Web2.0 + Web3.0 Approaches to the Information / Decision Interface in Public Policy

After more than half a century (or perhaps many centuries) of reflection on how observations

and evidence interact with public policy processes, conclusions about the proper relationship

between scientific inquiry and political discourse remain elusive (witness, e.g., continuing

controversy surrounding the issue of human contribution to global warming). Revolutions in

how data and knowledge are accumulated and shared, and how on-line discourse is

facilitated, have not diminished the debate or clarified the relationship. Indeed, the scale of

observations, records, data, information, knowledge and opinion that must be taken into

account in public policy and governance decisions continues to grow, without any

corresponding scaling of our ability to manage that flow. This research cluster brings together

emerging trends in Web2.0 (the social web) and Web3.0 (the semantic web) to investigate

new approaches for engaging participatory mechanisms for public policy deliberation,

collaborative enterprise-wide policy analysis, and semantic data-mining in support of

evidence-based deliberative policy formation. The benefits to the partner centre on solidifying………..TOBECONTINUED

Faculty Supervisor:

Peter F. Driessen;A.R. (Rod) Dobell;Kim Juniper;Evert Lindquist

Student:

Partner:

Whitehall Policy Consulting;Government of British Columbia (Labour, Citizen's Services, and Open Government);CSCW Systems Corporation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

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