We address the question of aggregating the preferences of voters in the context of
participatory budgeting. We scrutinize the voting method currently used in practice …

During the last years many government organizations have adopted Open Government Data
policies to make their data publicly available. Although governments are having success on …

Millions of learners today are watching videos on online platforms, such as Khan Academy,
YouTube, Coursera, and edX, to take courses and master new skills. But existing video …

Social data analytics have become a vital asset for organizations and governments. For
example, over the last few years, governments started to extract knowledge and derive …

Colonialism--the policies and practices wherein a foreign body imposes its ways of life on
local communities--has historically impacted how collectives perceive themselves in relation …

In this paper, we present a systematic literature review of Citizen Science (CS) research
projects with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and on the modalities in which …

Local governments still depend on traditional town halls for community consultation, despite
problems such as a lack of inclusive participation for attendees and difficulty for civic …

While urban design affects the public, most people do not have the time or expertise to
participate in the process. Many online tools solicit public input, yet typically limit interaction …

Process and data are equally important for business process management. Data-driven
approaches in process analytics aims to value decisions that can be backed up with …

Open data programs have become increasingly established at national and local levels of
government. While the degree of success these programs have had in achieving their …