Projects

Civic Tech and Civic Data

We research how to design and leverage civic tech (citizens using ICT to solve social challenges) and civic data (data generated by and for citizens).

Projects

Civic Tech Design Initiative (CTDI)
Discontinued Civic Tech

Selected publications

Hamm, A., Shibuya, Y., Ullrich, S., & Cerratto Pargman, T. C. (2021). What makes civic tech initiatives to last over time? Dissecting two global cases. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-17).
Shibuya, Y., Lai, C. M., Hamm, A., Takagi, S., & Sekimoto, Y. (2022). Do open data impact citizens’ behavior? Assessing face mask panic buying behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 17607.
Shibuya, Y., Hamm, A., & Raetzsch, C. (2021). From data to discourse: How communicating civic data can provide a participatory structure for sustainable cities and communities. In International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference. MISC.