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Making Civic Trust Less Abstract: A Framework for Measuring Trust Within Cities
Report by Stefaan Verhulst, Andrew J. Zahuranec, and Oscar Romero: "Trust is foundational to effective governance, yet its inherently abstract nature has made it difficult…
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Making Civic Trust Less Abstract: A Framework for Measuring Trust Within Cities
Posted in June 5, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
artificial intelligence
The AI Policy Playbook
Posted in June 5, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
DATA
Europe’s dream to wean off US tech gets reality check
Posted in June 5, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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privacy
Children’s Voice Privacy: First Steps And Emerging Challenges
Posted in June 4, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough
Posted in June 4, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
artificial intelligence
Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
Posted in June 4, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
People
citizen engagement
Making Civic Trust Less Abstract: A Framework for Measuring Trust Within Cities
Posted in June 5, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
citizen engagement, PEOPLE
Upgrading Democracies with Fairer Voting Methods
Posted in June 1, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
collective intelligence
Amplifying Human Creativity and Problem Solving with AI Through Generative Collective Intelligence
Posted in May 31, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
citizen science, crowdsourcing, PEOPLE
Leveraging Citizen Data to Improve Public Services and Measure Progress Toward Sustainable Development Goal 16
Posted in May 30, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
citizen engagement
Engagement Integrity: Ensuring Legitimacy at a time of AI-Augmented Participation
Posted in May 29, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
PEOPLE
Citizen Centricity in Public Policy Making
Posted in May 25, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
Open Governance Research Exchange
Your hub for quantitative and qualitative research on innovations in governance
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Selected readings
Blockchain and Identity
The potential of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies to create positive social change has inspired enthusiasm, broad experimentation, and some skepticism. In this edition of the Selected Readings series...
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Institutional Innovation
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough
Posted in June 4, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Human rights centered global governance of quantum technologies: advancing information for all
Posted in June 3, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
democracy
Project Push creates an archive of news alerts from around the world
Posted in June 3, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
democracy
Digital Democracy in a Divided Global Landscape
Posted in June 2, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Representants and International Orders
Posted in June 2, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
The Teacher in the Machine: A Human History of Education Technology
Posted in May 26, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
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