Category Archives: governance

Making Government Better: New Online Tool

By Craig | Published: February 9, 2010

A team of researchers from the LSE Public Policy Group and the OII have developed an online tool to help government organisations improve their communication with customers. The team was led by Patrick Dunleavy (LSE) and Helen Margetts (OII), and Tobias Escher (OII) developed and programmed the online checklist. More information, access to online tool [...]

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New Book: Joseph Camilleri and Jim Falk “Worlds in Transition: Evolving Governance Across a Stressed Planet”, Edward Elgar, UK, December 2009

By Craig | Published: February 8, 2010

The book that I worked on in 2006 as a Research Assistant with Professor Jim Falk is to be launched this Friday at the University of Technology; Sydney. The book is about the rise of ‘global governance’; driven by crisis such as climate and technological changes (I worked on the technology chapter). The argument, and [...]

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Tim Berners Lee on free data and the BBC’s Virtual Revolution

By Craig | Published: January 27, 2010

Tim Berners-Lee discusses the launch of the government’s new open data project, and Dan Gluckman explains why the BBC was so keen to open the development of a new series about the social history of the web (link) Also see: http://data.gov.uk/

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Oxford Internet Surveys

By Craig | Published: August 12, 2009

(Another important ‘big picture’ Internet impact study from the Oxford Internet Institute). Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) research is designed to offer detailed insights into the influence of the Internet on everyday life in Britain. Launched in 2003 by the Oxford Internet Institute, OxIS is an authoritative source of information about Internet access, use and attitudes. [...]

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OpenTech ’09

By Craig | Published: July 6, 2009

http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2009/ I attended the OpenTech ’09 forum on Saturday; organised by the UK Unix Users Group and friends at the University of London Union (ULU). For those interested in the social and political aspects of computing; this is an excellent forum to discuss new modes of political communication, privacy, advocacy and other issues that arise [...]

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Private Sheriffs in Cyberspace: Jonathan Zittrain OII Event: London, 19th May 2009

By Craig | Published: May 21, 2009

On Tuesday evening I attended an Oxford Internet Institute sponsored lecture by Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Harvard Law School, Co-Founder and Faculty Director, Berkman Centre for Internet & Society (at the salubrious legal offices of Wragge and Co). Zittrain talked about regulation on-line by major Internet players such as Facebook and Apple and asserted that [...]

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What is globalisation?

By Craig | Published: April 6, 2009

Given the events of the past week (the G20 protests), I thought I would resurrect a video I made a couple of years back on the subject of ‘globalism’. It is the most popular video I made for the illustrious series ‘morning coffee with Craig’. It had 547 views…only 4 billion to go!

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