Developing a better understanding of the interplay between digitalisation and democratic self-governance is the aim of this research group. We examine how liberal societies form and make use of digital technologies, as well as how democracies are shaped by digitalisation. The research focuses on three areas of interest: Political participation, the digital transformation of the democratic

Digital Democracies Institute. From Hate to Agonism. answers how online spaces can be better deployed to foster democracy by integrating freedom of expression, commitments to human rights and multicultural participation in the protection against abuse.

It is therefore of utmost importance that we encourage people to participate in digital democracies, that we encourage states to open their data, and that we protect our increasingly violated 2020-09-29 2019-05-13 Digital dictatorship versus digital democracy in Africa. The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) is an independent public policy think tank advancing a well governed, peaceful, economically sustainable and globally engaged Africa. I am a Ph.D. student in the School of Communication and researcher with the Digital Democracies Institute at SFU. My research interest is to uncover the mechanisms by which inequalities arise from algorithms and data analytics in digital media platforms, and propose intellectual frameworks that can enable the design of fair systems or serve as a reference for those seeking to build democratic Heidelberger Salon digital: Democracies Out of Sync? On Checks and Balances in EU Member States. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, and Professor, University of Frankfurt.

The topic of discussion will be democracy. Some say it´s on stake. Electronic voting in Sweden: hare or tortoise?2004Ingår i: Electronic voting and democracy: a comparative analysis / [ed] Norbert Kersting, Harald Baldersheim, Reimagining Democracy: What if votes were a crypto-currency? the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) Global ID: digital system in the making to provide a legal identity for all. Local democracy and the media : Can hyperlocals fill the gap?

The Digital Intelligence (DQ) certificate is a new track within the Science & Society Undergraduate Certificate Nov 3, 2020 How do government responses to Covid-19 violate democratic standards?

SFU’s new Digital Democracies Institute (DDI), formerly the Digital Democracies Group, aims to tackle those issues. Led by Wendy Chun, SFU’s Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media, the institute’s goal is to create global partnerships and integrated research in humanities, social sciences, network and data sciences to address questions of equality, justice, and democratic dialogue.

17 April 2019. Share on facebook. The South African Institute of International Affairs 2021-02-16 The African Digital Rights Network publishes the first comparative study on the digital rights landscapes of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Cameroon.. In the first study of its kind, researchers in ten African countries have documented 115 examples of technologies, tactics and techniques used between 2000 and 2020 to close ‘civic space 2021-02-16 2016-10-11 As Western governmental systems fray at the edges and their budgets creak under the strain, the digital revolution offers a once-in-a-century opportunity for renewal.

V-Dem: Global Standards, Local Knowledge. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is a new approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. We provide a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept of democracy as a system of rule that goes beyond the simple presence of elections.

Successfully helped design and implement server architecture to hold and process big data. SFU Digital Democracies Institute. 34 likes. The Digital Democracies Institute at SFU integrates research in the humanities and data sciences to address The digital world offers a significant opportunity to link more people to their governments, help politicians be responsive to citizens and make it easier for people to engage in the political process —equating to more transparent and resilient democracies around the world. Moreover, Digital Democracies are facing new challenges underlined by the threats to data and personal information concerning national citizens. The cessation of physical boundaries in the digital realms of economies will have to be dealt with a deep understanding of the 21st century connectivity landscape of people and things in the age of IoT. 2020-09-29 · How democracies can claim back power in the digital world Technology companies have taken many aspects of tech governance from democratically elected leaders. It will take an international effort Digital Democracies Institute Oct 2020 - Present 6 months.

34 likes. The Digital Democracies Institute at SFU integrates research in the humanities and data sciences to address The digital world offers a significant opportunity to link more people to their governments, help politicians be responsive to citizens and make it easier for people to engage in the political process —equating to more transparent and resilient democracies around the world.
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These democracies, which combine elements of representative democracy and direct democracy, are termed hybrid democracies, semi-direct democracies or participatory democracies.

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Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is a new approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. We provide a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept of democracy as a system of rule that goes beyond the simple presence of elections. SFU’s new Digital Democracies Institute (DDI), formerly the Digital Democracies Group, aims to tackle those issues.

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Apr 10, 2018 One of the first successful uses of digital tools to engage citizens and A recent report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center

THE VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE. March 2020 Jeroen van den Hoven, scientific director of the DDfV Institute, talking about the Digital Democracy: Threats and (Design) Opportunities – Seminar on 29 I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Digital Democracies Institute in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. I received my PhD from Department of The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) is an independent, nonpartisan, center of research and action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli The digital world offers a significant opportunity to link more people to their governments, help politicians be responsive to citizens and make it easier for people Sep 29, 2020 How democracies can claim back power in the digital world policy fellow at Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. How do we reinvent democratic theory for the digital age? And what kind of democratic culture is needed to foster adaptations?