Outputs (50)

Digital engagement workshop for community councils: Glasgow 2016 report. (2016)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2016). Digital engagement workshop for community councils: Glasgow 2016 report

This report covers a workshop on digital engagement for Community Councils supported by the School of Computing's public engagement fund. It was held in Glasgow on 22 March 2016. The workshop combined presentations by subject experts with attendee-... Read More about Digital engagement workshop for community councils: Glasgow 2016 report..

The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2016). The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives. In E. Tambouris, H. Jochen Scholl, M. Janssen, M. A. Wimmer, K. Tarabanis, M. Gascó, …Ø. Sæbø (Eds.), E

There has been much research into citizens’ engagement with their representatives. This paper offers an approach to understanding sustained take-up of internet technologies by these representatives in a (hyperlocal) democratic context using Community... Read More about The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives.

Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences (2014)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Smith, C. (2014). Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences. Scottish Affairs, 23(4), 486-507. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2014.0045

Community Councils are the bottom rung of Scotland’s democracy ladder, having few – but highly significant – statutory consultative duties (especially with regard to planning) and no service-delivery duties. Generally they have failed to live up to e... Read More about Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences.

'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Smith, C. F. (2014). 'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils. In P. Parycek, & N. Edelmann (Eds.), CeDEM14 Proceedings (73-84)

This paper is motivated by the need to understand the reality of the use of the now well-established opportunities offered by the internet to engage with citizens. Building on previous research this paper derives a framework tailored for evaluation o... Read More about 'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils..

Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lazar, J., Barbosa, S., Gulliksen, J., McEwan, T., Normand, L. M., Palanque, P., …Wulf, V. (2013). Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. In CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in

There is an increasing interest in the intersection of human-computer interaction and public policy. This day-long workshop will examine successes and challenges related to public policy and human computer interaction, in order to provide a forum to... Read More about Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally..

Participation spaces. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E. (2012). Participation spaces. In Proceedings of Fourth international conference on eParticipation (ePart 2012) (223-230)

A wide democratic view of participation and eParticipation informs research centred on citizens’ experiences of participation. Case studies of participation are conceived in the vein of work place studies: ethnographic approaches to studying current... Read More about Participation spaces..

Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Lindner, R. (2010). Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle. In P. Parycek, & P. Prosser (Eds.), Proceedings of EDEM 2010 - Conference on Electronic Democracy, May 7-8, 2010, Danube-Unive

This paper describes the context and background of the conference workshop “Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle”. EParticipation initiatives are increasingly applying social networking tools and sit... Read More about Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle..

Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., & Smith, C. F. (2009, September). Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions

E-petitions are seen as one response to a perceived decline in public trust of political institutions and the associated symptoms of disengagement. In this paper, some current research into epetitioning in Europe is reviewed, and the need to understa... Read More about Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions..

Using social networking tools to promote eParticipation initiatives. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Lindner, R. (2009). Using social networking tools to promote eParticipation initiatives. In A. Prosser, & P. Parycek (Eds.), Proceedings of EDEM 2009 - Conference on Electronic Democracy, September 7-8, 2009, Vienna (115-121)

This paper describes the context and background of the conference workshop “Social networking tools and widgets to promote or expand eParticipation initiatives”. Social networking tools form many people’s main Internet destination and communication m... Read More about Using social networking tools to promote eParticipation initiatives..

Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Karamagioli, E., Koulolias, V., Smith, C. F., & Cruickshank, P. (2008). Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project. In P. Parycek, & A. Prosser (Eds.), EDem

Members of elected assemblies have a number of overlapping roles. eRepresentative is a project of the European Commission’s IST programme, and has investigated the potential for ICT support for the committee-based legislative role in a secure, mobile... Read More about Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project..

Organised use of e-democracy tools for young people. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, E., Macintosh, A., & Whyte, A. (2006). Organised use of e-democracy tools for young people. In M. Wimmer, H. Scholl, Å. Grönlund, & K. Anderson (Eds.), Electronic Government: Communications of the Fifth International EGOV Conference 2006 (260-267

This paper concerns use of an online policy debating forum: part of a suite of e-democracy tools for a local youth parliament. These e-democracy tools have been used and developed over the last 5 years and are vital to the parliament, as it serves a... Read More about Organised use of e-democracy tools for young people..

Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey (2014)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2014). Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey. Scotland: Community Councils Network

This document reports the results of a survey, carried out in late spring 2014, of the public web presences of potentially over 1300 Scottish Community Councils (CCs). It follows on from similar survey in summer 2012. The report reviews content-types... Read More about Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey.

Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion - lessons obtained from an EU pilot. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kimpeler, S., Lindner, R., Taylor-Smith, E., & Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P. (2012, July). Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion - lessons obtained from an EU pilot. Paper presented at IPSA XXII World Congress of Pol

Several studies recently identified risks and advantages to young people in using the Internet and explicitly recognise the importance of young people’s informed involvement in tackling these issues. This paper presents the approach, implementation a... Read More about Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion - lessons obtained from an EU pilot..

Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy (2012)
Book Chapter
Taylor-Smith, E., Kimpeler, S., & Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P. (2012). Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy. In Y. Charalabidis, & S. Koussouris (Eds.), Empowering Open and Collaborative Go

This chapter describes an eParticipation model, designed to be especially appropriate to young people and complex topics: distributed discussion. It draws on the experiences of the HUWY project, which piloted a distributed discussion model, in four c... Read More about Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy.

Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research (2012)
Book Chapter
Edelmann, N., & Cruickshank, P. (2012). Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research. In A. Manoharan, & M. Holzer (Eds.), E-Governance and Civic Engagement (338-361). IGI Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch0

This chapter looks at e-petitioning as a successful application of e-participation from a psychological perspective. It notes that e-participation should not be viewed uncritically, as digital technologies cannot remedy all (political) problems: inde... Read More about Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research.

Citizen Participation in Public Affairs (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2002). Citizen Participation in Public Affairs. In R. Traunmüller, & K. Lenk (Eds.), Electronic Government (256-263). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46138-8_41

Reflecting on the European Commissions stated aim to broaden democracy this paper examines the nature of e-participation and considers concepts of democracy and issues surrounding citizen participation in pubic affairs. The paper describes how citize... Read More about Citizen Participation in Public Affairs.

Culture and context in an online voting system for young people (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whyte, A., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2004). Culture and context in an online voting system for young people. In P. Duquennoy, A. Zuccato, J. Holvast, & S. Fischer Hübner (Eds.), Proceedings of the IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7 Summer School on Risks and Challe

This paper describes the design and evaluation of an e-voting system used to elect representatives to a local youth parliament, in the Highland region of Scotland. The system was designed with a team of young people, based on their input and the eval... Read More about Culture and context in an online voting system for young people.

Understanding the “e‐petitioner” (2011)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., & Smith, C. (2011). Understanding the “e‐petitioner”. Transforming government: people, process and policy, 5(4), 319-329. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506161111173577

Purpose: This article considers the ways in which large-scale e-participation projects can be evaluated. It argues that existing evaluation approaches can be improved upon by taking a closer look at the characteristics of the users of such systems, b... Read More about Understanding the “e‐petitioner”.

HUWY D7.4 Results (2011)
Report
Kimpeler, S., Lehner, C., Lindner, R., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., & Taylor-Smith, E. (2011). HUWY D7.4 Results. Edinburgh: European Community

HUWY (Hub Websites for Youth Participation) was an eParticipation Preparatory Action project, which piloted a distributed (networked) discussion. The pilot ran in Estonia, Germany, Ireland and the UK. HUWY aimed to find good ways to support groups of... Read More about HUWY D7.4 Results.

Youth participation through distributed discussion. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Taylor-Smith, E., & Kimpeler, S. (2011, September). Youth participation through distributed discussion. Paper presented at 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

The paper describes an eParticipation project, piloted in four EU countries: Estonia, Germany, Ireland and the UK. HUWY, Hub Websites for Youth Participation, was an initiative where young people were invited to think about current and future problem... Read More about Youth participation through distributed discussion..