Digital civic engagement, open data, and the informal sector: a think piece

Hasselwander, Marc; Kiko, Mwendwa; Johnson, Ted

doi:10.1016/j.trip.2022.100700

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“…As a consequence of the self-organization of informal services, reliable digital data about these systems have traditionally been severely limited. Recently, however, various public and private initiatives have made increasing efforts to map informal transport routes in order to improve the accessibility and reliability of these services 27 , 32 , 33 .…”

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“…We obtain the route data as GPS tracks from OpenStreetMap and categorize the data for each city as either informal or formal based on the “operator" tag of the route as well as additional information provided by various organizations and individuals who contributed to the data on OpenStreetMap 27 , 29 , 32 , 33 .…”

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“…The route data is openly available on OpenStreetMap 53 . Additional metadata (such as whether routes are formal or informal) are available and have been accumulated from specific contributors 27 , 29 , 32 , 33 . Snapshots of the data are available at 54 .…”

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Efficient self-organization of informal public transport networks

Mittal,

Timme,

Schröder

2024

Nat Commun

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The Global South, encompassing more than 80% of the world population, heavily relies on informal paratransit services with ad-hoc routes. Yet, it remains unclear how efficiently such informal public transport services organize and operate. Here, we analyze and compare the structural efficiency of more than 7000 formal and informal bus service routes in 36 cities across 22 countries globally. Intriguingly, informal transport self-organizes in ways at or above efficiency levels of centralized services. They exhibit fewer detours, more uniform paths, and comparable interconnectivities, all while remaining profitable without the major subsidies common in the Global North. These insights challenge the global perception of informal transport as an inferior alternative to centrally organized services. More generally, analyzing large-scale microscopic transport data and condensing them into informative macroscopic observables may qualitatively improve system understanding and reveal specific options to create more accessible, efficient, and sustainable public transport solutions.

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Schröder

2024

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“…In the academic literature, digitalization is associated with expanding forms of civic participation (Hasselwander, 2022). It is believed that using digital resources can increase citizens' involvement, reduce inequality and exclusion, and promote civic participation and empowerment of citizens (especially young people) (Cho et al, 2020).…”

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Digitalization of civic education: risks and challenge

Genys¹

2023

JESI

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The passionate debate prevails in Lithuanian public discourse about the results of individuals in subjects such as mathematics, the Lithuanian language, etc., but very rarely about pupils' humanity and readiness to become independent members of society. The educational shift to distance learning (during the pandemic) has changed the whole structure of the educational process almost overnight, and such symbolic elements as the authority, status, order and dignity of the teacher, as well as the sense of community, diminished. It is clear that distance learning has its advantages, but it also has its uncertainties, and the long-term consequences still need to be generally known today. The academic intrigue of this paper stems from the question of how the digitalization of education may affect civic education and its outcomes from a political sociology perspective. Drawing on Kavolis' model of psychological modernization, the paper seeks to identify the potential groups that emerge in the digitalization of education and rationalize their worldviews and civic action features. Framing the process of digitizing schooling within the classical political sociology framework will highlight the likely future profiles of civil society groups.

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Smart City for Civic Participation: A Conceptual Framework

Lorenzo,

Joia

2024

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Digital civic engagement, open data, and the informal sector: a think piece

Cited by 5 publications

References 45 publications

Efficient self-organization of informal public transport networks

Efficient self-organization of informal public transport networks

Digitalization of civic education: risks and challenge

Smart City for Civic Participation: A Conceptual Framework

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