Closed design processes and proprietary technology position the public as consumers or subjects. The alternative is to build public technology with an open design process, based on public values, in order to position people as citizens with democratic agency.
Latest Posts
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Matīss VeigursNovember 15, 2022
The Latvian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (VARAM) in cooperation with Riga Stradins University organised a usability test of the alpha version of ACROSS digital platform for cross-border services.
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Nathan CarvalhoOctober 11, 2022
The ACROSS project has a new scientific publication in the ACM Digital Library under the title of “New Forms of Delivering Public Goods and Inclusive Public Services: Enablers, Benefits, and Barriers” authored by Robert Krimmer, Trui St
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Nathan CarvalhoOctober 11, 2022
From the 22nd to the 23rd of September 2022, the ACROSS consortium held the 3rd Plenary Meeting in Bilbao, Spain.
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Vincenzo SavarinoOctober 04, 2022
In the context of the conference “Dati e Potere” (Data and Power) organized by Open Data Sicilia, a civic initiative that aims to raise awareness and disseminate the culture of open government and open data practices, Vincenzo Savarino of Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A, partner of ACROS
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Nathan CarvalhoSeptember 13, 2022
Last week, Nathan da Silva Carvalho, project manager and research associate from the Lisbon Council, presented a banner for ACROSS in the recent IFIP EGOV 2022.
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Nathan CarvalhoAugust 23, 2022
The 12th Samos Summit on ICT-enabled Governance offers an unprecedented opportunity to see, interact with and influence cutting-edge Information and Communication Technologies research projects and initiatives.
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WAAGAugust 22, 2022
In the non-digital realm, law and protocol may be challenged – a police officer or judge may use their discretionary space to decide that it was okay for you to break into your neighbour’s house to save their kitten from a fire.
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WAAGAugust 22, 2022
July 2022 marks the half way point for our Horizon 2020 research project ACROSS. This makes me think about what we have learned until now and what is yet to come.
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WAAGJuly 14, 2022
The workshop's goal was to validate the direction the ACROSS project is taking. Research into the landscape of European digital identity has identified a research gap that ACROSS aims to fill.