Rebooting Democracy: Democratic Innovation for the Information Age
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Sch of Economic, Social & Political Sci
Abstract
The spread of democracy has been crucial to developing a world order that has facilitated productive economic, social, and cultural growth, yet by almost any measure, democracy is in crisis. I have made a leading contribution to comparative approaches to the study of democratic innovation. I have been to the fore in drawing insights from democratic theory and empirical social science, connecting researchers with practitioners of democracy in government and society. With this fellowship, I will develop interventions to avert the crisis of democracy.
Despite continued support worldwide for democracy as a regime, democracy as a practice is suffering. Issues include declining trust in government and political parties, distorted digital communications, and rising populism and polarisation in politics. In a positive response, governments, businesses, and charities are already reimagining democracy. They have designed inventive democratic services and devices that can help sustain democratic order. Some examples include participatory budgeting, randomly selected juries, and different forms of referendums. These social innovations are often supported by civic technologies, open data applications, citizen science, and behavioural nudges such as information cues that increase civic volunteering. Yet we know little about what works beyond case studies. I have taken a leading role in the development of a comparative research agenda. A number of projects such as participedia.net (of which I am a co-investigator and executive member), have begun to collect systematic data on how these devices improve democracy (or do not). Despite the abundance of information, research has yet to take advantage of the analytic potential of data science and new technologies.
In the project, I will bring together traditional survey data, and new forms of crowdsourced and real-time data to understand what interventions actually help to sustain rather than hinder democracy. In the first step, the project will push the frontiers of knowledge about what has worked before and what has not. I will use set-theoretic methods, at the cutting edge of comparative analysis in the social sciences to determine the conditions in the past that have been necessary and sufficient for increases in positive democratic behaviours. The method can establish which combinations of conditions in different contexts achieved democratic improvements such as inclusion, learning, deliberation, and support for institutions.
At the University of Southampton, I am uniquely positioned among prominent social and computer scientists to lead a multi-disciplinary research team in developing indicators and data analytics for democratic innovation. I will harness available data to provide the necessary information on developing political contexts to guide policymakers in the development and choice of instruments for democratic decision-making. My work will reduce wasted resources in public consultation. These indicators will include new measures of the extent to which debates are consolidating in the public sphere using social media data, argument mapping and opinion polling. Economic indicators of government capacity, as well as indicators of civil society capacity and the levels demand for inputs from citizens will be incorporated to complement those data.
The ultimate aim of the project is to use advances in traditional and new forms of data analysis, to work in accordance with the best that democratic theory and political philosophy has to offer. The project will involve agile design of indicator dashboards and complementary social interventions. In conjunction with international and national experts in public engagement, we will deliver field experiments to test feasibility of designs. The fellowship will allow me to lead a multi-disciplinary research agenda developing data science that responds to and integrates the lessons of democratic theory and empirical social science.
Despite continued support worldwide for democracy as a regime, democracy as a practice is suffering. Issues include declining trust in government and political parties, distorted digital communications, and rising populism and polarisation in politics. In a positive response, governments, businesses, and charities are already reimagining democracy. They have designed inventive democratic services and devices that can help sustain democratic order. Some examples include participatory budgeting, randomly selected juries, and different forms of referendums. These social innovations are often supported by civic technologies, open data applications, citizen science, and behavioural nudges such as information cues that increase civic volunteering. Yet we know little about what works beyond case studies. I have taken a leading role in the development of a comparative research agenda. A number of projects such as participedia.net (of which I am a co-investigator and executive member), have begun to collect systematic data on how these devices improve democracy (or do not). Despite the abundance of information, research has yet to take advantage of the analytic potential of data science and new technologies.
In the project, I will bring together traditional survey data, and new forms of crowdsourced and real-time data to understand what interventions actually help to sustain rather than hinder democracy. In the first step, the project will push the frontiers of knowledge about what has worked before and what has not. I will use set-theoretic methods, at the cutting edge of comparative analysis in the social sciences to determine the conditions in the past that have been necessary and sufficient for increases in positive democratic behaviours. The method can establish which combinations of conditions in different contexts achieved democratic improvements such as inclusion, learning, deliberation, and support for institutions.
At the University of Southampton, I am uniquely positioned among prominent social and computer scientists to lead a multi-disciplinary research team in developing indicators and data analytics for democratic innovation. I will harness available data to provide the necessary information on developing political contexts to guide policymakers in the development and choice of instruments for democratic decision-making. My work will reduce wasted resources in public consultation. These indicators will include new measures of the extent to which debates are consolidating in the public sphere using social media data, argument mapping and opinion polling. Economic indicators of government capacity, as well as indicators of civil society capacity and the levels demand for inputs from citizens will be incorporated to complement those data.
The ultimate aim of the project is to use advances in traditional and new forms of data analysis, to work in accordance with the best that democratic theory and political philosophy has to offer. The project will involve agile design of indicator dashboards and complementary social interventions. In conjunction with international and national experts in public engagement, we will deliver field experiments to test feasibility of designs. The fellowship will allow me to lead a multi-disciplinary research agenda developing data science that responds to and integrates the lessons of democratic theory and empirical social science.
Planned Impact
Expected beneficiaries will be drawn from three main groups. Governments and government agencies such as the World Bank, National and Local government (Especially but not limited to CO, MHLG, BEIS and DCMS), Innovate UK, Local Enterprise Partnerships, Planners and Environment Agencies will benefit directly from insights into how best to consult and are likely customers of our software. Secondly, businesses, including Public Participation Professionals (PPPs), Consultancy Firms, and sectors particularly dependant on consulting (Land Developers, Energy Companies) will benefit directly and indirectly from the products and knowledge I deliver. Third sector beneficiaries will include Campaign Groups and Charities, the Consultation Institute, and umbrella groups such as Participedia and the PB Network who will benefit from new data, and information on best-practice designs of democratic consultations.
In order to allow the research findings in this study to help effect change, four broad impact strategies will be pursued throughout the lifecycle of the project using different vehicles to maximise the reach of the project and minimise the risk of uptake-failure. Our embedded co-design with end users will provide a live-test so that our products are relevant to a range of national, local and international beneficiaries. Our media strategy and public engagement will draw support from wider beneficiaries in the general population for the project and its aims of rebooting democracy. Our work with practitioner networks will ensure we influence (and are responsive to) wider developments in the relevant sectors and our commercialisation strategy will ensure we maximise exploitation of IP through the most relevant channels.
Sustainable, evidenced-based interventions will improve democratic consultations and improve the information flow between governors, and the governed. The software and institutional designs that we will build and test will allow otherwise excluded groups to influence decision-making in representative democracies, providing an antidote to democratic malaise. Improving information flows will provide short-term and long-term economic, societal and environmental benefit.
Short-term benefits include:
Better aggregation of information for decision-makers in real-world consultations.
Better understanding of the potential and actual use of machine learning and algorithms for democratic services.
Better identification of social problems and the best consultation activity available to derive solutions and agreements.
New dashboards and algorithms available for commercialisation.
Long-term benefits include:
Greater trust in democratic procedures and between governors and governed in the public sphere.
A template for more agile design of democratic innovation to adapt to changing practices in democracies.
Sustainable innovation relationships between academics, governments, civil society and business partners.
First-mover advantage and UK-influence over emerging technologies for democratic governance.
In order to allow the research findings in this study to help effect change, four broad impact strategies will be pursued throughout the lifecycle of the project using different vehicles to maximise the reach of the project and minimise the risk of uptake-failure. Our embedded co-design with end users will provide a live-test so that our products are relevant to a range of national, local and international beneficiaries. Our media strategy and public engagement will draw support from wider beneficiaries in the general population for the project and its aims of rebooting democracy. Our work with practitioner networks will ensure we influence (and are responsive to) wider developments in the relevant sectors and our commercialisation strategy will ensure we maximise exploitation of IP through the most relevant channels.
Sustainable, evidenced-based interventions will improve democratic consultations and improve the information flow between governors, and the governed. The software and institutional designs that we will build and test will allow otherwise excluded groups to influence decision-making in representative democracies, providing an antidote to democratic malaise. Improving information flows will provide short-term and long-term economic, societal and environmental benefit.
Short-term benefits include:
Better aggregation of information for decision-makers in real-world consultations.
Better understanding of the potential and actual use of machine learning and algorithms for democratic services.
Better identification of social problems and the best consultation activity available to derive solutions and agreements.
New dashboards and algorithms available for commercialisation.
Long-term benefits include:
Greater trust in democratic procedures and between governors and governed in the public sphere.
A template for more agile design of democratic innovation to adapt to changing practices in democracies.
Sustainable innovation relationships between academics, governments, civil society and business partners.
First-mover advantage and UK-influence over emerging technologies for democratic governance.
Organisations
- University of Southampton (Fellow, Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Canberra (Collaboration)
- University of Stuttgart (Collaboration)
- Southampton City Council (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Wales Centre for Public Policy (Collaboration)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (Collaboration)
- University College Dublin (Collaboration)
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- McMaster University (Collaboration)
- Carleton University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER (Collaboration)
- Simon Fraser University (Collaboration)
- Pompeu Fabra University (Collaboration)
- Queen's University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of Montreal (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Minas Gerais (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
- Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- Ryerson University (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- Institute of Development Studies (Collaboration)
- Deakin University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE (Collaboration)
- St. Francis Xavier University (Collaboration)
- Centro Brasileiro de AnĂ¡lise e Planejamento (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Health Research (Collaboration)
- Syracuse University (Collaboration)
- University of Arkansas (Collaboration)
- University of Toronto (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Collaboration)
- Involve (Project Partner)
- World Bank (Project Partner)
People |
ORCID iD |
Matthew Ryan (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Boswell J
(2020)
Place-based Politics and Nested Deprivation in the U.K.: Beyond Cities-towns, 'Two Englands' and the 'Left Behind'
in Representation
Durose C
(2021)
Community Control in the Housing Commons: A Conceptual Typology
in International Journal of the Commons
Hawes,B.
(2023)
Can artificial intelligence be used to undermine elections?
Mestre R.
(2021)
M-Arg: Multimodal Argument Mining Dataset for Political Debates with Audio and Transcripts
in 8th Workshop on Argument Mining, ArgMining 2021 - Proceedings
Mestre R.
(2023)
Augmenting pre-trained language models with audio feature embedding for argumentation mining in political debates
in EACL 2023 - 17th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Findings of EACL 2023
Richardson L
(2024)
Knowledge for the Commons: What is Needed Now?
in International Journal of the Commons
Description | This award is still active and many key findings will be realised over the final years and this account will be updated. I have succeeded in my objective of investigating which democratic innovations effect significant democratic gains using advanced comparative social science. My July 2021 book Why Citizen Participation Succeeds or Fails demonstrated mathematically the inadequacy of existing theories and identified combinations of political leadership, and bureaucratic and civil society support that explain citizen control of public decisions. This work accounts for diverse existing explanations, showing why most innovations partially succeed or fail. Using a wider range of data than ever before, I show that commitments from political leaders to participation are almost always required for sustained citizen control of political decisions over the longer term. The meaningful involvement of citizens in collective governance often requires a combination of will and capacity to implement programmes from political leaders, but there is evidence that these good outcomes only occur where those willing leaders can rely on strong support and competence from administrative staff, or alternatively, where participatory leaders have strong fiscal independence. I further led a large collaboration to establish when and why such innovations have impacts on polcymaking. Our book, The impacts of Democratic Innovations, published in 2023 ECPR Press includes diverse contributions to understand why these different ways of doing politics sometimes change outcomes and sometimes have no effects. These findings increase the chances of good adoption and outcomes by explaining in what contexts participation of wider citizenry is likely to fail, and showing those who wish to innovate in democracy what conditions they need to put in place so that they can successfully engage publics. Work on methods and tools is ongoing with reserach projects currently in the field and further key findings related to other objectives will be reported after the research has ended. |
Exploitation Route | These findings can be taken forward by policymakers and activists who wish to reform democracy. By identifying the conditions under which different outcomes of democratic reform take hold, reformers can have more confidence about how and when to intervene. For example, it is clear from our work that persuasion of political leaders is imperative but not sufficient to ensure democratic reforms actually improve democracy. In particular the work points to the importance of persuasion of bureacratic actors, and finance raising, as well as explaining when and why all those actors might undermine efforts at reform. Armed with this knowledge we can reduce wasted resources on reforms that do not work, and increase confidence in building better and more robust democracies. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Government Democracy and Justice |
Description | Advising Public Agenda on participatory democracy |
Geographic Reach | North America |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
URL | https://www.publicagenda.org/healthier-democracies/ |
Description | Defining, Measuring, and Monitoring Democratic Health in Wales |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.wcpp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Defining-Measuring-and-Monitoring-Democratic-Heal... |
Description | Invitation to ACE-Home Office-Policy Lab workshop as expert academic on cutting edge approaches for policy modelling |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | His input in this workshop influenced the Home Office's and PolicyLab's strategy for the development of novel methodologies for policy modelling, with some of Mestre's expertise, such as argument mapping or NLP, making it into open tender calls to develop those approaches into tangible policy models for serious and organised crime. |
Description | Justice Select Committe Inquiry on Sentencing |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42938/documents/213506/default/ |
Description | Organisation of Southampton Citizens' Climate Assembly |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | The assembly has directly influenced the Southampton Local Transport Plan, with a focus the efficiency, effectiveness, accessibility of this public service and the environmental sustainability of the network in the long term to reach climate targets. Citizens considered highly the importance of improving citizens' wellbeing and reducing carbon emissions and focused on the effects of transport usage on people with disabilities and diseases. Research and impact evaluation have shown that public attitudes have changed and participants have evaluated the experience as important in a healthy democracy and likely to participate in the future. |
URL | https://engage-southampton.ac.uk/scca |
Description | Scottish Parliament Deliberative Engagement Invited expert |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
URL | http://www.parliament.scot |
Description | Southampton Climate Commission |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | A Framework For Research, Application, And Governance Of Bio-hybrid Robotics: Plotting A Path To Responsible Research And Innovation |
Amount | £290,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/X006255/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2023 |
End | 12/2025 |
Description | Algorithmic creativity? Human-enabled digital transformations in an immersive space |
Amount | £8,840 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2022 |
End | 07/2023 |
Description | Centre For Democratic Futures Communicating Diversity Internship |
Amount | £3,535 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 06/2022 |
Description | Democracy And AI: Fostering Knowledge Exchange For Social Change |
Amount | £14,739 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Department | University of Southampton Web Science Institute |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2023 |
End | 11/2024 |
Description | ESRC IAA Southampton + Matched funding Southampton City Council |
Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2022 |
End | 11/2023 |
Description | Gendered body language and speech styles in UK Parliament using machine learning |
Amount | £9,673 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2022 |
End | 07/2022 |
Description | HEIF/Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities 'DemoPlay - a game for reimagining democracy' |
Amount | £14,340 (GBP) |
Organisation | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 07/2023 |
Description | International Visiting Fellow, Johanna Quandt Young Academy |
Amount | € 10,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | Goethe University Frankfurt |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Germany |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 12/2023 |
Description | Marie Sklodowksa Curie Award |
Amount | € 165,312 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 05/2023 |
End | 05/2025 |
Description | NIHR ARC Wessex funding |
Amount | £108,588 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 11/2024 |
Description | Partnership Grants: October 2020 competition |
Amount | $2,499,895 (CAD) |
Organisation | Government of Canada |
Department | SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | Canada |
Start | 05/2021 |
End | 06/2026 |
Description | Research England Participatory Research Award |
Amount | £31,484 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 07/2023 |
Description | Rethinking Public Dialogue |
Amount | £59,993 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Society of Arts |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2022 |
End | 06/2023 |
Description | School of Economic, Social and Policial Sciences - Participatory Governance Innovations in Brazil |
Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2023 |
End | 07/2024 |
Description | Southern Policy Centre New Things Fund - Coproduction Corner |
Amount | £7,400 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2023 |
End | 07/2024 |
Description | The Alan Turing Institute Post-Doctoral Enrichment Awards |
Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Alan Turing Institute |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 10/2022 |
Description | WSI Pilot Projects 2020-21 |
Amount | £13,443 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Department | University of Southampton Web Science Institute |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2021 |
End | 07/2021 |
Description | Web Science Institute Pilot Project |
Amount | £9,950 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 07/2023 |
Title | M-Arg: Multimodal Multimodal Argument Mining Dataset |
Description | No description provided. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | This dataset contains audio/transcripts from 5 US 2020 presidential debates annotated for argumentation mining tasks, in particular for support and attack relations. The data is presented as audio + aligned transcripts to be used in multimodal applications. The annotations were done with crowdsourcing techniques and will help train machine learning models to understand how people argue. |
URL | https://zenodo.org/record/5653503 |
Title | Multimodal-USElecDeb60To16 |
Description | Multimodal-USElecDeb60To16: dataset for the paper 'Augmenting pre-trained language models with audio feature embedding for argumentation mining in political debates', published at the Findings of the 17th conference on European chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL) in 2023. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | This is the largest multimodal dataset for argumentation mining containing both text and audio, annonated for arguments (premise/claim/other). |
URL | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7628464 |
Description | Centre for Democratic Futures |
Organisation | University of Canberra |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan leveraged and became director of the Centre for Democratic Futures, including 50+ interdisciplinary colleagues and events organised on Democracy in the US, Democracy and LGBT+, Democracy and the Web, Policing and protest, Mending Democracy. Dr Rafael Mestre has become a member of the Steering Committee of the Centre. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Centre for Democratic Futures and the members of it form a network of scholars interested in the study of democracy and provide a source of discussions and collaborations that have helped in the development of the project, as the Centre's goals are aligned with the project goals. This collaboration facilitated the visit for 4 months of collaborator Dr Hans Asenbaum from the University of Canberra, and the University benefited from his expertise and intellectual input. |
Impact | This collaboration in multi-disciplinary, with scholars from Political Science, Computer Science and Arts and Humanities. With this Centre, we have organised events on Democracy in the US, Democracy and LGBT+, Democracy and the Web, Policing and protest, Mending Democracy, among others. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Centre for Democratic Futures |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan leveraged and became director of the Centre for Democratic Futures, including 50+ interdisciplinary colleagues and events organised on Democracy in the US, Democracy and LGBT+, Democracy and the Web, Policing and protest, Mending Democracy. Dr Rafael Mestre has become a member of the Steering Committee of the Centre. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Centre for Democratic Futures and the members of it form a network of scholars interested in the study of democracy and provide a source of discussions and collaborations that have helped in the development of the project, as the Centre's goals are aligned with the project goals. This collaboration facilitated the visit for 4 months of collaborator Dr Hans Asenbaum from the University of Canberra, and the University benefited from his expertise and intellectual input. |
Impact | This collaboration in multi-disciplinary, with scholars from Political Science, Computer Science and Arts and Humanities. With this Centre, we have organised events on Democracy in the US, Democracy and LGBT+, Democracy and the Web, Policing and protest, Mending Democracy, among others. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Climate Assembly Southampton |
Organisation | Southampton City Council |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | This is a joint project delivering novel citizen engagement on climate (path to net zero) in the City of Southampton, using cutting edge tools including an embedded citizens' assembly. We are leading on research, design, and some aspects of implementation and communications. |
Collaborator Contribution | This is a co-design project with SCC leading on some aspects of communication, engagement, stakeholder management and implementation |
Impact | Supporting funds for project leveraged from a combination of ESRC IAA and SCC contributions. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving politcal scientists, economic geographers, archaelogists, environmental scientists and engineers. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Community Control in Commoning |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have colloborated as a methodological advisor in this project on assessing systematically how community control is accessed through commoning. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed detailed domain knowledge. |
Impact | Peer Reviewed Papers: Durose, C., Richardson, L., Rozenburg, M., Ryan, M., & Escobar, O. (2021). Community Control in the Housing Commons: A Conceptual Typology. International Journal of the Commons, 15(1), 291-304. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1093 |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Community Control in Commoning |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have colloborated as a methodological advisor in this project on assessing systematically how community control is accessed through commoning. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed detailed domain knowledge. |
Impact | Peer Reviewed Papers: Durose, C., Richardson, L., Rozenburg, M., Ryan, M., & Escobar, O. (2021). Community Control in the Housing Commons: A Conceptual Typology. International Journal of the Commons, 15(1), 291-304. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1093 |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Community Control in Commoning |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have colloborated as a methodological advisor in this project on assessing systematically how community control is accessed through commoning. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed detailed domain knowledge. |
Impact | Peer Reviewed Papers: Durose, C., Richardson, L., Rozenburg, M., Ryan, M., & Escobar, O. (2021). Community Control in the Housing Commons: A Conceptual Typology. International Journal of the Commons, 15(1), 291-304. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1093 |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Community Control in Commoning |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have colloborated as a methodological advisor in this project on assessing systematically how community control is accessed through commoning. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed detailed domain knowledge. |
Impact | Peer Reviewed Papers: Durose, C., Richardson, L., Rozenburg, M., Ryan, M., & Escobar, O. (2021). Community Control in the Housing Commons: A Conceptual Typology. International Journal of the Commons, 15(1), 291-304. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1093 |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Measuring Healthy Democracy in Wales |
Organisation | Wales Centre for Public Policy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Research synthesis, workshop preparation and expert consultancy on measuring and improving democracy in Wales |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to research, preparation of material, and advice on local policy conditions |
Impact | Contracted for expertise and provision of analysis by Welsh Government |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Open Science and Demcoratic Innovation |
Organisation | Pompeu Fabra University |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Working with Dr Lala Muradova (UCD then UPF) we have systematically reviewed the use of Open Science in the field of democratic innovations providing data gathering, analysis and writing papers. |
Collaborator Contribution | Dr Lala Muradova has co-led this collaboration providing leadership, theory, organisation and written inputs. |
Impact | Muradova, L., Ryan, M., Mestre. R., Gheasi, M., Bolton, G., (2021) 'Perceived constraints and missed opportunities? Exploring the tensions between adopting open science and innovating democracy,' Paper presented to the ECPR General Conference, 30 August -3 September |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Open Science and Demcoratic Innovation |
Organisation | University College Dublin |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Working with Dr Lala Muradova (UCD then UPF) we have systematically reviewed the use of Open Science in the field of democratic innovations providing data gathering, analysis and writing papers. |
Collaborator Contribution | Dr Lala Muradova has co-led this collaboration providing leadership, theory, organisation and written inputs. |
Impact | Muradova, L., Ryan, M., Mestre. R., Gheasi, M., Bolton, G., (2021) 'Perceived constraints and missed opportunities? Exploring the tensions between adopting open science and innovating democracy,' Paper presented to the ECPR General Conference, 30 August -3 September |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Carleton University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Centro Brasileiro de AnĂ¡lise e Planejamento |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Deakin University |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Emily Carr University of Art and Design |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Federal University of Minas Gerais |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Harvard University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Institute of Development Studies |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | McMaster University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Queen's University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Ryerson University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Simon Fraser University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Simon Fraser University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | St. Francis Xavier University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Syracuse University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of Arkansas |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of British Columbia |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of Canberra |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of Montreal |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of Montreal |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of Stuttgart |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of Toronto |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of Westminster |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | University of the Western Cape |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Participedia Consortium |
Organisation | Wilfrid Laurier University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Matthew Ryan is co-chair of the research committee of the project Participedia and contributed to the original grant-writing. This multinational project was awarded a continuation for its second phase in 2021. Dr Ryan, Dr Gheasi and Dr Mestre have contributed with research collaboration, advise and knowledge transfer. |
Collaborator Contribution | The funding from the project Participedia (CAD $2,499,895, out of which £7446 is received directly by our team) has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter, that can be used to analyse how people speak about the government, policy making or democratic innovation events. We will be able to locate topics of interest to inform policy makers on when is the right time to make consultations, and about which topics. Partner organisations have contributed to this project via grant-writing, research and knowledge transfer. |
Impact | The funding from the project Participedia has helped us develop a tool to scrape information from Twitter and to hire and work with several PhD students as Research Assistants, contributing to mutual goals across the projects. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics and practitioners all over the world, with expertise in fields like political science, sociology, psychology, law, computer science, web science and democracy studies. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Rebooting Online Public Dialogue |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Department | INVOLVE |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We are leading research involving the trialling of several interventions - privacy compliant deliberation software, argument mapping, gamified elements and topic modelling in UK public dialogues as part of a Select Committee Enquiry |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are involved in delivering software and dialogue |
Impact | £60,000 funding from RSA |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | The politics of Urban Regime Construction in Spain |
Organisation | Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am methodological mentor to an awardee of MSCA grant who is paying to be seconded to my research group |
Collaborator Contribution | They are leading the project |
Impact | Successful ERC MSCA funding |
Start Year | 2022 |
Title | Deliberatorum Open |
Description | Deliberatorum Open is an open-source release of the Deliberatorium, a web-based collective-intelligence platform developed by Mark Klein (Principal Research Scientist, Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT, USA; Professor, School for Collective Intelligence, UM6P, Morocco). It incorporates a subset of the Deliberatorium's full functionality. Deliberatorium Open was released with the contribution of funds provided by the Scholio project and Rebooting Democracy project, a project supported by UKRI FLF Grant Ref: MR/S032711/1. This software is licensed under AGPL-3.0 license. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | A version of Deliberatorium open was used during its development in the live context of a public dialogue exploring the public's priorities for Sentencing Policy. This dialogue was designed to contribute to the Justice Select Committee's inquiry into public perceptions of sentencing. See https://www.involve.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/how-can-public-dialogue-be-improved-context-public-views-sentencing-policy. The methods were praised in the Select Committee's report https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/41844/documents/207521/default/ and were mentioned in the response by Government and Sentencing Council https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42938/documents/213506/default/. |
URL | https://www.involve.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/how-can-public-dialogue-be-improved-context-public-... |
Title | Twitter API Search Tool/Web Data Research Assistant |
Description | The Twitter API search tool was developed to provide a simplified way of extracting data from the Twitter API. We set out to make social media research accessible and inclusive of a wider group of users, who may not have sufficient developer experience to immediately use the Twitter Developer Platform. Before using the Web Data Research Assistant users will need to apply for access to the Twitter API and receive credentials for access from Twitter. The WDRA develops completely reproducible results in line with best practices in Open Science. Once you have created a search you can save and replicate it. Extensions to the tool were built under ethics approval by the University of Southampton Faculty of Social Sciences Ethics and Research Governance Committee 62643.A2 (Nov 2021). Users should be aware of best practices in ethics of social media research and the need to comply with Twitter's policies. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | The tool is novel and is already being used by colleagues and students in our networks. The tool should allow social media research to be ethically accessible and inclusive of a wider group of users, who may not have sufficient developer experience to immediately use the Twitter Developer Platform. |
URL | https://twittersearch.rsgsoton.net/ |
Description | 'How I work with Policymakers' Invited Talk for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellows Development Network, 13th December 2021. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Matt Ryan offered a workshop to colleagues and innovators on the FLF scheme from different backgrounds on how he has engaged with policymakers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Advising Media Reform Commission and Public Interest News Foundation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Invited expert advice through workshops and elite interview to project aiming at developing tools such that funding practices for media could be made more democratic and participatory |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
Description | Citizens Assemblies in Cities - Invited plenary at the International Conference on Evolving Cities and Towns |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk on citizens' assemblies in city governance to mix of practitioner, policymakers and academics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Featured episode of Climate Confident Podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited to featured podcast episode by host Tom Raftery to speak on Climate Assemblies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.climateconfidentpodcast.com/1329991/12297599-a-climate-solution-that-brings-people-toget... |
Description | Inivited talk to academics and politicians, Department of Government and Politics Seminar Series, University College Cork, Ireland, 14th December 2021. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Matt Ryan was invited to speak on the topics of his book 'Why Citizen Participation Succeeds or Fails: A Comparative Analysis of Participatory Budgeting, to the Department of Government and Politics Seminar Series, University College Cork, Ireland, 14th December 2021. The presentation and discussion was attended by a number of academics and politicians/practitioners. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Invited Speaker to City of Seoul |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | I was invited by the Seoul City administration to speak at the televised Seoul Forum on Citizen Participation on my work on Participatory Budgeting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | http://www.sfcp2021.or.kr/en/info.html |
Description | Invited discussant of acadmic launch of OECD Catching the Delibverative Wave report |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | As part of a launch of the OECD report cathing the deliberative wave, I was invited to discuss its potential uses for research and education. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Invited talk at the Computational Social Science Laboratory at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Ryan and Dr Mestre were invited to give a talk at the webinars of the Computational Social Science Laboratory at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), focused on research in computational social science. This event was held online via ZOOM and broadcasted live on YouTube, Bilibili and Douyou. The talk (1 h) was well received by the audience and there was a fruitful interaction in the Q&A session. During the 25-minute discussion, participants from various platforms have covered topics including argumentation mining, bias reduction from social media sources and application to conversation analysis and sentimental analysis, etc. A total of 794 participants joined the Webinar, with 84 via ZOOM and 710 via other channels (YouTube, bilibili and Douyu). The video recording of the Webinar has also been uploaded to the CUHK Social Science Soundbox YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_sanuu3_ck. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_sanuu3_ck |
Description | Invited talk or presentation at the Swansea University - school of management |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | I was invited by Dr. Annie Tubadji to talk and debate in a panel on cultural diversity and migration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Localis Connected Societies supported by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Invited expert to advise Localis on Connected Society Project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.localis.org.uk/research/connected-society/ |
Description | Oral presentation at Participedia Partners conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Oral contribution at the Participedia partners conference, the leading scholar network for democratic innovations. Participants and speakers were academic researchers, practitioners, activists, etc., from all over the world. This presentation introduced the aims of this award and how digital tools developed here fit with the overall aims of the Participedia project. It was followed by several small discussions between participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Policy Lab engagement |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | It was a 2-3 hours of talk/ presentations/debate on our research activities with policy makers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Rebooting Democracy December 2021 Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We hosted a workshop engaging with practitioners and presenting and discussing options for using democratic technologies for alleviating pains in consultation activities undertaking by government authorities. We received feedback and agreed furhter collaborations and data sharing to deliver improvements to democratic engagement. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Resilient territories: multidimensional approaches and policies |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | This was a hybrid event with onsite participants and online participants, and there were between 30 to 50 participants in total. This event had a fruitful discussion on how some places, policies are more resilience with resilient. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://regroweu.uaic.ro/conference/ |
Description | School outreach (Barton Peveril, Eastleigh) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Provided an online talk on politics and policymaking for year 11 students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Social Justice Matters a podcast interview on Deliberative Democracy and Participatory Budgeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | To mark International Day of Democracy on the 15th September Matt Ryan was interviewed by Susanne Rogers to discuss about deliberative democracy and participatory budgeting (PB) and his new book. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://socialjusticeireland.podbean.com |
Description | Talk at AI UK Turing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Dr Rafael Mestre presented at the AI UK Turing 2022 in a special session for Postdoctoral Enrichment Awardees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | UKRI Future Leaders Fellow promotional videos & tackling bullying and harrasement. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Took part in videos to explaing and promote UKRI FLF programme and UKRI efforts to tackle bullying and harrassment |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.ukri.org/our-work/supporting-healthy-research-and-innovation-culture/bullying-and-harass... |
Description | Why Citizen Participation Succeeds or Fails - Invited talk at International Munich Federalism Days- Crisis Governance in Multilevel Systems, Educational Centre Kloster Banz, |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The Hans Siedel Foundation invited me to provide expertise at their International Federalism days with a wide international audience of policymakers, activitsts and researchers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |