Tag: dcent

D-CENT: Results of the data analysis

October 7, 2015

The latest deliverable of D-CENT project has been released: D2.3 Results of the data analysis. The document contains the results of the analysis of digital data related to Barcelona Comú, an emerging grassroots movement-party that won the 2015 Barcelona City Council election. In the first part of this report we detail some of the technopolitical processes involved in developing Barcelona … More D-CENT: Results of the data analysis

4th Databeers BCN

September 17, 2015

Yesterday I participated in the 4th Databeers event held at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. My talk was based on our latest research article for the D-CENT project: “When a Movement Becomes a Party: The 2015 Barcelona City Council Election” that examines the structural properties of the new forms of political organization that emerged from the 15M … More 4th Databeers BCN

D-CENT: Network democracy for a better city

April 27, 2015

Source: http://dcentproject.eu/2015/04/d-cent-event-network-democracy-for-a-better-city/ Exciting news! We have set the date and preliminary agenda for the next D-CENT event. On May 5th, we will be hosting a conference in Barcelona which dives into Network democracy for a better city. Our plan is to inspire a great number of high-level policy makers, academics, activists, civic society organisations, and hackers to debate the … More D-CENT: Network democracy for a better city

D-CENT: Technical Design of Open Social Web for Crowdsourced Democracy

December 5, 2014

The latest deliverable of D-CENT project has been released: D4.3 Technical Design of Open Social Web for Crowdsourced Democracy. The file contains the technical architecture of the D-CENT nodes, each with its own social data store, in order to allow D-CENT to be used for the direct democratic decision-making pilots. Source: http://dcentproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/D4.3-final.pdf Disclaimer: This report is currently awaiting approval … More D-CENT: Technical Design of Open Social Web for Crowdsourced Democracy

D-CENT: The Spanish Lean Inception Workshop

February 17, 2014

Source: http://dcentproject.eu/2014/02/the-spanish-lean-inception-workshop/ On the 8th – 14th of February D-CENT partners travelled to Barcelona, Spain, for a workshop organized by the partner University of Catalunya (UOC). The six-day session involved intensive meetings with local communities, drawing tech visions and sharing experiences. In Spain, our goal was to understand the local context better and explore overlaps and … More D-CENT: The Spanish Lean Inception Workshop

D-CENT: Kick-off meeting

November 19, 2013

From November 10 to 12, I went to London to the kick-off meeting of D-CENT project, selected under the first FP7 call of Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation. The agenda included a meeting where the partners explained the corresponding work packages. In my case, as researcher of Barcelona Media, I explained, with my colleagues … More D-CENT: Kick-off meeting