practice.
How can humanities research contribute to policy 2Noel Hatch
This research into the COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed how academic researchers engage with policymakers by sharing findings quickly. It has built strong long-term relationships across the UK and shown how arts-based research methods can capture complex experiences to help create more effective policies that support recovery and resilience.
How can humanities research contribute to policy 1Noel Hatch
There is always a danger that the humanities are overlooked in favour of the social sciences or ‘hard’ sciences in research-policy engagement, when the former have an important role to play.
The session will provide case studies and a facilitated discussion to better understand the potential implications and challenges for policymakers of engaging with humanities researchers.
The London Strategy and Policy Network and the London Research and Policy Partnership invite you to join a session to explore the contributions that humanities research can make to policy by bringing together humanities researchers and policymakers from across the capital and beyond.
Welcome and introduction (1:00 – 1:10pm)
Chaired by:
Professor Ben Rogers, Professor of Practice, University of London & Bloomberg Fellow to LSE Cities
Overview: How can humanists and policymakers work together? Benefits and opportunities of humanities research and policy engagement (1:10 – 1:20pm)
Presented by:
Jo Fox, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Engagement) & Dean, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Case study 1: Lessons from ‘The Pandemic and Beyond: the Arts and Humanities Contribution to Covid Research and Recovery (1:20 – 1:30pm)
Presented by:
Pascale Aebischer, Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Performance Studies, University of Exeter and PI of The Pandemic and Beyond: the Arts and Humanities Contribution to Covid Research and Recovery, University of Exeter.
Case study 2: Place-making, diversity and co-production: making visible the layers of London (1:30 – 1:40pm)
Presented by:
Justin Colston, Senior Lecturer at Institute of Historical Research, University of London.
Q & A / Discussion (1:40 - 1:55pm)
Closing remarks (1:55 - 2pm)
ABOUT LRaPP:
London Research and Policy Partnership (LRaPP) is a new partnership aimed at promoting greater synergy between London government and the academic research community.
The Partnership is evolving among movements bringing universities and local communities, cities and regions closer together - the ‘civic universities agenda’. It encourages universities to use their expertise and organisational resources to address pressing public policy challenges.
There are many examples of London's academics and public sector working together. Yet, most of these relationships develop in an ad hoc way. LRaPP takes a systematic approach through proactive and sustained engagement between the university and government sectors.
London Strategy and Policy Network
This network brings together people working in policy & strategy working in local government across London to learn new insights on cross-cutting issues and new methods in how to develop insight, policy, strategy & change.
This helps them support their organisations make sense of how to tackle issues which cut across various services and that require a whole system approach across local places to tackle.
The document summarizes community engagement efforts in Islington, London from December 2021 to May 2022 aimed at understanding inequality. Over 6,000 local people participated in surveys, workshops, focus groups, and other activities to share their experiences and perspectives. Key engagement approaches included self-facilitated discussions in schools with over 600 young people, puppetry and filmmaking workshops exploring issues with students with special needs, and a documentary film project in which LGBTQ+ residents were trained to create films about their own experiences of inequality. The engagement informed the development of recommendations to address inequality in Islington.
The document summarizes the progress and key activities of the Citizens' Assembly in Newham, London. It discusses the assembly's focus on developing 15 Minute Neighbourhoods, where residents can access everyday services within a 15 minute walk. It provides details on the assembly stages, expert speakers, evidence shared, and improvements made to engage residents and develop policy recommendations on delivering 15 minute neighbourhood principles in Newham.
The document discusses lessons about governance from third sector organizations. It finds that these organizations are shifting away from lack of transparency, rigid hierarchies, and gatekeeping, toward practices like accountability, decentralization, relational leadership based on consent. Key lessons include the importance of culture that encourages challenge, transparency to enable accountability, and striking a balance with structure to avoid recreating hierarchies when large organizations decenter power.
The London Research and Policy Partnership (LRaPP) aims to facilitate collaboration between academic researchers and London policymakers to address major social, economic, and environmental challenges facing the city. It will act as a broker to connect experts with policy gaps and support joint projects, placements, and research. An initial focus includes issues like inequality, economic recovery from Covid, climate action, and skills development.
UCL Local research & policy collaborationNoel Hatch
UCL has engaged in several local policy collaborations in London:
1. UCL supported a workshop and advisory board for Waltham Forest's state of the borough report and equity approach.
2. UCL delivered roundtables on good work for Islington's agenda and scoped a policy challenge.
3. UCL partnered with Camden Council on an internship program.
UCL also brokered connections for academics to contribute to climate initiatives in Hackney and Harrow. UCL delivered a roundtable for Newham Council's 15 minute neighborhoods plan.
CAPE is developing a fellowship program to enhance evidence-based decision making for local authorities through interaction with other universities and mobilizing
How can we support innovation to help people on low incomes?Noel Hatch
The Workertech Partnership is a 3-year program by the Resolution Foundation to invest in social ventures that use technology to improve the lives of low-paid and insecure workers. It aims to help workers gain skills, a voice in the workplace, better job opportunities and work conditions. The program invests in startups and builds an ecosystem through events and research to understand workers' experiences. Current portfolio companies are developing tools for skills tracking, job comparisons, organizing workers, and supporting carers. The next steps include more ecosystem building activities and measuring the program's impact on workers.
The document outlines plans by the London Policy and Strategy Network to better connect community insights to policy development. It discusses establishing an Insights Hub to showcase non-traditional community data, a learning network to share best practices, and supporting peer research. The network aims to improve how insights are collected, used, and embedded in policy by rebalancing power dynamics and valuing lived experience. It provides examples of past initiatives and outlines pilots for the Insights Hub and learning network to strengthen the connection between community voices and policymaking.
- The document aims to develop a definition of civic strength, understand its contributing domains in London, measure its distribution, and support the Building Strong Communities mission.
- It creates a Civic Strength Index framework measuring relationships/social capital, democratic engagement, and public/social infrastructure to provide a new lens for understanding community strengths.
- The index identifies data gaps that need filling to have a complete picture of civic strength distribution across London and support areas of opportunity.
The APSE Local Government Commission 2030 report makes recommendations to revitalize and strengthen local government in the UK over the next decade. It calls for (1) enshrining local government's role and powers in a new constitutional settlement, (2) devolving more powers and services to local control through new Devolution Bills, and (3) establishing a long-term, sustainable funding model to ensure local authorities have sufficient resources to meet community needs. The report is based on extensive consultation and aims to address issues like inadequate funding, lack of democratic accountability, and workforce challenges facing local government.
15 Minute Neighbourhoods - University of the Arts - Group 3Noel Hatch
Here are potential responses to your questions:
- While keeping the overall design grounded and realistic, incorporating some speculative/futuristic elements could help envision possibilities and spark imagination. Balance is key.
- Designing one flagship space as a proof of concept is realistic, but considering connections to the wider neighborhood context is important for accessibility and community buy-in.
- Reaching out directly to residents for input is ideal, but the council may have privacy concerns. Partnering with local community organizations who already have relationships/trust could be a good alternative for gathering perspectives.
- When contacting residents, framing it as student/academic research for a potential future council project, rather than a definite council initiative, allows for open discussion
This document provides maps that outline key neighborhood facilities within a 15 minute walking boundary. It displays various neighborhood facilities to give an overview of their locations. The maps also show parks and green spaces, indicating individual entrances and the 15 minute walking areas around each.
UN WOD 2024 will take us on a journey of discovery through the ocean's vastness, tapping into the wisdom and expertise of global policy-makers, scientists, managers, thought leaders, and artists to awaken new depths of understanding, compassion, collaboration and commitment for the ocean and all it sustains. The program will expand our perspectives and appreciation for our blue planet, build new foundations for our relationship to the ocean, and ignite a wave of action toward necessary change.
A Guide to AI for Smarter Nonprofits - Dr. Cori Faklaris, UNC CharlotteCori Faklaris
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Food safety, prepare for the unexpected - So what can be done in order to be ready to address food safety, food Consumers, food producers and manufacturers, food transporters, food businesses, food retailers can ...
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Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
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AHMR is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of Human Mobility in Africa. Through the publication of original research, policy discussions and evidence research papers AHMR provides a comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis of contemporaneous trends, migration patterns and some of the most important migration-related issues.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
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CBO’s Outlook for U.S. Fertility Rates: 2024 to 2054
Systems Innovation London
1. Systems innovation in London
3. How do
innovate at a
human scale?
2. How do we
root innovation
in our local
identities?
1. How do we
anticipate
future trends &
scenarios?
@noelito
2. What future trends are emerging in London?
Click on the interactive version
3. What spillover effects could we see…
Ability to use technology could affect how people can look
after themselves & each other, and how services are
designed
Neighbourhoods could become polarised between affluent
adults and poorer families in social housing, creating the
need for mixed housing for inclusive communities
Change in family, friendship and work structures could
affect where & how people spend live and work, affecting
how we build housing & commercial space
Increase in self-employment and people with multiple care
responsibilities could blur boundaries between work &
leisure, affecting people’s ability to commute
4. …in how people live and work?
People could be drawn into pooling their resources with
people like them, to save money and belong to a community,
creating the need for flexible make/storage/workspace
Reduction of car ownership could free up space currently used
for cars & parking could be freed up for other uses, such as
public space or development
Digital transformation could automate jobs in the city centre in
finances & management, while changes in tourism could
further increase short-term residential lettings
Consumer & leisure activities could increasingly be provided
“on demand” either online or in public or high street spaces
8. How has your relationship changed to the
neighbourhood you live in?
Dan Hill, www.medium.com/@cityofsound
9. What kind of skills & motivations can we
channel in our systems/neighbourhoods?
10. How do we work across sectors to
imagine & experience what they want
to see in the neighbourhoods?
11. How do we experiment ways that
bring to life the neighbourhoods
we want to live in?
12. How do we scale
infrastructure at the
pace of our
neighbourhoods?
www.slideshare.net/localinnovation
www.medium.com/@noelito
www.twitter.com/noelito
13. How can we reinvent the everyday roles we
play in our neighbourhoods?
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www.medium.com/@noelito
www.twitter.com/noelito
Political, economic, social, technology & cultural trends at a macro level for London.
Interactive version of the map can be accessed here. Breakdown of areas in the following slides.
As a society, we still think of our infrastructure needs as if we were in the 20th century — private car ownership, a daily commute to work or school, and weekly trips to the shops, even if we want more liveable neighbourhoods where we can walk or cycle to work, school, the shops or the park.
We need to plan infrastructure for social & economic trends that could emerge or accelerate between now and 2050 with Covid 19:
With these trends as well as the economic shifts that will take place, will councils retreat to emergency provision or technocratic solutions or will they help their neighbourhoods be the platforms for social & economic renewal
Councils are faced with having to reinvent themselves in times of great uncertainty. Of course, councils are more complex than these archetypes, either through choice as they are testing out different models for different contexts or transitions — zones of innovation - or because they have no choice — moving from Local Federations to A&E Zones, as sharing and trading predicated on growth no longer works as a business model, or even when they’re coming out of crisis — moving from A&E Zones to Communities in Control — like Detroit, Bologna or Lille have shown.
We focus on local councils and communities, but what are the roles, choices and actions of other anchor organisations in your local area? Be the other public sector organisations, like a hospital, police, fire or university, or from the civil society sector, like community organisations, charities or businesses.
A business moving out like Ford or Vauxhall have done or a business coming in like Amazon coming into Doncaster, has significant effects, not just on workers, but on the wider economy — the supply chain, hospitality, high streets — which gain or lose massive communities — i.e. loss of jobs, way of life, fixed homogenous generational life of car factory employees versus the zero hours, transient nature of an Uber workforce.
What are the impacts on places of the different archetypes?
1. A&E Zones
People will feel less protected, businesses will have fewer people and workers using their cafes, contractors of services will lose businesses.
2. Local Federations
People may feel fewer employees due to the threat of automation, but other sectors might see the need to use technology better themselves, either to supply newer public services or compete with them. People may need more evidence if there’s a greater focus on commissioning.
3. Communities in Control
You may see more people protesting at council cuts, more people putting their ideas into practice, charities feeling challenged by more democratic and agile ways of providing goods and businesses may be more likely to interact with self-organising networks.
4. Neighbourhood Platforms
While people and workers may feel challenged to adapt, providers of public services will be challenged to deliver more local employment and give back to the neighbourhood. Community-based infrastructure could attract other businesses to invest and use it for their needs — in terms of energy, water or housing, and external investors who want to test new products.
Some councils are reinventing themselves and building new models.
What models can you see emerging on the local government horizon? In the UK and beyond?
What models are other place-based organisations developing that local government could learn from (i.e. Buurtzog, Bromford Lab, Civic Square, etc.)?
As you listen to this presentation, think about how relationship has changed to the neighbourhood you live in?
Doctors and nurses are seeing people get ill and die minute after minute and yet continue to come in to give other people hope as they come into hospital. Supermarket workers, distribution drivers, social workers and waste collection staff are both at constant risk of getting the virus but also in constant contact with people who can’t get out as they’re too vulnerable. They’re also some of the most poorly paid professions and yet to continue to meet our basic needs, be it providing food, delivering goods, offering help and picking up our bins.
Everyone can see our key workers are the beating heart of our country’s critical infrastructure. Some key workers like doctors, nurses, police and other blue light services have always been recognised as such. Others who have only more recently been called key workers by the government, like supermarket staff, delivery drivers or waste collection people, are still underpaid and undervalued.
If our key workers get ill, which they do, we can not only reduce the chances of helping people in hospital but also reduces the supply of food and medical supplies, decreasing people’s immune system. What if we paid people the value they bring to society? What if we made sure that they were professionalised and had guaranteed personal development & insurance in the same way staff in emergency services have.
How can we develop infrastructure to support business & charities to survive?
How can we connect local critical infrastructure — be it delivery, distribution, manufacturing, transport
How can we repurpose this to meet critical social need, like to support people losing lives?
We’ve been working with people before the pandemic to use all their senses to reshape assets in the neighbourhoods, be it our libraries, our neighbourhood spaces and now post-pandemic we’re crowdsourcing ideas on how people want to walk and cycle in their neighbourhoods and what can help them
As I mentioned before, you need to help people imagine the future, you need to start enacting them so people can see what they might look like and then adjust & challenge them. We’ve been mobilising businesses, investors, universities and communities to use physical space to tackle issues, from our Think & Do climate action space, our Make space and our Neighbourhoods space, co-designed by our communities. We’ve repurposed these to become spaces for food delivery and digital platforms, and are starting a whole high street experiment to use our different levers.
Infrastructure to create healthy streets & liveable neighbourhoods
Consolidate infrastructure to improve connectivity and reduce congestion
Plan for future developments & infrastructure to flex to changing needs & opportunities
1. Infrastructure to create healthy streets & liveable neighbourhoods
Use infrastructure to create 15 minute neighbourhoods where people can walk or ride to school, work, shops, public spaces and public transport hubs
Target infrastructure for specific strategic areas which create economic or social clusters such as innovation districts or campuses
Base masterplans on sustainable travel — greater public transport (including Crossrail), walking & cycle paths, electric cards and reduced car ownership
Provide certainty on investment in infrastructure for public transport and walking & cycling to give organisations confidence to drive culture change amongst their residents
2. Consolidate infrastructure to improve connectivity and reduce congestion
Create transport hubs which co-locate public transport, as well as space for car, bike & taxi hire and parcel pick-ups
Consolidate deliveries to single locations in the neighbourhood which have electric charging points and link to local high street retail to create shorter distance supply chains
Replace car parking space with space for walking & cycling and housing, and for remaining car parking locate to longer term, off street spaces with common electric charging points
3. Plan for future developments & infrastructure to flex to changing needs & opportunities
Ensure design & configuration of buildings & spaces can be flexible to increasing technological change, population growth & climate change
Blend planning uses so physical spaces can adapt to changing needs and allow for greater mixed live-work space
Create requirements for landowners to review how they develop so they adapt & retrofit buildings, streets and other infrastructure to new needs
Improve digital infrastructure to take advantage of improved route planning, traffic management, co-working, car & ride sharing and electrification of cars
Improve rail connectivity for passengers and freight to reduce need for freight transport through the city
https://medium.com/@noelito/whos-responsible-for-solidarity-91010bde034a
Don’t come up with solutions to problems we don’t yet understand
Come up for air from the emergency response to learn from others
Create space for people to share to surface what can mobilise people for collective action
Open up people’s imaginations to test together ways to respond to the future