• Choosing the right medium for municipal eParticipation based on stakeholder expectations 

      Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Sæbø, Øystein (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;7444, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This paper examines the expectations and communication needs of relevant stakeholder groups for municipal eParticipation in a small Norwegian municipality. We identified relevant stakeholder groups with the municipality, ...
    • Citizens AND HYdrology (CANDHY): conceptualizing a transdisciplinary framework for citizen science addressing hydrological challenges 

      Nandi, Fernardo; Cudennec, Christophe; Abrate, Tommaso; Allouch, Candice; Annis, Antonio; Assumpção, Thaine; Aubert, Alice H.; Braccini, Alessio Maria; Buytaert, Wouter; Dasgupta, Antara; Hannah, David M.; Mazzoleni, Maurizio; J. Polo, Maria; Sæbø, Øystein; Tauro, Flavia; Teichert, Florian; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Wahrmann Vargas, Cristina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Widely available digital technologies are empowering citizens who are increasingly well informed and involved in numerous water, climate, and environmental challenges. Citizen science can serve many different purposes, ...
    • Democracy Squared: Designing On-Line Political Communities to Accommodate Conflicting Interests 

      Rose, Jeremy; Sæbø, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)
      On-line political communities, such as the Norwegian site Demokratitorget (Democracy Square), are often designed according to a set of un-reflected assumptions about the political interests of their potential members. In ...
    • Demystifying the possibilities of ICT4D in the mountain regions of Nepal 

      Thapa, Devinder; Sæbø, Øystein (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences;44, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Despite the substantial investments in ICT4D projects in developing countries, the benefits are yet to be realised by the majority of remote communities. Inaccessibility to ICT has widened educational, healthcare, information, ...
    • Digitalt samfunnsansvar 

      Bajrovic, Ajdin; Ryen, Tomas (Master thesis, 2023)
      De senere årene har vi sett en eksponentiell vekst i utviklingen av digitale teknologier. På grunn av denne veksten og fordi teknologi er formbar, altså den kan brukes til godt og ondt, blir det vanskeligere å forutse ...
    • Digitalt samfunnsansvar 

      Bajrovic, Ajdin; Ryen, Tomas (Master thesis, 2023)
      De senere årene har vi sett en eksponentiell vekst i utviklingen av digitale teknologier. På grunn av denne veksten og fordi teknologi er formbar, altså den kan brukes til godt og ondt, blir det vanskeligere å forutse ...
    • E-government in marketing a country: A strategy for reducing transaction cost of doing business in Tanzania 

      Kachwamba, Muhajir; Sæbø, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      There are limited studies examining the role of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPA’s) and their respective marketing techniques used in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Using an exploratory case study approach, ...
    • E-government in Tanzania: Current status and future challenges 

      Sæbø, Øystein (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;7443, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The public sector plays an important role in the economic growth and development of developing countries. The application of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) may help improve the public sector by ...
    • Elaborating the WARE method for eParticipation requirements 

      Sæbø, Øystein; Päivärinta, Tero; Austbø, Jan Helge; Scheie, Svein Sundfør (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      eParticipation systems are often directly targeted at citizens. However, as a group of potential users, citizens form a heterogeneous and unpredictable group, which makes requirements elicitation a challenging issue. Based ...
    • eParticipation: Designing and Managing Political Discussion Forums 

      Sæbø, Øystein; Rose, Jeremy; Molka-Danielsen, Judith (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      eParticipation is the extension and transformation of participation in political deliberation and decision-making processes through information and communication technologies (ICTs). The most commonly found examples of ...
    • Exploring the link between ICT and development in the context of developing countries : a literature review 

      Thapa, Devinder; Sæbø, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The article contributes to the ongoing discussion on relating information and communication technology (ICT) to development (D). The quest to relate ICT to D is a topic of open deliberation and critical scrutiny in ICT4D ...
    • Faktorer og erfaringers påvirkning av brukeres kanalvalg: en kvalitativ casestudie av NAV 

      Hammersbøen, Sondre; Kjevik-Wycherley, Kristopher Nils (Master thesis, 2022)
      Digitale tjenester har forandret seg drastisk de siste 30 år, hvor informasjonssystemer har blitt en drivkraft for innovasjon i organisasjoner. Utviklingen av digitale kanaler har økt i takt med digitaliseringen i samfunnet, ...
    • Faktorer og erfaringers påvirkning av brukeres kanalvalg: en kvalitativ casestudie av NAV 

      Hammersbøen, Sondre; Kjevik-Wycherley, Kristopher Nils (Master thesis, 2022)
      Digitale tjenester har forandret seg drastisk de siste 30 år, hvor informasjonssystemer har blitt en drivkraft for innovasjon i organisasjoner. Utviklingen av digitale kanaler har økt i takt med digitaliseringen i samfunnet, ...
    • From protest to parliament : The role of digital technologies within an online community 

      Sæbø, Øystein; Federici, Tommaso; Braccini, Alessio Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Our teaching case introduces the story of how the Italian Five Star Movement used digital technologies in the growth from a personal blog discussing politics back in 2005 to the most voted party in the Italian election in ...
    • The Genre System Lens on E-Democracy 

      Päivärinta, Tero; Sæbø, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)
      E-Democracy aims at enhancing citizen involvement in societal communication and decision making. However, the very ideals of democracy vary while reports of e-democracy in use have often left them undiscussed. Moreover, ...
    • Introducing Internet-based services in the mountain areas of Nepal: An asset pentagon perspective 

      Sæbø, Øystein; Thapa, Devinder (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) projects can only be considered successful if they lead to some kind of individual, social, or economic development. The beneªts of introducing ICT4D ...
    • Models of E-Democracy 

      Päivärinta, Tero; Sæbø, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)
      Several theories of E-Democracy have been presented, and implementations of and experiments in E-Democracy emerged. However, existing literature on the subject appears rather non-comprehensive, lacking an integrated basis, ...
    • On the evolution of e-Government: The user imperative 

      Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Moe, Carl Erik; Sæbø, Øystein (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;2739, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2003)
      This paper focuses the need for more research on user involvement and the investigation of stakeholders in e-Government initiatives. An investigation of existing work revealed a lack of research on those topics. As ...
    • Organizational agility in the public sector: A case study of the Office of the Auditor General of Norway 

      Nerskogen, Sylvi (Master thesis, 2022)
      This master thesis explores organizational agility in the public sector through a case study of a state agency. Organizational agility is as a learned, permanently-available dynamic capability that can be performed quickly ...
    • The role of digital technologies in global climate negotiations 

      Engvall, Tove Sofia; Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Sæbø, Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Digital technologies are increasingly used in global climate negotiations to enhance interaction and participation. However, global climate negotiations are characterized by paradoxes and tensions that complicate the ...