Crowdsourcing the Policy Cycle
Abstract
Crowdsourcing is beginning to be used for policymaking. The wisdom of crowds [Surowiecki 2005], and crowdsourcing [Brabham 2008], are seen as new avenues that can shape all kinds of policy, from transportation policy [Nash 2009] to urban planning [Seltzer and Mahmoudi 2013], to climate policy. In general, many have high expectations for positive outcomes with crowdsourcing, and based on both anecdotal and empirical evidence, some of these expectations seem justified [Majchrzak and Malhotra 2013]. Yet, to our knowledge, research has yet to emerge that unpacks the different forms of crowdsourcing in light of each stage of the well-established policy cycle. This work addresses this research gap, and in doing so brings increased nuance to the application of crowdsourcing techniques for policymaking.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1702.04215,
title = {Crowdsourcing the Policy Cycle},
author = {J. Prpic and A. Taeihagh and J. Melton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.04215},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Collective Intelligence 2014, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence