Electronic Participation : 14th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EPart 2022, Linköping, Sweden, September 6–8, 2022, Proceedings

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2022, held in Linköping, Sweden, during September 6–8, 2022, in conjunction with IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV 2022), and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM 2022). The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. The papers are clustered under the following topical sections: E-democracy and e-participation; ICT & sustainability; digital and social media; legal informatics; and digital society. Preface Organization Contents E-Democracy and E-Participation Voter Authentication in Remote Electronic Voting Governmental Experiences: Requirements and Practices 1 Introduction 2 Equal Suffrage and Voter Authentication: Legal Requirements 3 Voter Authentication in Practice: Governmental Experiences 3.1 Knowledge-Based Voter Authentication Methods 3.2 Biometric-Based Voter Authentication Methods 3.3 Combinations: Ownership- and Knowledge-Based Voter Authentication Methods 4 Discussion 5 Conclusion References Using Open Government Data to Facilitate the Design of Voting Advice Applications 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Methodology 3.1 Proposed System 4 Case Study 4.1 Data 4.2 Experiments 5 Results and Discussion 6 Conclusions References Investigating Trust and Risk Perceptions in a Hybrid Citizen Journey 1 Introduction 2 Research Background 2.1 Trust and E-Government 2.2 Citizen Journeys as Analytical Tool 3 Methodology 4 Findings 5 Discussion 6 Conclusion References ICT and Sustainability Applications of Data-Driven Policymaking in the Local Energy Transition: A Multiple-case Study in the Netherlands 1 Introduction 2 Literature Overview 2.1 Data-Driven Policymaking 2.2 Purposes of Applications that Support the Policymaking Cycle 2.3 Type of Data Analytics 2.4 Stakeholder Engagement 3 Case Study Methodology 4 Results Case Studies 4.1 Background: Local Energy Transition in the Netherlands 4.2 Amsterdam 4.3 Rotterdam 4.4 The Hague 4.5 Utrecht 5 Findings and Discussion 6 Conclusion References The Great Divide: Empirical Evidence of a Decoupling of Digital Transformation and Sustainability 1 Introduction 2 Previous Research 3 Method and Analysis 4 Results 5 Discussion 6 Conclusion References Digital and Social Media Sharing, Cooperation or Collective Action? A Research Agenda for Online Interaction in Digital Global Governance 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Foundation 2.1 Digital Governance 2.2 Online Communities 2.3 The Example of the Global Stocktake in Global Climate Governance 3 Research Agenda for Online Interaction in Digital Global Governance 3.1 Sharing in Digital Global Governance 3.2 Cooperation in Digital Global Governance 3.3 Collective Action in Digital Global Governance 3.4 Summary of the Research Agenda 4 Suggestions for Future Research 4.1 Implications References Similarity-Based Dataset Recommendation Across Languages and Domains to Sentiment Analysis in the Electoral Domain 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Our Proposal 3.1 Dataset Search 3.2 Data Preprocessing 3.3 Dataset Similarity 3.4 Unified Similarity Ranking 4 Our Experimental Analysis 5 Conclusions References Genres of Participation in Social Networking Systems: A Study of the 2021 Norwegian Parliamentary Election 1 Introduction 2 Related Research 2.1 Theoretical Lens: The Public Sphere - Participation Through Campaigning 2.2 Analytical Lens: Genre Theory 3 Research Approach 4 Findings 4.1 Objectives and Channel Use: Same, but Different 4.2 2009–2013: Genre System Evolution 4.3 2017–2021: Towards a Stable Genre System and One-Way Communication 4.4 Growth and Saturation – The Link Between Facebook and Votes 4.5 Interaction and Effect of Genres 5 Discussion and Conclusion References Legal Informatics Digitising the Judicial Sector: A Case Study of the Dutch KEI Programme 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Assemblages 2.2 Law and Technology 3 Methodology 3.1 Data Collection Strategy 4 Case Study 4.1 Quality and Innovation Programme (KEI) 5 Case Analysis 5.1 Regulative Regimes 5.2 Structure 5.3 Culture 6 Findings 7 Conclusion References A Song of Digitization and Law 1 Motivation and Introduction 2 Research Background 3 Research Design 4 Results 4.1 Existing Challenges for Digital-Ready Legislation 4.2 Shortcomings of the Legislative Process on the Enactment-Level 4.3 Shortcomings of the Legislative Process on the Enforcement-Level 4.4 Communication Issues Between Both Levels 4.5 Design Requirements 4.6 Contents of the Digitization Check 5 Discussion 6 Conclusion References Digital Society Administrative Burden in Digital Self-service: An Empirical Study About Citizens in Need of Financial Assistance 1 Introduction 2 Administrative Burden and Executive Functioning 3 Research Settings 4 Method 5 Findings 5.1 Learning Costs 5.2 Compliance Costs 5.3 Psychological Cost 6 Discussion and Conclusions 7 Implications, Limitations, and Future Research 7.1 Disclosure References The Human Touch Meets Digitalization: On Discretion in Digitized Services 1 Introduction 2 About Discretion 2.1 Discretion in Case Handling 2.2 Discretion Fills in for Rules 3 Situated Action as Analytical Lens 4 Empirical Examples of Discretion in Tax and Welfare 4.1 Call Advisors in the Tax Call Centre 4.2 Advisors in the Welfare Administration 5 A Conceptual Model for Stages of Discretion 6 Digital Discretion – A Contradiction in Terms? 7 Conclusions and Future Research References Author Index This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2022, held in Linkoping, Sweden, during September 68, 2022, in conjunction with IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV 2022), and 1the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM 2022). The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. The papers are clustered under the following topical sections: E-democracy and e-participation; ICT & sustainability; digital and social media; legal informatics; and digital society