Civic Competence in Creative Cities - How Digital Innovations Contribute to Durable Democracies

After having completed the course, participants will be able to:
-explain core concepts and lines of reasoning of Digital Era Govenance and models of digital democracy;
-design and conduct research projects focusing on how citizens (in various roles) experience digital governance and digital democracy;
-report research findings using storytelling and audiovisual techniques.

Mihkel Solvak - Mihkel Solvak is an associate professor in technology studies at Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at University of Tartu in Estonia. His research focuses on the usability of machine learning in designing and building pro-active digital services that act as either decision support tools for civil servants or behavior predicting services to be used in prevention work.
Svetlana Bogomolova - Lecturer, Department of media design, Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Tartu.
Toomas Hendrik Ilves - Visiting Professor of Democracy in Digital Age.
Bogdan Romanov - PhD candidate in the Johan Skytte Institute for Political Studies and a Junior Research Fellow in e-Governance at the University of Tartu.
Vincentius Martinus Franciscus Homburg - Vincent Homburg is the full Professor of e-Governance and the holder of the ERA Chair of e governance and digital public services at the University of Tartu.
David Dueñas Cid - Associate Professor and Director of the Public Sector Data-Driven Technologies (Pub-Tech) Research Center at Kozminsky University
Logan Emily Carmichael - PhD candidate in the Johan Skytte Institute for Political Studies and a Junior Research Fellow in e-Governance at the University of Tartu.
Biao He - PhD candidate in the Johan Skytte Institute for Political Studies and a Junior Research Fellow in e-Governance at the University of Tartu.
Stefan Dedovic - PhD candidate in the Johan Skytte Institute for Political Studies and a Junior Research Fellow in e-Governance at the University of Tartu.
Art Alishani - PhD candidate in the Johan Skytte Institute for Political Studies and a Junior Research Fellow in e-Governance at the University of Tartu.
Joep Crompvoets - Joep Crompvoets is full professor Information management in the Public Sector and senior researcher in thee domains: e-Government, Digital Government, Public Sector innovation, GIS, and Spatial Data Infrastructures.
Jan Kleiner - Dr. Jan Kleiner, associate professor of Political Science at Masaryk University, the Czech Republic. Main areas of research: cybersecurity, the relationship between a state and citizens in cyberspace, propaganda and information warfare.

Topic	Credit	Lectors
1. History and context of digitalisation in Estonia Meet Tartu City: how to make Tartu an even smarter city (City of Tartu)	11	Vincentius Martinus Franciscus Homburg
2. Digital Era Governance Workshop on storytelling and how to present findings in creative ways Forerunners of Estonian digital transformation. Meetup and talk by President Toomas Henrik Ilves	11	Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Joep Crompvoets
3. How to analyse qualitative data Diversity challenges in electronic services delivery Digital citizen-state relations	11	Vincentius Martinus Franciscus Homburg, Biao He, Art Alishani
4. The impacts of e-voting in Estonia Service security – Estonian example International experiences with e-voting in non-democratic contexts Creative ways of storytelling	11	Mihkel Solvak, Svetlana Bogomolova, Bogdan Romanov, Logan Emily Carmichael
5. Field trip to Tallinn (E-Estonia briefing centre, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications)	12	Vincentius Martinus Franciscus Homburg
6. AI in decision-making and governance Digital service delivery in Europe Presentation on preliminary findings by the student groups	11	Mihkel Solvak, Stefan Dedovic, Jan Kleiner
7. Electronic services and trust Impact and valorisation of research Final presentations	11	David Dueñas Cid

The course is free of charge of participants of the BIP program or other scholarship holders.

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Studies and teaching takes place in appropriate classrooms, which have the required teaching equipment and meet the health and safety requirements.

The Summer Course will introduce participants to the theme of Digital Era Governance and Digital Democratic Innovations, with a special focus on how digital innovations can be used to tap into and unlock civic competence in processes of public governance.

During the in-person part of the Summer Course, participants will learn about the basics of theoretical frameworks and familiarize themselves with public governance themes and democracy challenges that exist in the City of Tartu and carry out small research projects in relation to the themes and challenges. Guest lectures and presentations will allow participants to get up to date with state-of-the-art research initiatives and outcomes and gather and analyze information about (digital) governance and democracy challenges in Tartu. There will also be site visits (including a one-day trip to Tallinn), a Meet & Greet with former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. Throughout the Summer Course, participants will apply storytelling and audiovisual techniques to present their research findings.

Evaluation of animated video (80%) and memo (20%) by team and City of Tartu representatives.

differentiated (A, B, C, D, E, F, not present)

The assessment method consist of the following:
1) Animated presentation (80%, minimum score E to pass the course)
2) Memo with recommendations (20%, minimum score E to pass the course)

Animated presentation will be evaluated according to the following criteria: F – no animation submitted E – static and PowerPoint-like presentation of research findings, no storytelling techniques used D – static presentation of research findings with some storytelling techniques being used C – adequate animation with some storytelling techniques being used; B – persuasive and compelling animation with storytelling techniques A – persuasive and compelling animation using storytelling techniques, rich and creative animation of challenge and its solutions Memo with recommendations will be evaluated according to the following criteria: F – no submitted E –no or few (poorly drafted) recommendations D - few (poorly drafted) recommendations, addressing specific (policy) actors C – specific recommendations addressing specific (policy) actors and time frames; B –specific recommendations addressing specific (policy) actors and time frames but lacking focus on impact and relevance A –specific impactful and feasible recommendations addressing specific policy actors, resources, time frames

Certificate of completion

No

Kerli Klock, kerli.klock@ut.ee, +372 +372 737 5937