Research Project
Researchers: Dora Marinova (hasAssociatonWith, isRelatedTo) , Janette Hartz-Karp (Managed by) , Mark Balnaves (hasAssociatonWith, isRelatedTo)
Brief description
Creating sustainable cities and better linking citizens with government under a National Broadband Network future are national priorities. This project integrates these two priorities by pioneering and researching local cooperative governance through deliberative democracy as a means to create a sustainable city. The project (i) collaboratively designs, implements, and assesses inclusive deliberations; (ii) develops an innovative social media platform using supercomputer facilities that can assist informed public deliberation, translating scientific findings into easy to understand formats; (iii) researches the transformative effects of this deliberation on individual, community and Geraldton City carbon footprints.