The new era of breaking news: How social media impacts the dissemination of information

In this research, I delved into the dynamic role of TikTok in shaping democratic practices, with a particular focus on its effects on informed decision-making and activism. The rapid increase in social media usage has dramatically reshaped our lives, bringing several benefits but also significant concerns, especially regarding information spread...

Youth participation in the energy transition: Designing a new approach

In 2015, due to decentralisations in the social domain, municipalities became the key public authorities for youth participation in the Netherlands (RAND Europe, 2021). One year later 66% had made youth participation a policy goal, while 18% was planning to. At that time most municipalities involved young people to some extend in their policy...

Ilissos and Kifissos rivers – Greece: Influence of human factors on basins’ evolution: A sociohydrological point of view

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the evolution of Ilissos and Kifissos river basins in Athens, Greece and the ways this evolution was influenced by specific human factors. The dynamics of the human-water interactions have been studied in the frame of sociohydrology and the central key was to study the impact society had on the...

A civic building as urban stage for public life and democracy: An investigation of the city of Brussels, the public realm and its citizens

Research__Brussels as an urban stage of differences__Activism I Activation__Political Space My work is an investigation of the city of Brussels, of public space and its citizens. The results of the analysis of the city of Brussels show above all the diversity of the city. The city can be seen as a fragmented, heterogeneous and superimposed space...

The public interior: A Social condenser in Hong Kong

Since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the opportunities for political conversation are diminishing, censorship has been gradually imposed on different means of mass media. In the face of the gradual loss of freedoms, the people of Hong Kong have demonstrated an atmosphere of solidarity through social movements and physical...

DEMO DOMAIN; for of and by the local people of Europe: Revitalising European Democracies by the re-introduction of Public Sphere in local society.

The binding factor of the European Union's diverse nations is their practice of democracy. However, recently the EU has been dealing with the rising power of populism, increasing polarization and strong bubble forming; all leading to a weakening practice of local, national and union scale democracies. An important factor in this is the lacking...

Manhattan Forum: Architecture and Democracy in the Valley of Giants

As the city of New York densifies, the post-democratic state grows its roots deeper into the bedrock. 90% of buildings in Manhattan are built without public review, and outdated zoning laws no longer protect the city's public assets, alienating the public and further widening the gap between rich and poor. The Manhattan Forum is a public/private...

Architecture and Democracy 1965-1989: Urban Renewal, Populism and the Welfare State

Proceedings of the 6th annual conference organized by the Jaap Bakema Study Centre, Het Nieuwe Instituut and TU Delft.

Politags: Breaking the filter bubble by using human computation techniques to enable diverse personalization

This research is aimed at breaking online political filter bubbles. We present a system that uses artificial intelligence and human computation to automatically collect article metadata on political content and thereby enables diverse personalization on content-serving platforms. This way, exploring alternative viewpoints could become as simple...

Can the internet promote democracy? A cross-country study based on dynamic panel data models

In the age of information revolution, information and communication technologies are penetrating all levels of societies and are also influencing the political aspect of each country by providing some facilities such as the Internet and web technologies. Democracy, as a universal value and a political system, is also well known and has an...

Transparency-by-design as a foundation for open government

Purpose: Many governments are working toward a vision of government-wide transformation that strives to achieve an open, transparent and accountable government while providing responsive services. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the concept of transparency-by-design to advance open government. Design/methodology/approach: The opening...

House of European history: Guilds House

With the expansion of the EU, the Brussels Capital Region became a part of the EU bureaucracy .There is no public realm for citizens in both political and urban space.In the urban intervention and architectural design, the center of EU Quarter is open up to the public.By enhancing the urban fabric and injecting new programs to this new area....

Approaches to the Integration of CAAD Education in the Electronic Era: Two Value Systems