Digital Governments and Digital Citizens - Prof  Helen Margetts - 24 February 2014
Channel: IIEA
Date: 2014-02-25

About the Speech:
 
Professor Margetts will discuss her cutting-edge research into how the Internet is fundamentally altering the relationship between governments and citizens. The rapid proliferation of technology and big data is challenging long-held assumptions about collective action, political participation and the role of governments. Professor Margetts' talk will offer a fascinating glimpse of the future of digital-era governance.
 
About the Speaker:
 
Helen Margetts is the Director of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and Professor of Society and the Internet. She is an international expert in digital-era governance and politics, investigating the nature and implications of relationships between governments, citizens and the Internet and related digital technologies in the UK and internationally. She has advised the OECD, UK Cabinet Office and others on digital policy and is the author of Chaotic Pluralism: Social Media and Collective Action (2014).