Christopher Wilson

Research on participation & digitalization. Evidence & learning @EITIorg, research fellow @UniOslo. Prev @BeeckCenter, @EngnRoom. Views own (he/him).

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

+2months since @Lenovo sent me a computer that doesn’t start. Calls to @LenovoSupport led to infinite chain of unanswered emails, disconnected phone #'s, & automatically closing tickets. What to do with this €1k coaster? @SadCustomers #CustomerServiceFail #noanswer

[Beeck Center @BeeckCenter]

@cosgrovedent @codeforamerica @NewAmerica @18F @USDS @Erie @InesMergel @jj_anastasoff @waldojaquith @cydharrell @cecmunoz @hanaschank We welcome any feedback and recommendations you might add to our list. Through our Digital Service Collaborative project in partnership with @RockefellerFdn, we look forward to supporting ways to activate and test these recommendations together.

[Beeck Center @BeeckCenter]

Government organizations are increasingly applying tech principles to carry out their missions and Beeck fellow @cosgrovedent put together 14 recommendations for policy makers, doers, and external stakeholders to consider in their work. https://t.co/spzIkbz7Hd

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

Today's the deadline to apply to work with the @BeeckCenter as a researcher on digital service projects in states. Use your research and writing skills to show how tech can deliver better services to more people - apply here: https://t.co/t07vTTAuSa #techjobs #digitalgov

[giulio quaggiotto @gquaggiotto]

Survey questions designed by external experts vs. questions designed by local women in Indian villages https://t.co/4FhF48y2gL via @yuenyuenang

[Brendan Halloran @Halloran_B]

Where has @opengovpart gotten to on inclusion, participation and impact? Where might it be headed? Some questions, challenges, and ideas:
https://t.co/bC1fKRE5cq

@rakeshrajani @suneetajan @coernemark @cosgrovedent @Ianpgary @guerzovich @dalgoso @oso @OGI_Kenya @AfroLeadership_

[Tin "From Server Farm to Table" Geber @tingeber]

This paper on accountable public sector #algorithms by @schignard and @soizicpenicaud from @Etalab is fantastic. Thread for choice quotes:

https://t.co/P9WvPG5BW1

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

Local Gov't is getting better at going digital, but services aren't improving. This from UK council time series data 2002-2008. "The full‐population nature of the data and the sensitivity of panel analyses allows the detection of even small effects." https://t.co/z6OlRMh00r

[Nathaniel Heller @Integrilicious]

(THREAD) After 6 years of painstaking work, one of the biggest & most important impact evaluations of "whether transparency & accountability" matter for development outcomes is out. And the results from @results4dev and @HarvardAsh are concise: "no" -> https://t.co/qOewVRcTHx

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

Paper: typology of govt/community interactions in civic #crowdfunding: state regulation; cooperation; community autonomy; community opposition. Case studies in #manchester and #milan. https://t.co/dvxhJjAfGE

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

most misleading title in #civictech #research this round is: 'The “Tokenization” of the eParticipation in Public Governance' It's about #blockchain. le sigh.
https://t.co/reMbMa3jal

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

@katypearce @academicdave @SilvanavF @benworthy1 @_AndrewYoung @RebeccaRumbul @guerzovich @SuzPiotrowski @jwyg @natematias @AlinaOstling @DanLammerhirt @duncan_edw @participatory Jackpot. The workshop I was to hold will now consist entirely of me hitting the play button.

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

Hey #civictech #research twitter, what are your favorite tools for finding and managing research, data and articles? What would you recommend for students?

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

Exclt close institutional look at #aidtransparency from @kateweaverUT, tracking the advance of #a2i policies in @WorldBank since 1990s. Is combination of exec leadership & external #advox analog to @jonathanfox707's sandwich strategy ? https://t.co/1mCT8lKCJm

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

Paper: Information technologies and democracy in a closed society https://t.co/3tzTWommVB on the turn to "non-traditional communication and action networks" w independent media in #Cuba as case study

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

Findings: political competition, parliamentary systems, & electoral competitiveness correlate w #budget #transparency. Quant analysis of 5yrs @OpenBudgets data (n=95), emphasizes nuanced relationships bw budget transparency >< political context. #opengov
https://t.co/rv6FuZxRWE

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

Findings:
1) legally mandating dialogue with the public doesn't work (->superficial interaction).
2) "practitioners do not understand what dialogue is."
This from comparative study of public relations in local government (Australia and Austria) https://t.co/XOTjvC1TzI

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

@coneyislander @DanLammerhirt @katyaabaz @anabmap @duncan_edw @Elinor_Carmi @JackCornforth @Kolenyo @J_Passmann @Rosymond yes. This was great and new to me. Thx! +1 on Friday reading recs too :)

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

@MerlinChatwin I have no doubt you can keep it warm.

[Christopher Wilson @cosgrovedent]

do you have a hot take on GOC's guide to methods for impact measurement @MerlinChatwin? https://t.co/d10RHMI2Wj