CITYBLE - Developing Two-Sided Citizen Analytics for the Sustainable Digital Society
Abstract:
As the urgent global health challenges are affecting how people live and work, the emergence of a global digital society is challenging the ways in which governments interact with their communities. The new socio-economic trends are thus spurring a need to look at the interrelated socio-economic, environmental, and psychological factors that contribute to an individual and to the society’s well-being.
Driven by the growing digital participation of citizens in the scientific progress of the society, the goal of this research project is to build a new form of social intelligence able to inform public decisions and government actions, and simultaneously amplify citizens’ participation to scientific conversation for sustainability. Applying a citizens’ science approach, the objective is thus to design and develop citizen analytics (aka CITYBLE), that will be implemented through a multidisciplinary intervention aimed at enhancing people wellbeing and urban ecosystems.
With the aim of clarifying these issues, a preliminary empirical investigation will be performed to support the conceptualization of key variables (e.g., individual factors, work-related, economic system, etc.) and the study of correlations among the same. Thereby, data on new work organization and well-being dimensions will be integrated with data acquired from citizens using digital technologies (e.g., apps and sensors). Subsequently, the citizen analytics system will be designed and developed by adopting group model building, hence involving experts and decision-makers in the conceptualization and design activities, and by gathering direct requirements and insights from the public. Furthermore, usability assessment (such as prototyping and pilot-testing) will be performed. Multiple case studies will be conducted to apply the research outcomes to real urban settings (e.g., Bergamo, Ferrara, and Lecce) and obtain a preliminary validation of results by interacting with key public and private stakeholders, as well as the identification of possible strategies for business application.
The overall endeavor will provide advancements to the extant knowledge and scientific evidence through the combination of CS and (big) data analytics applied to societal “grand challenges”. Moreover, CITYBLE will impact on the urban communities since the outcomes produced will useful for policy makers and public bodies/agencies engaged to develop effective initiatives and projects aimed to enhance well-being and sustainability of local areas (e.g. urban ecosystems).
Driven by the growing digital participation of citizens in the scientific progress of the society, the goal of this research project is to build a new form of social intelligence able to inform public decisions and government actions, and simultaneously amplify citizens’ participation to scientific conversation for sustainability. Applying a citizens’ science approach, the objective is thus to design and develop citizen analytics (aka CITYBLE), that will be implemented through a multidisciplinary intervention aimed at enhancing people wellbeing and urban ecosystems.
With the aim of clarifying these issues, a preliminary empirical investigation will be performed to support the conceptualization of key variables (e.g., individual factors, work-related, economic system, etc.) and the study of correlations among the same. Thereby, data on new work organization and well-being dimensions will be integrated with data acquired from citizens using digital technologies (e.g., apps and sensors). Subsequently, the citizen analytics system will be designed and developed by adopting group model building, hence involving experts and decision-makers in the conceptualization and design activities, and by gathering direct requirements and insights from the public. Furthermore, usability assessment (such as prototyping and pilot-testing) will be performed. Multiple case studies will be conducted to apply the research outcomes to real urban settings (e.g., Bergamo, Ferrara, and Lecce) and obtain a preliminary validation of results by interacting with key public and private stakeholders, as well as the identification of possible strategies for business application.
The overall endeavor will provide advancements to the extant knowledge and scientific evidence through the combination of CS and (big) data analytics applied to societal “grand challenges”. Moreover, CITYBLE will impact on the urban communities since the outcomes produced will useful for policy makers and public bodies/agencies engaged to develop effective initiatives and projects aimed to enhance well-being and sustainability of local areas (e.g. urban ecosystems).
Dettagli progetto:
Referente scientifico: Antonioli Davide
Fonte di finanziamento: Bando PRIN 2022
Data di avvio: 15/10/2023
Data di fine: 14/10/2025
Contributo MUR: 75.500 €
Co-finanziamento UniFe: 32.438 €
Partner:
- Università degli Studi di FERRARA (capofila)
- Università degli Studi di MILANO
- Università degli Studi di SALENTO