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> On Apr 19, 2018, at 13:12, Esther Jang <infra...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > > Please join us for the Change Seminar next week on Tuesday 4/24/2018 in EEB > 037. > > Who: Vivek Srinivasan, Research Scientist at UW Tech Policy Lab > What: Design Principles for Civic Technologies > When: Tuesday, April 24th, 12-1pm > Where: EEB 037 > > Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss some design principles for building > civic technologies to combat corruption and to improve democratic > participation. The presentation is based on the lessons learned from the > Combating Corruption with Mobile Phones project that I initiated at Stanford > University in 2011. > > Bio: I am a Research Scientist at the Tech Policy Lab (UW) and a faculty > affiliate at the Georgetown University's School of Foreign Studies. I started > my work life in 2000 where I had the privilege of working with some of > India's leading activists and who used their political imagination to > mobilize people, fight corruption and make governments more accountable. At > that time, I realized that technology, if used with the right kind of > political imagination, could help in improving democracy and accountability. > That interest took me to Stanford, where I worked with the Program on > Liberation Technology for six years. At UW, I am learning Value Sensitive > Design and applying them current tech policy issues. You can find more about > me at http://viveks.info/me <http://viveks.info/me>. > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change@change.washington.edu > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
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