IN3’s Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) research group is pleased to invite you to the Seminar «Configurations of Digital Participatory Budgeting» given by Pablo Aragón, research scientist at the Wikimedia Foundation and adjunct professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
The seminar will be held, virtually and in person, on Wednesday, April 12 at 10:00 am (CEST) in Room 101 of the Research Hub (Building C).
Venue
Research Hub (Building C - Room 101)
Rambla del Poblenou, 154
08018 Barcelona
Espanya
When
12/04/2023 10.00h
Organized by
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, IN3's Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) research group
Program
Summary
Participatory budgeting is a democratic innovation increasingly supported by digital platforms. Like any technology, platforms for participatory budgeting are not value-free or politically neutral; their design displays political values and affects participant behaviour. To understand what kinds of configurations occur and what kinds of democratic values they hold, we will review the deployment diversity of 31 digital participatory budgeting cases in different European countries.
Research scientist at the Wikimedia Foundation, where he focuses on knowledge integrity and resilience to disinformation on Wikipedia and its sister projects. He is interested in computational social science and social computing through interdisciplinary and participatory approaches to enhance collaboration and deliberation in online platforms, including civic technologies and social media. He is also an adjunct professor at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Pablo actively contributes to technopolitical projects and served as a foundational board member of Decidim, the free open source platform for participatory democracy.