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Doctoral Colloquium – Strategies For Bridging The Broadband Gap For An Inclusive Digital Economy | Hassana Asuku, Cynthia Phillips (Walden University, USA)
Doctoral Colloquium – Artificial Intelligence: A New Global System, a Genocidal Project or the revival of the tokoloshe culture? | Lebogang Khoza (Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa)
Doctoral Colloquium – An Evaluation of the Environmental Health Information System in Municipalities in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa | Siphesihle Masimula, M F Senekane (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Nisha Naicker (National Institute of Occupational Health, South Africa)
Doctoral Colloquium – Beyond Access: The Dynamics of e-Governance and Economic Progress in South Asia | Gourav Panda (Sambalpur University, India), Debendra Kumar Mahalik (Jyoti Vihar & Sambalpur Universiry, India)
Doctoral Colloquium – Local Government Data Work Culture: Understanding the Data Promise through in-work Practices of Scottish Municipal Workers in Public Services Provision | Lucille Tetley-Brown (University of Glasgow & UNU-EGOV, United Kingdom (Great Britain)[withdrawn by the author on 9 of September 2024]Doctoral Colloquium – Disagreement between citizens and authorities in Russian social media discussions in the conditions of exogenous shock (evidence from the COVID-19 discussions) | Daniil Volkovski (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Paper Session 1 – Equitable AI Audits: evaluating the evaluators in today’s world | Monique Munarini (University of Piza, Italy), James Brusseau (PACE University, USA), Lorenzo Angeli (University of Trento, Italy)
Paper Session 1 – Positive E-Government – Theories and Approaches to Support Citizens’ Well-Being | Daniel Wessel (University of Lübeck, Germany)
Paper Session 1 – Public administrators’ perception of ethical issues in public sector co-creation processes and outcomes: A meta-synthesis of cases | Noella Edelmann, Jessica Voigt Pereira (University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria)
Paper Session 1 – Convenience Over Consent: The Adoption of DigiYatra and Perception of Data Safety | Sherina Poyyail (St. Xavier’s College & Johns Hopkins University, India)[withdrawn by the author on 31 of August 2024]Paper Session 1 – Framing Ethical e-Governance: A Plaidoyer for a Human-Rights based Digital Democracy Approach | Evelyne Tauchnitz (University of Lucerne & Centre for International Governance Innovation, Switzerland)
Paper Session 2 – Leveraging Technology for Farmers’ Welfare: An Impact Assessment of the Krushi Samiksha Kendra (KSK) in Odisha | Maansi Sood, Gayatri Doctor (CEPT University, India)
Paper Session 2 – Accelerating the use of mobile phone capabilities to maximise the effectiveness of public emergency alerts in South Africa | Tsumbedzo Mukange, Bayanda Mokoto, Tumelo B Moipolai, Zimasa Ndamase (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa)
Paper Session 2 – Promoting Multi-actor Collaboration for New Online Service during Public Health Emergency: Roles of an Innovation Lab at Local Government | Qianli Yuan (Fudan University, China)
Paper Session 2 – Digital Public Infrastructure for e-Government in Nigeria: Exploring Citizen Freedoms | Salihu Dasuki (Nigeria Goverment), Lydia Yisa-Doko, Shuhdah Ahmed (Office of the Vice President, Nigeria)
Paper Session 2 – Towards unravelling the co-creation mechanism: Insights from a public organization | Foteini Vagena, Eriks Sneiders (Stockholm University, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Paper Session 3 – On the Semantic Analysis of Open (Government) Data Portals’ Metadata Provision and Schema | Maria Ioanna Maratsi, Charalampos Alexopoulos, Yannis Charalabidis (University of the Aegean, Greece)
Paper Session 3 – E-Participation as a Research Domain: Analysis of Publication Patterns and Current Tendencies | Radomir Bolgov (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia), Olga Filatova (St.-Petersburg State University, Russia & ITMO University, Russia), Daniil Volkovskii (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Paper Session 3 – A Study on the Jurisdiction and Regulation of offshore Online Gambling between trading countries | Sang-Jo Ko, Hun-Yeong Kwon (Korea University, Korea (South))
Paper Session 3 – Digital government policy assessment from e-participation services at local governments of Colombia | Juan M. Rojas (UNAD, Colombia), Diana Marcela Cardona-Roman (Universidad de Los Llanos, Colombia)[withdrawn by the author on 12 September 2024]Paper Session 3 – Introducing co-creation into transformational Government | Foteini Vagena (Stockholm University, Greece), Eriks Sneiders (Stockholm University, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Paper Session 4 – How Arab smart cities are performing over the years: Cities’ infrastructure in relation to their technological progress | Mennatullah Hendawy (tu Berlin & Ain shams University, Egypt)
Paper Session 4 – Decision Support for Building Permit Application Preparation | Ronny Weinkauf (Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Judith Fauth (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Paper Session 4 – Integrating University and Local Government to Address Strategic Planning Goals in Smart Cities: The Case of Niterói and Fluminense Federal University | Flavia Bernardini, Eduardo Oliveira, Matheus M Cruz, José Viterbo (Fluminense Federal University, Brazil), José Augusto Paixão Gomes (Niterói City Hall, Brazil)
Paper Session 4 – A Comprehensive Review of Citizen Science Projects for behavioral change towards Sustainable Urban Environments | Christos Karelis, Zoi Lachana, Gerasimos Kontos, Yannis Charalabidis (University of the Aegean, Greece)
Paper Session 4 – Measuring Public Value in Co-Produced Public Services. The case of separate waste collection in St. Petersburg, Russia | Daria Bakalets, Anastasia Alexeevna Golubeva, Evgenii Valerievich Gilenko (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)[withdrawn by the author on 20 August 2024]Paper Session 4 – Whose Future is Smart? A Systematic Literature Review of Smart Cities and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods | Ahmed Kaharevic, Elin Wihlborg (Linköping University, Sweden)
Paper Session 5 – Does government hear citizenry? The quality of deliberative practice between authorities and citizens on social media in Russia | Daniil Volkovskii (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia), Olga Filatova (St.-Petersburg State University, Russia & ITMO University, Russia), Svetlana Bodrunova, Radomir Bolgov (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)
Paper Session 5 – Polviz: Assessing Opinion Polarization in Social Media through Visual Analytics and Argumentation | Gabriela Diaz, Dana Urribarri, M. Ganuza, Carlos Chesñevar, Ana Maguitman (ICIC CONICET & Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina), Elsa Estevez (National University of the South, Argentina)
Paper Session 5 – Social Media for Predicting the Mexican Presidential Election: Beyond X and Facebook | Héctor Gutiérrez, Alejandro De León Languré, Mahdi Zareei (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico), Kellyton dos Santos Brito (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil)
Paper Session 5 – Portuguese political leaders on Twitter/X during the 2024 electoral campaign: An exploratory study | Gonçalo Dias (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Paper Session 5 – Towards a Methodology for Analyzing Visual Elements in Social Media Posts of Politicians | José Santana, Maria Gabrielly Anísio De Santana, Pablo Azevedo Sampaio, Kellyton dos Santos Brito (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil)
Paper Session 6 – Towards Integration and Data Sharing to enhance Child Protection in Uganda | Rehema Baguma (Makerere University, Uganda)
Paper Session 6 – Electronic government and meaningful connectivity levels | Javiera Macaya (Brazilian Network Information Center, Brazil)
Paper Session 6 – Artificial Intelligence Readiness in Africa: Status Quo and Future Research | Tupokigwe Isagah, Soumaya I. Ben Dhaou (UNU-EGOV & Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, Portugal)
Paper Session 6 – Indigenous knowledge systems, situated and contextual learning: unlocking collective human digital capabilities and competencies for Global South communities in the digital era | Kgopotso Magoro (Wits University & National Treasury, South Africa)
Paper Session 7 – Towards the regulation of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI use in the Brazilian Government: the case of a State Court of Accounts | Karine Alves, Edney Santos, Matheus Fidelis Silva (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil), Ana Carolina Chaves Machado de Morais, José André Fernandes (Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Pernambuco, Brazil), George Valença, Kellyton dos Santos Brito (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil)
Paper Session 7 – Using Generative AI Chatbot for enhancing people´s digital participation | Fernando Pinto, Marie Anne Macadar (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Paper Session 7 – Approaching Fairness in Digital Governance: A Multi-Dimensional, Multi-Layered Framework | Yasaman Yousefi (University of Bologna, Italy)
Paper Session 7 – Privacy and data protection regulations for AI using publicly available data | Won Kyung Jung (Korea University & Samsung Electronics Co., Korea)
Paper Session 8 – Active Ownership as an E-Service Management Practice in Transformational Government | Eriks Sneiders (Stockholm University, Royal Institute of Technology)
Paper Session 8 – Leveraging digital transformation for inter-departmental coordination and governance towards seamless digital delivery of citizen-centric urban services: Case of India | Aparajita Dubey, Manpreet Singh (National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), India)
Paper Session 8 – Sustainable Tokenisation Model for the Public Sector: Selecting the most suitable business process | Fernando Escobar, Henrique M. D. Santos, Teresa Pereira (University of Minho, Portugal)
Paper Session 8 – Major Factors Contributing to the Failure of Digitalization in the Public Sector Organizations: An Analysis of the Federal Government of Pakistan | Hamza Azhar, Mohib Ullah, Muhammad Ijaz (Quaid e Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan)[withdrawn by the author on 20 August 2024]Paper Session 8 – Navigating Local Open Data Ecosystems: Exploring the Dynamics in the Articulation of Social Use-Value of Local Government Open Geodata | María Elena López-Reyes (Aalborg University, Denmark)
Paper Session 9 – Benchmarking of Government Websites: An Approach Towards Good Governance | Alka Misra, Durga Prasad Misra, Lokesh Joshi, Ashutosh Prasad Maurya (National Informatics Centre (NIC), India)
Paper Session 9 – A Generic Architecture for the Digitization of Government Procurement Processes | Irapuan Noce (Mato Grosso Federal University, Brazil), João Álvaro Carvalho (Universidade do Minho & UNU-EGOV, Portugal), Luís Amaral (University of Minho – ALGORITMI, Portugal), João Cerejeira (University of Minho, Portugal), Pedro J. Camões (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Isabel Maria Freitas Soares Ferreira, Sandra Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA) – School of Management, Portugal)
Paper Session 9 – ‘Not what we want’: Why do (not) citizens use e-government services? Evidence from St. Petersburg, Russia | Dmitriy Arkatov (HSE University & eGovernance Center, Russia), Olga Filatova (St.-Petersburg State University, Russia & ITMO University, Russia)
Paper Session 9 – Assessment of Municipal Governance Portals (MGPs) and its Online Service Delivery by applying Local Online Service Index (LOSI) Methodology – A study in Gujarat, India | Devanshi Shah, Gayatri Doctor (CEPT University, India)
Paper Session 9 – Assessing digital government at the local level: An analysis of worldwide municipalities’ survey | Demetrios Sarantis, Delfina Soares (United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal), Deniz Susar (UN, USA), Vincenzo Aquaro (UNDESA, USA), Angelica Marie Zundel (United Nations, Switzerland)
Paper Session 9 – Causes and Consequences of States’ Responsiveness to the UN E-Government Survey: Exploring the Role of the Member States Questionnaire | Yury Kabanov (HSE University & ITMO University, Russia)
Paper Session 10 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain Technologies in Advancing Sustainable Healthcare Development in Kenya: A Critique of Dependency Theory | Tlhokomelo Rethabile Monethi (University of the Free State, South Africa)
Paper Session 10 – Does digitalization of public administration promote transparency and reduce corruption in authoritarian states? Evidence from Central Asia | Noore Siddiquee (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)[withdrawn by the author on 2 September 2024]Paper Session 10 – Exploring the Current Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Kenyan Academic Libraries | Johnson Mulongo (University of Embu, Kenya), Frankline Mugambi (Gretsa University, Kenya), Daniel Muthee (Kenyatta University, Kenya)
Paper Session 10 – Mitigating Risks: Safe, Wise and Secure Use of Digital Technologies by Migrant Communities in South Africa | Maria Rosa Lorini, G. Harindranath, Tim Unwin (Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Paper Session 11 – The Impact of Digital Regulations on Government Expenditure Efficiency: A Study in Saudi Arabia | Fahad Al-Thobaiti (Digital Government Authority, Saudi Arabia)
Paper Session 11 – Digital Transformation in Belo Horizonte City Hall | Tamiris Resende (Prefeitura Municipal de Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Jean Mattos Duarte (PRODABEL, Brazil), Renata Resende Coelho, Juliana Ribeiro, Fernando Pádua (Prefeitura Municipal de Belo Horizonte, Brazil)[withdrawn by the author on 20 August 2024]Paper Session 11 – Assessing the Impact of Taxpoynt Platform on Small Business Tax Compliance through Digitization | Mukhtar Tanimu (Federal High Court of Nigeria, Nigeria)
Paper Session 11 – Digital-ready policymaking: digitalising legislation in Europe and beyond | Claudia Oliveira (European Commission, Belgium), Noémie Custers, Tommaso Zonta (Wavestone, Luxembourg)
Paper Session 11 – Unified Data Exchange: Accelerating India’s Data Ecosystem | Ritu Ghai, Alka Misra, Durga Prasad Misra, Usha Saxena, Sanjay Mahendru, Sitansu Sekhar Mahapatra (National Informatics Centre (NIC), India), Sumandro Chattapadhyay (India)
Paper Session 12 – Deploying scalable Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in Nigeria: An Institutional Theory Perspective | Mohammed Agbali (University of Salford), Abubakar A. Dahiru, Amina Sambo (National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria)
Paper Session 12 – Digital Transformation and Innovation in Governance: Exploring the Role of Academia – The Kerala Story | Umasankar R, Pradeep Kumar K (Digital University Kerala, India)[withdrawn on 12 September 2024]Paper Session 12 – Post-CoVID-19 Tele-work Practices in German and Austrian Public Sector Organizations: A cross-case analysis | Noella Edelmann (University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria), Nadine Baumann (Hochschule Rheinmain Academy, Germany)
Paper Session 12 – Leveraging Recommender Systems to Enhance Student-Industry Alignment in Industrial Placements | Daniel Ndolo, John Kandiri (Machakos University & Kenyatta University, Kenya)
Paper Session 13 – Digital Competency and Public Sector Digital Transformation in Nigeria | Adeyinka Patrick Adewumi (Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Nigeria), Ugochukwu Abasilim David (Covenant University, Nigeria)
Paper Session 13 – A new perspective for longitudinal measurement and analysis of public education in Brazil based on open data and machine learning | Matheus Silva, Abílio Ferreira, Karine Alves, George Valença, Kellyton dos Santos Brito (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil)
Paper Session 13 – Integrating Design Thinking and Technology to Foster the Implementation of European User-Centric Online Cross-Border Services | Jasmin Jabbarpour (The Lisbon Council, Belgium), Luca Alessandro Remotti (DataPower, Italy)[withdrawn on 12 September 2024]Paper Session 13 – Tracking WHO reporting requests using hybrid AI | Monica Palmirani (Università di Bologna, Italy), Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese (ISTC, Italy), Francesco Poggi (CNR Italy, Italy), Jane Nicholson (WHO-UN Switzerland, Italy), Jorge Estevez (World Health Organization, Switzerland)
Paper Session 13 – Role of AI in Supporting Government for Digital Transformation through Rural- LOSI: Learning from Use Cases| Harekrishna Misra (India), Sehl Mellouli (Laval University, Canada), Martin Noel (Université TÉLUQ, Canada)
Paper Session 14 – How Government Agencies Evaluate Cybersecurity Capacity Building Outcomes: A Case of Malawi | Chimwemwe Mtegha, Wallace Chigona, Teofelus Tonateni Tuyeni (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Paper Session 14 – Ensuring online usability and value: A comparative analysis of the design standards, criteria and governance models in Denmark, Portugal, and the UK | Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen, Luís Nuno Barbosa (United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) Portugal)
Paper Session 14 – LOSI Pilots Insights: The Distribution of Online Services across Government Systems – A Cross-National Analysis | Angelica Zundel (United Nations, Switzerland), Deniz Susar (UN, USA), Vincenzo Aquaro (UNDESA, USA), Delfina Soares, Demetrios Sarantis (United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal)
Paper Session 14 – Usability of statistics and transparency open data portals in regional governments | Ricardo Kadouaki (FGV EAESP, Brazil), Maria Alexandra Cunha (Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil), Bruno Andrade de Figueiredo (FGV EAESP, Brazil)
Paper Session 14 – Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in European Legislation using Hybrid AI | Michele Corazza, Monica Palmirani, Franco M. T. Gatti, Salvatore Sapienza (Università di Bologna, CIRSFID ALMA-AI, Italy)
Paper Session 14 – Data Governance Quality Index (DGQI)- Unique Framework and Dashboard for Assessing Data Governance in Government of India Ministries and Departments | Garima Sogani (NITI Aayog & National Informatics Centre), Mrityunjay Sharma, Mahendra P. Kulshreshtha (NITI Aayog, India)
Paper Session 15 – Implementing ethical principles of AI through the establishment of national organization for the ethics of AI | Galbaatar Lkhagvasuren (National University of Mongolia)
Paper Session 15 – Creating an enabling environment for Education 5.0 in Zimbabwe | Freeman Mateko (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Paper Session 15 – Reflecting the Emotions of the City: Developing a Contextual Sentiment Analysis Method for Social Media Texts | Anna Chizhik, Katarina Cokrlic (Saint Petersburg State University & ITMO University, Russia)
Paper Session 15 – Does Centralization Lead to Equality in E-Participation Provision? Evidence from the Russian Regions | Yury Kabanov (HSE University & ITMO University, Russia), Anna Kuzmenko (HSE University, Russia), Andrei V. Chugunov, Georgiy Olegovich Panfilov (ITMO University, Russia)
Paper Session 15 – Exploring the Potential of India’s Digital Public Infrastructures (DPIs) in Disrupting Digital Economies – From Payments to Products, can India Replicate UPI’s Success in Digital Commerce with ONDC? | Garima Sogani (NITI Aayog & National Informatics Centre, India), Mrityunjay Sharma, Mahendra P. Kulshreshtha (NITI Aayog, India)
Paper Session 15 – The Brazilian Blockchain Network and CBDC: searching for creating a Digital Public Infrastructure | Vanessa Almeida (BNDES, Brazil), Marie Anne Macadar (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Paper Session 16 – Governance and the Digital Age: Navigating the Dynamics between Public and Private Sectors in Digital Economics | Bismillah Khan, Adil Alam, Abid Hussain, Asim Hussain, Ali Abbas (Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan), Irfanullah Arfeen (UNU, Portugal)[withdrawn on 12 September 2024]
Paper Session 16 – Sustainable Methods of Adopting Models for Governing Digital Economies | Zuhha Malik, Amina Tahir, Hamna Shohab, Irfa Zahid, Maham Khan Afridi, Rida Zainab (Quaid-I-Azam University, Pakistan)[withdrawn on 12 September 2024]Paper Session 16 – Data Sovereignty and International Sovereignty Principles – The Data Sovereignty Observatory | Diego Adetayó Assumpção, Alberto Blumenchein (RedDrummer, Brazil)
Paper Session 16 – Judicial Virtual Desk Service: Brazil’s Approach to Broadening Access to Justice | Cinara Maria Rocha (University of Minho, Portugal), João Álvaro Carvalho (Universidade do Minho & UNU-EGOV, Portugal)
