Yasser Rahrovani, Ivey, will present his study “Controlling by drifting: Governance in social innovation platforms subject to positive and negative network effects”.  Abstract: Digital platforms offer a promising means to maintain and grow social innovations that provide social (e.g., social relationships and friendship) and informational (e.g., marketplace, sharing experience, Q&As) offerings to beneficiaries. However, the…

Maha Shaikh, Kings College, will present the paper “Algorithmic Interactions in Open Source Work” published recently at ISR(see attached). Abstract: This study focuses on algorithmic interactions in open source work. Algorithms are essential in open source because they remedy concerns incompletely addressed by parallel development or modularity. Following algorithmic interactions in open source allows us…

What is the opportunity cost of lagging digital transformation in the public sector? Additional information and registration (in Swedish). The Wallenberg Digital Government Seminar brings together researchers and practitioners for a discussion on research findings and recommendations for changes in practice. The discussion is based on a recent report from the SCDI Digital Government Research…