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Laura Giesen

@lauragiesen.bsky.social
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Mostly interested in participation, climate politics, bicycles, feminism, wood working, podcasts... food. Mediator.

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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Junge Frauen sind ok.
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Dream come true: Ich produziere jetzt einen Podcast. Die aktuelle Folge mit Stella Merendino hat besonders Spaß gemacht. [Hier hören.](open.spotify.com/episode/6RXi...)
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Democracy Technologies @demtech.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
"The idea was to use icons that everyone, regardless of literacy levels, would be able to recognise” explains Titus Kaloki. We spoke to him and Arjama Mukherjee about U_CODE, the software fostering citizen-urban planner collaboration.
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Fitting a Participation Tool to a New Place
Urban planning tools need to be adapted to the needs of the local community. That's the idea behind U_CODE's pilot project in Nakuru, Kenya.
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Mathias mit 1 Tee @malo82.bsky.social · 28/05/2024
Der Link oben geht leider nicht mehr. Damit gings bei mir: eci.ec.europa.eu/044/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 27/05/2024
With @ruthwdiamonds.bsky.social at re:publica #rp24. "Who cares?"
Foto von Ruth Fulterer und Laura Giesen auf dem re:publica Gelände.
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
Last week, I talked to Hélène Landemore and David Mas about using a new AI tool by make.org to make citizens' assemblies more accessible for people on the outside. Read the first part of the interview here:
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"As long as citizens’ conventions are black boxes, they lack legitimacy"
A new AI tool that makes citizens assemblies' more accessible has been launched for the Citizens' Convention on the End of Life in France.
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Mehr Demokratie @mehrdemokratie.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Übergabe des Bürgergutachtens des Bürgerrates "Ernährung im Wandel" jetzt live: www.bundestag.de/mediathek/live
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Bürgerrat zur Verkehrswende, klingt nach einer guten Idee. Aber initiiert vom Bildugnsministerium und kaum kommuniziert, ist er eher nur ein weiteres Beispiel halbherziger Partizipation. Mein Kommentar dazu in der taz: taz.de/Buergerraete...
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Bürgerräte: Demokratie erneuern
Bürgerräte haben Potenzial zur Konfliktvermeidung. Dafür müssen Ent­schei­dungs­trä­ge­r*in­nen sie ernst nehmen!
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
Durch KI wird es nicht nur einfacher falsche Bilder zu erstellen, es wird auch noch einfacher die Behauptung in den Raum zu stellen Bilder seien fake. Und wer das dann glauben will, glaubt es wahrscheinlich auch.
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Carolin Emcke @emcke.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
"Wer sich nicht traut, Stimmungen und Affekten zu widersprechen, nur weil sie laut sind, verwechselt Volumen mit Wahrheit. Wer glaubt, die Prinzipien des Grundgesetzes seien "normalen Leuten" nicht zumutbar, zelebriert lediglich zynische Gleichgültigkeit." www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/caro...
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Wer wollen wir sein? Gedanken über die Zukunft der Demokratie, von Carolin Emcke
Wer wollen wir sein? Verteidigen wir unsere Demokratie gegen Hass und Ressentiment? Kolumne von Carolin Emcke
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Germany 2024: Berlin has a digital participation platform. It allows for map-based surveys. One of the processes to be found on the platforms is about identifying spaces for new bike racks. To make a suggestion they direct you to a pdf form on a different website.
Art der Beteiligung: Mitwirkung

Vorschläge für Fahrradabstellanlagen können von den Bürger_innen über ein von der Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität, Verkehr, Klimaschutz und Umwelt zur Verfügung gestelltes Formular an die entsprechenden Bezirke eingereicht werden (siehe Anlage 1.5 des Radverkehrsplans).

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Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg

Straßen-und Grünflächenamt

John-F.-Kennedy-Platz 10825 Berlin

Fachbereich Straßen
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Democracy Technologies @demtech.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Op-ed | In the face of new technological threats to democracy, including AI-generated deep fakes, a group of experts, academics, practitioners and members of civil society is calling for a “Democratic Shield” to protect European elections. democracy-technologies.org/opinion/rais...
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Raising the Democratic Shield
AI is increasingly being used to create deepfakes and disinformation during elections. It is time for Europe to unite and take action.
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
I really enjoyed this conversation with Raphaël Pouyé on potential learnings from Civich Tech in the Global South.
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Ob es wirklich ein Ziel sein sollte das noch zu überbieten, weiß ich nicht.
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Dorothea Baur - the ethics crusader @dorotheabaur.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
Super Artikel in der NZZ zum Effektiven Altruismus: "Grössenwahn, Wohltätigkeit und das Reduzieren von Fragen auf eine mathematische Gleichung: Der effektive Altruismus ist wie gemacht fürs Silicon Valley. Kein Wunder, dass er dort floriert" Absolute Leseempfehlung!
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KI-Chaos bei OpenAI: Was das mit Effektivem Altruismus zu tun hat
Hinter der hyperrationalen Lieblingsphilosophie im Silicon Valley steckt eine totalitäre Weltsicht, die Demokratie und Menschenwürde widerspricht.
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Just moderated a panel on Open Source in the public sector with @lsdornheim.bsky.social , Arnau Monterde and Paula Grzegorzewska at #SCEWC23. The stressed that it needs (ideally European or international) standards, financial support and a culture of openness and collaboration.
Four people sitting on a stage. Background screen says "Any questions?"
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Democracy Technologies @demtech.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta are pioneering deliberative democracy tools, soliciting public input to shape ethical guidelines for AI technologies. Do these initiatives reflect a shift towards more inclusive decision-making processes within the tech industry? democracy-technologies.org/participatio...
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The Race to Democratise AI - Democracy Technologies
OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic have all announced projects intended to democratise the development of AI using deliberative methods.
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
1x Fahren ohne Fahrschein = 60€ 2x = 60+ 3x = Anzeige 4x = Bewährungsstrafe 5x = Gefängnis 1x Parken ohne Parkschein = 20€ 2x = 20€ 3x = 20€ 4x = 20€ 5x = 20€ 6x = 20€ 7x = 20€ 8x = 20€
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Democracy Technologies @demtech.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Unveiling Participate Practically, an online course with Participation Factory, empowering civil servants, organizers, and government workers with tools for citizen participation. Enrol now for an early bird discount! Click here: participatepractically.com
A 10-hour self-paced course to learn how to lead impactful citizen participation. 
Save your spot.
Early bird registration now open.
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Democracy Technologies @demtech.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
In 2015, the Taiwanese government launched vTaiwan, a digital democracy platform powered by Polis, to facilitate inclusive public deliberation, shaping legislation and fostering civic engagement. Here’s how they've maintained productive dialogue spaces:
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Consensus Building in Taiwan, the Poster Child of Digital Democracy - Democracy Technologies
Taiwan is a world-leader in digital democracy. It all started in 2015 with vTaiwan, an online participation platform powered by Polis.
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Democracy Technologies @demtech.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
A new kind of e-voting system allows everyone to check for themselves that their vote was counted correctly. 🗳️✅ We spoke to Feng Hao, one of the team behind “self-enforcing e-voting,” about how it works, and how it could improve trust in elections.
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Everyone Can Be an Election Observer With Self-Enforcing e-Voting - Democracy Technologies
A team of researchers in the UK have developed an e-voting system which allows voters to confirm that their vote was correctly counted.
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
"Democracy begins on the inside, with the attitude that I am not a victim or consumer of my society, but a creator" said @afelia.bsky.social in this interview I did with her on digital participation in schools back in March. Still worth a read.
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From Consumer to Creator: Experiencing Digital Democracy in Schools
Marina Weisband, founder of aula, talked to us about the importance of making democratic experiences in daily life and about some of the challenges she encounters when bringing those to schools.
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David Hachfeld @dhachfeld.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Tolles DLF-Interview zu Schule & Demokratie mit @afelia.bsky.social. Wie gut könnte Schule sein, wenn wir solche Stimmen die Bildungspolitik prägen würden. www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-demokrat...
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Laura Giesen @lauragiesen.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
My relatively recent article on the suspicion that deliberative processes initiated by some big tech companies on AI are mostly distraction or "democracy washing" seems like a suitable first thing to post on this platform.
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Don’t Use Deliberative Democracy to Distract From AI Regulation
When tech companies are behind deliberative processes, it can look less like democratisation, and more like a distraction from regulation.
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