scholarly journals Knowledge co-creation in participatory policy and practice: Building community through data-driven direct democracy

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 205395172110194
Author(s):  
Myron A Godinho ◽  
Ann Borda ◽  
Timothy Kariotis ◽  
Andreea Molnar ◽  
Patty Kostkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Participatory Policy ◽  
Key Aspects

Engaging citizens with digital technology to co-create data, information and knowledge has widely become an important strategy for informing the policy response to COVID-19 and the ‘infodemic’ of misinformation in cyberspace. This move towards digital citizen participation aligns well with the United Nations’ agenda to encourage the use of digital tools to enable data-driven, direct democracy. From data capture to information generation, and knowledge co-creation, every stage of the data lifecycle bears important considerations to inform policy and practice. Drawing on evidence of participatory policy and practice during COVID-19, we outline a framework for citizen ‘e-participation’ in knowledge co-creation across every stage of the policy cycle. We explore how coupling the generation of information with that of social capital can provide opportunities to collectively build trust in institutions, accelerate recovery and facilitate the ‘e-society’. We outline the key aspects of realising this vision of data-driven direct democracy by discussing several examples. Sustaining participatory knowledge co-creation beyond COVID-19 requires that local organisations and institutions (e.g. academia, health and welfare, government, business) incorporate adaptive learning mechanisms into their operational and governance structures, their integrated service models, as well as employing emerging social innovations.

scholarly journals Communities in control? The challenges of neighbourhood governance with reference to local government reform in England

2008 ◽  
pp. 49-69
Author(s):  
Harriet Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The Cost

Recent local government and public service reforms in England have been orientated towards devolving public service delivery and decision-making to the neighbourhood level. These reforms have been driven by political, social and managerial agendas that aim to make local government more accountable and responsive to local communities, to build social capital and to enhance the cost-effectiveness of local services. This paper, with reference to the current policy framework in England, aims to identify and review the possibilities and challenges for local government officials and partner agencies in moving towards decentralised public service provision and governance. The paper initially identifies the key aspects of reform brought in by the central government Department of Communities and Local Government that seek to extend neighbourhood influence and governance structures. The discussion then turns towards considering the challenges in ensuring effective citizen participation – namely responding to multiple policy objectives; devising appropriate neighbourhood governance structures; re-thinking the role of local government; identifying and managing trade-offs; building community and local government capabilities for wide-ranging participation; and ensuring effective partnership working at all levels of local government. In conclusion the important steps towards tackling these challenges in England are recognised although a number of concerns remain.

scholarly journals Online Output-Feedback Optimal Control of Linear Systems Based on Data-Driven Adaptive Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 1596-1601
Author(s):  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Jing Na ◽  
Guanbin Gao ◽  
Shichang Han ◽  
Qiang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
Linear Systems ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Output Feedback ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Control Of Linear Systems ◽  
Feedback Optimal Control

Popular Access to the Decision‐making Process in Switzerland: The Role of Direct Democracy

1979 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Mowlam
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Popular Control

CENTRAL TO THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IS THE IDEA of popular control over the activities of elites. More specifically, how can the preferences of citizens be aggregated into a political choice for a government policy or government personnel? Popular control, the effects of citizen participation in political life, is the basis of a major value orientation in the discipline: the notion of participant democracy. The degree of citizen participation becomes the key to the nature of democracry in a society : the more participation, the more democratic the political life of a country becomes. Political participation may take a variety of forms, e.g., running for office, holding office,voting, soliciting votes, and campaigning for, or contributing funds to, I the party of one's choice. However, voting is the most emphasized aspect of citizen participation, since it is the only form of active participation many engage in. The limitations placed on voting as a mechanism for popular control over political choices are well documented. Voters do not choose when to vote, nor the agenda. They have minimal input into the selection of candidates and the choice of issues which divide the parties at elections. Public participation in the selection and resolution of important policy issues between elections is severely restricted.

Communicating Geoinformation Effectively With Virtual 3d City Models

2010 ◽  
pp. 120-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Jobst ◽  
Jürgen Döllner ◽  
Olaf Lubanski
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Knowledge ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
3D City Models ◽  
3D Environments ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Knowledge Structuring ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
City Models

Planning situations are commonly managed by intensive discussions between all stakeholders. Virtual 3D city models enhance these communication procedures with additional visualization possibilities (in opposite to physical models), which support spatial knowledge structuring and human learning mechanisms. This chapter discusses key aspects of virtual 3D city creation, main components of virtual environments and the framework for an efficient communication. It also explores future research for the creation of virtual 3D environments.

MEMS Inertial Sensor Fault Diagnosis Using a CNN-Based Data-Driven Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (14) ◽  
pp. 2059048
Author(s):  
Tong Gao ◽  
Wei Sheng ◽  
Mingliang Zhou ◽  
Bin Fang ◽  
Liping Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Inertial Sensors ◽  
Inertial Sensor ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Learning Rate ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Adaptive Learning Rate ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Rate Optimization

In this paper, we propose a novel fault diagnosis (FD) approach for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) inertial sensors that recognize the fault patterns of MEMS inertial sensors in an end-to-end manner. We use a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based data-driven method to classify the temperature-related sensor faults in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). First, we formulate the FD problem for MEMS inertial sensors into a deep learning framework. Second, we design a multi-scale CNN which uses the raw data of MEMS inertial sensors as input and which outputs classification results indicating faults. Then we extract fault features in the temperature domain to solve the non-uniform sampling problem. Finally, we propose an improved adaptive learning rate optimization method which accelerates the loss convergence by using the Kalman filter (KF) to train the network efficiently with a small dataset. Our experimental results show that our method achieved high fault recognition accuracy and that our proposed adaptive learning rate method improved performance in terms of loss convergence and robustness on a small training batch.

scholarly journals Data-driven integration evaluation from the perspective of Adaboost and its application in WeChat public number ranking

2020 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 02017
Author(s):  
Yicheng Gong ◽  
Juan Zhao ◽  
Dongyang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Topsis Method ◽  
Evaluation Models ◽  
Weak Evaluation

The traditional comprehensive evaluation is difficult to model when dealing with large data with large parameters and complex structure, and it cannot adapt to the update of data. In order to improve this situation, this paper draws on the Adaptive Learning Adaboost perspective in statistical learning to develop a data-driven integrated evaluation model that updates the weight of sample weights and weak evaluation models with data. Three specific weak evaluation models were selected: data-driven Topsis method, principal component analysis method and factor analysis method. Taking the ranking of WeChat public account as an example, the results show that the accuracy of the integrated evaluation model is 88.57%, which is 17.14%, 31.43% and 28.57% higher than the data-driven Topsis method, principal component method and factor analysis method.

Towards a holistic conceptualisation of early childhood educators’ work-related well-being

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Cumming ◽  
Sandie Wong
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Early Childhood Educators ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Key Aspects

Both the concept of well-being and the work of early childhood educators are complex. To date, research concerning educators’ well-being has lacked a comprehensive conceptualisation that reflects these complexities. With increased research, policy and practice attention, a clearly articulated conceptualisation is now needed to guide empirical research and practical efforts to better support educators’ well-being. In this article, the authors draw on multidisciplinary perspectives to propose such a conceptualisation. Philosophical, psychological, physiological, organisational science and sociological sources are explored and critiqued for their relevance to early childhood educators’ well-being. Key aspects of these sources, and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, are brought together to argue for a morally anchored conceptualisation which acknowledges that educators’ well-being is indivisible from the contexts in which it is experienced.

scholarly journals Citizen participation: towards a framework for policy assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ares Kalandides
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Participatory Policy ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Initial Reading

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the academic debate on participatory urban development in two ways: first, by proposing a methodological framework though which urban policies can be assessed; and second, through a case study that applies the framework, delivering an analysis of the policy intentions of the current Berlin administration.Design/methodology/approachThe first section of this paper introduces the case study, placing it in the political context in Berlin and suggesting an initial reading of the relevant documents that frame policy in participatory urban development today. The second section includes an attempt at disambiguation, a conceptual and an analytical framework, followed by a preliminary assessment of the Berlin participatory policy. The final part of this paper draws conclusions and sets a possible future research agenda.FindingsParticipation is present in several passages of the Contract and refers to different possible readings of the term: participation as institutional framework, participation as rights, participation in the public sphere and participation as practice.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the disambiguation of the concept of “citizen participation”, proposes a framework through which to assess policy and offers an initial analysis of the policy intentions of the current Berlin administration.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document