Outputs (53)

Culture and context in an online voting system for young people (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whyte, A., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2003, August). Culture and context in an online voting system for young people. Presented at IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7 Summer School on Risks and Challenges of the Network Society

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.

Electronic Democracy and Young People (2003)
Journal Article
Macintosh, A., Robson, E., Smith, E., & Whyte, A. (2003). Electronic Democracy and Young People. Social Science Computer Review, 21(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439302238970

This article examines action to address young people’s apathy to the democratic process and politics in general, by considering possibilities for using information and communication technology to engage young people. The article describes two e-democ... Read More about Electronic Democracy and Young People.

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.

Online platforms for smart specialisation strategies and smart growth
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panori, A., Angelidou, M., Mora, L., Reid, A., & Sefertzi, E. (2018, June). Online platforms for smart specialisation strategies and smart growth. Presented at 20th Scientific Conference of the Association of Greek Regional Scientists

This paper reports on the findings of the Online-S3 project, funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme (ISSI-4-2015), which tries to address the challenge of strengthening regional smart growth policies by developing an online platform for policy advic... Read More about Online platforms for smart specialisation strategies and smart growth.

Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2017, March). Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research. Presented at Second international conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2017

More than 20 years have now passed since the concept of smart city first appeared in a scholarly publica-tion, marking the beginning of a new era in urban innovation. Since then, the literature discussing this new concept and the ICT-oriented urban-i... Read More about Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research.

E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, E., & Macintosh, A. (2003, September). E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy. Presented at Second International Conference, EGOV 2003, Czech Republic

This paper focuses on an Internet-enabled remote voting system for a young people's parliament in the Highland region of Scotland. The parliament was established to increase young people's participation in local government. Two elections have been he... Read More about E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy.

Information Literacy as a joint competence shaped by everyday life and workplace roles amongst Scottish community councillors
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Ryan, B. (2020, September). Information Literacy as a joint competence shaped by everyday life and workplace roles amongst Scottish community councillors. Presented at ISIC 2020 The Information Behaviour Conference, Pretoria University, Tshwane, Republic of South Africa

*Introduction: This paper addresses the information practices of hyperlocal democratic representatives, and their acquisition and application of information literacy skills.

*Method: 1034 Scottish community councillors completed an online questio... Read More about Information Literacy as a joint competence shaped by everyday life and workplace roles amongst Scottish community councillors.

Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masters, Z., Masters, Z., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2004, August). Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation. Presented at Electronic government : third international conference, EGOV 2004, Zaragoza, Spain

Research originally suggested that new technologies, particularly the Internet, provided a useful mechanism for engaging young people - an otherwise largely disenfranchised group. Subsequent to the evaluation of a number of pioneering projects in thi... Read More about Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation.

HUWY D6.1. engagement and impact criteria.
Report
Taylor-Smith, E., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Visnapuu, T., Vister, B., & Kimpeler, S. (2011). HUWY D6.1. engagement and impact criteria

This deliverable describes the methodology that will be used for the HUWY evaluation process in all 4 participating countries. It records the basis of the model, in terms of established eParticipation evaluation techniques, and the triangulation of e... Read More about HUWY D6.1. engagement and impact criteria..

HUWY D6.2. User engagement report
Report
Taylor-Smith, E., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., & Visnapuu, T. (2011). HUWY D6.2. User engagement report

The User Engagement Report assesses HUWY project?s success in engaging its two main user groups: young people and policy-makers. 1. Did the HUWY project achieve its objectives in engaging young people? What were the affects of that engagement? 2. Pol... Read More about HUWY D6.2. User engagement report.

HUWY D7.3. Sustainability and Scalability Plan.
Report
Taylor-Smith, E., Gibson, G., Kimpeler, S., O'Kane, F., McCusker, P., Rößler, A., & Visnapuu, T. (2011). HUWY D7.3. Sustainability and Scalability Plan. Edinburgh: European Commission

The HUWY project is piloting a distributed discussion model for eParticipation in which young people?s discussions, on Internet policy issues, are networked together by “hub” websites. The HUWY pilot ran in Estonia, Germany, Ireland and the UK betwee... Read More about HUWY D7.3. Sustainability and Scalability Plan..

'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Smith, C. F. (2014, May). 'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils. Presented at CeDEM14

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..

The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2016, September). The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives. Presented at IFIP EGOV and ePart 2015, Thessalonki, Greece

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.