Gael Van Weyenbergh
ABSTRACT
Governance structures are experiencing increasing levels of stress inherent in a world that is evolving rapidly toward more complexity. They are compelled to adapt. In parallel, social media becomes a key new arena for influence. The trend is irreversible and governance structures will need to adapt too. Yet, online social platforms are ill-equipped to provide healthy debates and are needing to be redesigned with governance in mind. From there, we see two trends emerging for the future of governance. First, a centralized and algorithmic-assisted governance with social media as an instrument of control. Second, an European declaration of intent which emphasizes data ownership and sovereignty. In the wake of these ideals, we engage a discussion for distributed and agile human governance that aligns with this intention. However, this theoretical model is challenging to current governance structures. Whatever the outcome, it is our belief that the future of democratic governance lies in a human-centered computer interaction.
- Licklider, J. (1990). Man-computer symbiosis. {ebook} Palo Alto: Systems Research Center of Digital Equipment Corporation, http://memex.org/licklider.pdf.Google Scholar
- Ehrsam, F. (2017). Blockchain governance: Programming our future, https://bit.ly/2zO45ST.Google Scholar
- Van Weyenbergh, G. and Werner, B. (2018). A social architecture to scale trust, Steps toward a social ecosystem. 1st ed. {ebook} Brussels: Meoh ASBL. https://bit.ly/2IRIRqc.Google Scholar
- Wagner, R. (2018). Is heterarchy the answer to the crisis of hierarchy?, https://bit.ly/2UdLg5u.Google Scholar
- Gharajedaghi, J. (2006). Systems thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity. Amsterdam {etc.}: Butterworth-Heinemann. Google ScholarDigital Library
- En.wikipedia.org. (2019). Social Credit System, https://bit.ly/2eHPomc.Google Scholar
- Hock, D. (1999). Birth of the chaordic age. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.Google Scholar
Recommendations
Participatory Governance of Smart Cities: a study upon Portuguese and Brazilian government portals
ICEGOV '18: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic GovernanceThis paper presents the results of the preliminary framework proposed by the authors for Smart Governance drivers. In this sense, the issue for research is the following: which are the requirements in order to reach participative governance in Smart ...
E-governance: scope and implementation challenges in Bangladesh
ICEGOV '07: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governanceWidespread global acceptance of electronic governance bears testimony to the observation that e-governance has rocked the governing systems in the world to a degree. E-governance is the information and communication technology (ICT) enabled system of ...
E-governance and governance: a case study of the assessment of the effects of integrated financial management system on good governance in two municipal councils in Kenya
ICEGOV '07: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governanceThe potential for ICT to positively contribute to good governance has been known for a long time and has been the subject of many articles and reports, but very little concrete empirical evidence of the effects of ICT on governance, and how these ...
Comments