Empowering Citizens with Open Data by Urban Hackathons

Concilio, Grazia; Molinari, Francesco; Morelli, Nicola

doi:10.1109/cedem.2017.28

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“…Open data initiatives like app contests, hackathons and codefests are an interesting example of activities for building capacity by raising awareness, increasing participation and stimulating community-driven development in the smart city domain, especially from citizens. By hosting these events, city governments bring together groups of IT-skilled individuals which are invited to conceive new digital applications to address urban concerns by using public data (Johnson and Robinson 2014;Irani 2015;Komssi et al 2015;Lodato and DiSalvo 2016;Carr and Lassiter 2017;Concilio et al 2017).…”

Section: Strategic Principle 3: Combine Top-down (Government-led) Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices

Mora

Deakin

Reid

2019

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Recent studies reveal a deep-rooted division in research on smart cities, which surfaces as a set of dichotomies that question whether smart city development should be based on a: (1) technology-led or holistic strategy; (2) double or quadruple-helix model of collaboration; (3) top-down or bottom-up approach; (4) mono-dimensional or integrated intervention logic. These dichotomies generate a critical knowledge gap because they suggest divergent hypotheses on what principles need to be considered when implementing strategies for enabling smart city development. This paper starts filling such a gap by reporting on the findings of a multiple case study analysis which is conducted into European best practices. In meeting this aim, four European cities considered to be leaders in the field of smart city development are analyzed to test the validity of the hypotheses emerging from each dichotomy. These cities are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Helsinki and Vienna. The results of this best practice analysis offer a series of critical insights into what strategic principles drive smart city development in Europe and generate scientific knowledge which helps to overcome the dichotomous nature of smart city research.

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Section: Strategic Principle 3: Combine Top-down (Government-led) Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices

Mora

Deakin

Reid

2019

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

260

184

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“…This type of engagement typically takes form as hackathon events and aims to deliver economic value [15]. Since there is no agreement on the definition of an open data hackathon, we synthesize it based on selected literature [16][17][18][19] as follows. An open data hackathon refers to offline/faceto-face ideation competition sponsored by government agencies in a centralized location that brings together citizens with different backgrounds (e.g., programmers, designers, others) to intensively work collaboratively in small teams for a short amount of time (e.g., 12 hours, 24 hours, 2 days) to create artifacts (e.g., mockups, design, prototypes, applications) using OGD.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In an open data hackathon, organizers and sponsors provide nearly all resources and support needed by the teams to work efficiently [16,19,20], including catering services, sleeping bags/area, comfortable facilities (gaming device, sports hall), internet connection, electricity (cables), and stationaries. Provision of technical support from open data providers or event organizers or sponsors is also common.…”

Section: Self-organized Open Data Initiativesmentioning

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Group Development Stages in Open Government Data Engagement Initiatives: A Comparative Case Studies Analysis

Purwanto

Janssen

2018

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Citizens are increasingly using Open Government Data (OGD) and engaging with OGD by designing and developing applications. They often do so by collaborating in groups, for example through self-organized groups or government-induced open data engagement initiatives, such as hackathons. The successful use and engagement of OGD by groups of citizens can greatly contribute to the uptake and adoption of OGD in general. However, little is known regarding how groups of citizens develop in OGD engagement. This study aims at exploring and understanding the development stages of citizen groups in OGD engagement. To attain this objective, we conducted a comparative case study of group development stages in two different types of OGD engagement. Our cases show that leadership and diversity of capabilities significantly contribute to the success of citizen groups in OGD engagement. These findings suggest that connecting citizens having a diversity of expertise prior to the OGD engagement event helps to improve its effectiveness. This research is among the first to apply group development stages model in open data engagement studies and thus opening up new research opportunities concerning group developments in the open data literature.

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“…An open data hackathon is an offline, face-to-face competition sponsored by government agencies in a centralized location that brings together citizens with different backgrounds (e.g., programmers, designers, students) to intensively collaborate in small teams for a short amount of time (e.g., 12 hours, 24 hours, 2 days) to create artifacts (e.g., ideas, mockups, design, prototypes, applications) using OGD [7,8]. Typically, at the end of the competition, each team presents the final idea in front of juries, and a winning team usually earns a prize (e.g., money, investment, support).…”

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“…Typically, at the end of the competition, each team presents the final idea in front of juries, and a winning team usually earns a prize (e.g., money, investment, support). In a hackathon, organizers and sponsors provide nearly all resources and support needed by the teams to work efficiently [7,9], including catering services, sleeping bags/area, comfortable facilities (gaming device, sports hall), internet connection, electricity (cables), and stationaries. The provision of technical support from open data providers or event organizers is also common for hackathons.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Citizens’ Motivations for Engaging in Open Data Hackathons

Purwanto

Janssen

2019

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Engaging citizens in open data hackathons provides opportunities for innovation and the generation of new services and products. This paper aims to explore the motivations of citizens who engage in open agriculture data hackathons. We conducted a case study and analyzed data collected from 161 participants of 11 farming hackathons held between 2016 and 2018 in the Netherlands. We found that participants of open agriculture data hackathons have different roles, including business developer, concept thinker, data analyst, data owner, developer, manager, marketer, problem owner, and student. Our analysis shows that citizens are predominantly motivated to engage in open agricultural data hackathons as part of their work. Furthermore, developers and problem owners are mainly motivated by fun and enjoyment. This indicates that it is important for open data policymakers and hackathon organizers to consider different approaches based on citizens' roles when organizing open data hackathons. This paper contributes to the literature by providing insight in the motivations of citizens engaging in open agriculture data hackathons in comparison with hackathons in other sectors, and by mapping citizens' roles to their motivations for engaging in such hackathons.

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Empowering Citizens with Open Data by Urban Hackathons

Cited by 19 publications

References 4 publications

Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices

Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices

Group Development Stages in Open Government Data Engagement Initiatives: A Comparative Case Studies Analysis

Citizens’ Motivations for Engaging in Open Data Hackathons

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