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Auflistung Open Access-Publikationen nach Forschungsgruppen "Digitalisierung, Nachhaltigkeit, Teilhabe"

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    Can civic data be counterdata and open data? Exploring the limits of data, contestation and governance
    (Nomos, 2025) Shibuya, Yuya; Olojo, Seyi; Hamm, Andrea; Krishnan, Radhika; Pargman, Teresa Cerratto; Kox, Thomas; Ullrich, André; Zech, Herbert
    The increasing surveillance by big tech companies or/and governments has raised concerns about the democratic and participatory structure of the datafied society. Meanwhile, over the course of the past decade, various bottom-up civic tech and digital civic initiatives have emerged to tackle pressing local issues, such as air pollution and disaster response, often via technology-mediated data collection, curation, analysis, design and visualisations, thus promoting democratic participation. In this article, we discuss how these data are understood in diverse contexts beyond the realm of civic tech and digital civics. In doing so, we explore the potential and limits of civic data by exploring the intersections of and differences between civic data and adjacent data-related concepts often used by civic tech communities themselves: counterdata and open data. Through our discursive exploration of these three data concepts, we conclude that understanding is limited when it comes to determining which data are ‘civic’, and that discussion of questions related to power structures, diversity and inclusion and infrastructuring of civic data has been minimal.
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    E-participation in municipalities services: A systematic literature review of evaluation approaches
    (2025) Ietto, Beatrice; Ullrich, André
    Evaluating e-participation initiatives is critical to understanding their impact on democratic processes, public policy, and societal welfare. However, existing evaluation frameworks often neglect the complexities of multi-stakeholder environments. Through a systematic literature review of 47 empirical cases, this gap is addressed by developing a typology of evaluation categories (supply-side, user activity, public value, political, and societal impact) and a comprehensive evaluation framework that accounts for the diverse objectives of all the involved stakeholders — technology providers, local governments, and citizens. By integrating short-term engagement metrics and long-term societal outcomes, the framework ensures more accurate assessments of e-participation success. We argue that adopting a multi- stakeholder approach in evaluation can significantly enhance the effectiveness, inclusivity, and sustainability of e-participation initiatives. Our findings challenge current evaluation practices and provide guidance for practitioners aiming to optimize governance, improve public services, and empower citizens through more robust evaluation methods. This study lays the foundation for systematic evaluation methods that consider stakeholder objectives, crucial for advancing e- participation research, and policy.
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    Empowering smart regions: addressing challenges and leveraging enabling factors in municipal digital transformation
    (Nomos, 2025) Brandenburger, Bonny; Hamm, Andrea; Krohn, Caroline; Sühlmann-Faul, Felix; Atug, Manuel; Döpp, Nicole; Ullrich, André; Kox, Thomas; Ullrich, André; Zech, Herbert
    The advancing digital transformation of society creates a wide range of opportunities for improved access to information and resources that contribute to ensuring the availability of public services and the development of sustainable living spaces. This underlying potential does not only apply to urban areas; digitalisation projects are also being implemented in rural municipalities in order to exploit the potential of digital transformation. Nevertheless, the field of so-called smart regions has yet to receive substantial focus in research. To understand the specific challenges and enabling factors of digital transformation activities in urban-rural areas, a workshop was organised with the cooperation of municipal representatives of a model region in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Therein, specific technical, economic and social challenges as well as enabling factors of municipal digitalisation projects aimed at developing smart regions were identified. The results show that the success of digital transformation meas‐ ures in urban-rural areas is not only determined by the expansion of a corresponding technical infrastructure but in particular by the acceptance of citizens and municipality employees, as well as economic viability. This research further informs municipalities and future researchers on the critical factors required to effectively conduct digitalisation projects in the smart region context.
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    Gewissensbisse - Fallbeispiele zu ethischen Problemen der Informatik
    (transcript Verlag, 2023) Class, Christina B.; Coy, Wolfgang; Kurz, Constanze; Obert, Otto; Rehak, Rainer; Trinitis, Carsten; Ullrich, Stefan; Weber-Wulff, Debora
    Die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten moderner IT-Systeme bringen drängende ethische Probleme mit sich. Neben der offensichtlichen Frage nach einer moralisch tragbaren Verwendung von Informationstechnologien sind ebenso die Aspekte des Entwerfens, Herstellens und Betreibens derselben entscheidend. Die Beiträge setzen sich mit dem Konfliktpotenzial zwischen Technik und Ethik auseinander, indem sie lebensnahe Fallbeispiele vorstellen und fragenbasiert zur Diskussion einladen. Damit liefern sie eine praktische Herangehensweise zum gemeinsamen Nachdenken über moralische Gebote und ethischen Umgang mit IT-Systemen und ihren Möglichkeiten. Der Band eignet sich damit in hervorragender Weise zum Vermitteln und Erlernen von ethischer Reflexions- und Handlungskompetenz in der Informatik sowie im Umgang mit IT-Technologien überhaupt.
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    Mainstreaming civic tech and citizen sensing: a research agenda on co-creation methods, data interfaces, and impact pathways
    (2023) Raetzsch, Christoph; Hamm, Andrea; Shibuya, Yuya
    In this perspective article, we propose an interdisciplinary research agenda that addresses citizen science approaches embedded in civic tech initiatives and citizen sensing scenarios. The proposed agenda builds on the multi-level perspective framework (Geels, 2004; Geels, 2019) to inform research on how such ‘niche innovations’ like citizen sensing become mainstreamed in broader socio-technical systems and modes of governance. To support research across use case scenarios and make analyses more comparable internationally, we identify three core areas of interdisciplinary future research and practice development: 1) uses of co-creation methods to develop project objectives and align stakeholders; 2) designs of interfaces for gathering, communicating, and archiving civic data for different types of users; and 3) modeling impact pathways of individual projects that include civic tech activists and citizen scientists, academic researchers, journalists, and policymakers. For impact pathways, we highlight the importance of collaborations with data-driven approaches in journalism.
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    Shaping digital transformation for a sustainable society
    (2023) Jankowski, Patricia; Höfner, Anja; Hoffmann, Marja Lena; Rohde, Friederike; Rehak, Rainer; Graf, Johanna
    The second ‹Bits & Bäume› conference took place in Berlin in 2022. Once again, it provided a space for critical tech and sustainability communities to share ideas and collaborate towards the common goal of shaping digitalisation to foster sustainability. This companion book compiles the insights, work, research and opinions of more than 65 authors with a ‹Bits & Bäume› background, including practitioners, researchers and activists. The articles included in this journal demonstrate the progress made in merging ‹Bits› and ‹Bäume› (Trees) topics since our first publication in 2019 by addressing different sub-areas of the intersections between digitalisation and sustainability. Encompassing a wide range of topics, the articles delve into pressing challenges such as the resource consumption, power implications and democratic governance of digital infrastructures, AI, blockchains, mobile apps, and other software applications, as well as the need to address the unsustainable practices and paradigms of e.g., the platform economy. Offering not only transparency but also solutions, the journal presents practical approaches and concepts related to the necessary transformation, such as the Computer Science for Future programme. It also contains articles commenting on current political developments, such as the EU legislation on sustainability and freedom-related aspects of ICT devices. Further articles highlight the power of and need for an active civil society, aiming to inspire activism. This journal caters for everyone: Are you just getting into the topics around Bits & Bäume? Have you been involved in this field for many years, or are you an expert in one of the areas touched on here? In this journal you will find both introductory topics, such as illustrations on the challenges of today’s digitalised society, and also advanced topics, such as conceptual and regulatory discussions. Whatever your background, we think you’ll enjoy the read, learn something new on the way, and get inspired. Ultimately, we are all united by the overarching goal of shaping digitalisation as part of a necessary socio-ecological change; one which contributes to a sustainable and just society.
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    Shaping uncertain journeys into digital futures - perspectives on the digital and socio-ecological transformation
    (Nomos, 2025) Ullrich, André; Kox, Thomas; Zech, Herbert; Kox, Thomas; Ullrich, André; Zech, Herbert
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    Uncertain Journeys into Digital Futures: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research for Mitigating Wicked Societal and Environmental Problems
    (Nomos, 2025) Kox, Thomas; Ullrich, André; Zech, Herbert
    The Weizenbaum Institute organised its sixth Annual Conference on the topic of “Uncertain journeys into digital futures” in Berlin in June 2024. The conference focused on the challenge of the digital transformation and the socio-ecological transformation of society which are closely interlinked and crucial for prospering futures of humanity. Challenges include the protection of people, democratic institutions and the environment, as well as enabling participation in shaping changes and an inclusive and fair life. Relevant topics for addressing these challenges are smart cities and urban transformation, digital technologies for sustainability, social justice, governance and citizen participation as well as ideas and visions of the future.