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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Christopher Kelty (UCLA)
DTSTART:20200805T160000Z
DTEND:20200805T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/1
DESCRIPTION:Title:
Typologies of participation\nby Christopher Kelty (UCLA) as part of Me
tagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/1/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Colin Megill (Pol.is)
DTSTART:20200812T160000Z
DTEND:20200812T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/2
DESCRIPTION:Title:
Algorithmic “listening at scale”\nby Colin Megill (Pol.is) as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nathan Schneider and Seth Frey (University of Colorado Boulder and
University of California\, Davis)
DTSTART:20200902T160000Z
DTEND:20200902T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/3
DESCRIPTION:Title:
On Hirschman's logics of exit and voice\nby Nathan Schneider and Seth
Frey (University of Colorado Boulder and University of California\, Davis)
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Amanda Kiessel (Goodmarket.global)
DTSTART:20200916T160000Z
DTEND:20200916T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/4
DESCRIPTION:Title:
Governance on Good Market\nby Amanda Kiessel (Goodmarket.global) as pa
rt of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/4/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ed Saperia (Newspeak House)
DTSTART:20200319T160000Z
DTEND:20200319T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/6
DESCRIPTION:Title:
On COVID-19 Mutual Aid Groups\nby Ed Saperia (Newspeak House) as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/6/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Adrian Bednarek and Paul Stabnow (Overflow Labs)
DTSTART:20200326T160000Z
DTEND:20200326T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/7
DESCRIPTION:Title:
Introduction to Overflow Labs\nby Adrian Bednarek and Paul Stabnow (Ov
erflow Labs) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/7/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Michael Zargham (Block Science)
DTSTART:20200402T160000Z
DTEND:20200402T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/8
DESCRIPTION:Title:
Towards Metagovernance as a Design Discipline: A Complex Systems Story
\nby Michael Zargham (Block Science) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n
Abstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/8/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Amy Zhang (University of Washington)
DTSTART:20200416T160000Z
DTEND:20200416T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/9
DESCRIPTION:Title:
PolicyKit: A System for Authoring and Enacting Governance in Online Commun
ities\nby Amy Zhang (University of Washington) as part of Metagovernan
ce Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThe governance of most online communities today
as embedded in the software of their community platform has little variati
on beyond a UNIX-like permissions model granting administrators and modera
tors broad power over users. However\, this model is unable to express man
y forms of governance that communities might prefer\, including democratic
ones that give users a greater say in decision-making. In this work\, we
present PolicyKit\, a system that empowers users to author a broad range o
f governance models that can then be enacted on their community platform o
f choice. PolicyKit introduces software abstractions motivated by politica
l science theory to describe governance as a set of one-off actions that c
an be proposed by users\, along with a set of user-authored policies\, or
continually-running imperative functions that specify how and whether acti
ons can execute. Actions cover both everyday activities that happen on pl
atforms as well as changes to the governance model itself\, allowing for u
ser-led evolution of governance over time.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/9/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Seth Frey (University of California\, Davis)
DTSTART:20200423T160000Z
DTEND:20200423T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/10
DESCRIPTION:by Seth Frey (University of California\, Davis) as part of Met
agovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/10/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dandelion Mané (Sourcecred.io)
DTSTART:20200430T160000Z
DTEND:20200430T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/11
DESCRIPTION:Title: Governance challenges at SourceCred\nby Dandelion Mané (Sourcecred.i
o) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/11/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Miguel Arana Catania (Alan Turing Institute)
DTSTART:20200507T160000Z
DTEND:20200507T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/12
DESCRIPTION:Title: Updating traditional governments to digital democracy: the Consul Project
case\nby Miguel Arana Catania (Alan Turing Institute) as part of Meta
governance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/12/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Panel discussion ft. Shermin Voshmgir (Vienna University of Econom
ics)
DTSTART:20200514T160000Z
DTEND:20200514T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/13
DESCRIPTION:Title: DAOs as a new kind of institution\nby Panel discussion ft. Shermin Vo
shmgir (Vienna University of Economics) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\
n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/13/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Burrrata (Aragon)
DTSTART:20200521T160000Z
DTEND:20200521T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/14
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Burrrata Experiment: anonymity and governance in DAOs\nby Burrrat
a (Aragon) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/14/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Abbey Titcomb (Onward Lab)
DTSTART:20200528T160000Z
DTEND:20200528T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/15
DESCRIPTION:Title: Radicle Registry\nby Abbey Titcomb (Onward Lab) as part of Metagovern
ance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/15/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:David Stasavage (New York University)
DTSTART:20200604T160000Z
DTEND:20200604T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/16
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Decline and Rise of Democracy\nby David Stasavage (New York Unive
rsity) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/16/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jenny Fan (Harvard University)
DTSTART:20200611T160000Z
DTEND:20200611T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/17
DESCRIPTION:Title: Digital Juries: A Civics-Oriented Approach to Platform Governance\nby
Jenny Fan (Harvard University) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstr
act: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/17/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Open Discussion
DTSTART:20200618T160000Z
DTEND:20200618T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/18
DESCRIPTION:Title: What kinds of governance tools are missing out there? What gaps are we id
entifying across the domains we’ve considered? Where could our collectiv
e action be best directed?\nby Open Discussion as part of Metagovernan
ce Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/18/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ehud Shapiro (Weizmann Institute of Science)
DTSTART:20200625T160000Z
DTEND:20200625T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/19
DESCRIPTION:Title: Digital Social Contracts: A Foundation for an Egalitarian and Just Digita
l Society\nby Ehud Shapiro (Weizmann Institute of Science) as part of
Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/19/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Open Discussion
DTSTART:20200702T160000Z
DTEND:20200702T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/20
DESCRIPTION:Title: How should we run the seminar in the future?\nby Open Discussion as p
art of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/20/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Joel Dietz and Noah Thorp
DTSTART:20200709T160000Z
DTEND:20200709T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/21
DESCRIPTION:Title: Games and governance: an open discussion\nby Joel Dietz and Noah Thor
p as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/21/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Joshua Tan (University of Oxford)
DTSTART:20200716T160000Z
DTEND:20200716T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/22
DESCRIPTION:Title: Govbase: a compilation of projects in online governance\nby Joshua Ta
n (University of Oxford) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TB
A\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/22/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ofer Tchernichovski (Hunter College)
DTSTART:20200723T160000Z
DTEND:20200723T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/23
DESCRIPTION:Title: Feedback systems and birdsong\nby Ofer Tchernichovski (Hunter College
) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/23/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Casey Fiesler (University of Colorado Boulder)
DTSTART:20200909T160000Z
DTEND:20200909T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/24
DESCRIPTION:Title: A Government of Their Own: Norms and Policies in Fan Communities\nby
Casey Fiesler (University of Colorado Boulder) as part of Metagovernance S
eminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/24/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Niloufar Salehi (University of California – Berkeley)
DTSTART:20200923T160000Z
DTEND:20200923T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/25
DESCRIPTION:Title: A restorative justice approach to online moderation\nby Niloufar Sale
hi (University of California – Berkeley) as part of Metagovernance Semin
ar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/25/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Shauna Gordon-McKeon (Glizzan)
DTSTART:20200930T160000Z
DTEND:20200930T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/26
DESCRIPTION:Title: A Python Library for Digital Self-Governance\nby Shauna Gordon-McKeon
(Glizzan) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/26/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Matthew Pearl (FCC / Harvard)
DTSTART:20201014T160000Z
DTEND:20201014T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/27
DESCRIPTION:Title: Virtual Resource Management: The Role of Property Systems and Experimenta
tion in the Self-Governance of Virtual Worlds\nby Matthew Pearl (FCC /
Harvard) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/27/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bruno Chies\, Nick Sellen\, Philip Engelbutzeder\, Janina Becker\,
Tilmann Becker (Karrot)
DTSTART:20200826T160000Z
DTEND:20200826T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/28
DESCRIPTION:Title: Karrot: enabling participatory governance in grassroots resource-saving g
roups\nby Bruno Chies\, Nick Sellen\, Philip Engelbutzeder\, Janina Be
cker\, Tilmann Becker (Karrot) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstra
ct: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/28/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bulent Ozel\, Fang-jui Chang (Lucidminds AI / Dark Matter Labs)
DTSTART:20201007T160000Z
DTEND:20201007T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/30
DESCRIPTION:Title: An augmented collective intelligence and deliberation framework in respon
se to climate change\nby Bulent Ozel\, Fang-jui Chang (Lucidminds AI /
Dark Matter Labs) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nRespon
ding to the climate crisis requires radical changes to our lifestyles and
how we perceive agency and decision-making. We may need to expand our pers
pectives by considering non-human life forms and other actors in our ecosy
stems\, such as bacteria\, animals\, rivers\, and forests\, as a way to in
crease our awareness of their needs and rights. In other words\, in respon
se to the climate crisis we could extend our deliberation process by combi
ning natural\, human and machine subsystems\, each consisting of a diverse
set of individual agents. But how?\n\nIn this talk\, we will present an a
ugmented collective intelligence (ACI) framework that shows how the intera
ction between human intelligence (HI) and artificial intelligence (AI) can
be expanded to include such non-human actors within our deliberation proc
esses.\n\nAbout the speakers:\n\nBulent enjoys bridging science\, technolo
gy\, and policy making. He is a hands-on software architect\, a coder\, an
d a university lecturer.\n\nFang is a strategic designer at Dark Matter La
bs and a consultant at PDIS. The main body of her work focuses on open civ
ic knowledge\, digital democracy\, the future of education\, public servic
e innovation\, collaborative policy and rule making.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/30/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:John Richardson (Ethelo)
DTSTART:20201028T160000Z
DTEND:20201028T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/31
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Ethelo\nby John Richardson (Ethelo) as part of Metagovern
ance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/31/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jenna Bednar (University of Michigan)
DTSTART:20201209T170000Z
DTEND:20201209T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/32
DESCRIPTION:Title: Robust federations\, part 1\nby Jenna Bednar (University of Michigan)
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/32/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Saba Siddiki and Christopher Frantz
DTSTART:20201118T170000Z
DTEND:20201118T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/33
DESCRIPTION:Title: Developments in the analysis of institutional grammar\nby Saba Siddik
i and Christopher Frantz as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TB
A\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/33/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Thomas Cox (StrongBlock)
DTSTART:20201104T170000Z
DTEND:20201104T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/34
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introduction to Blockchain Governance and IEEE P2145\nby Thomas Cox (
StrongBlock) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/34/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Akseli Virtanen and Jorge Lopez (Economic Space Agency)
DTSTART:20201111T170000Z
DTEND:20201111T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/35
DESCRIPTION:Title: Economic Grammar: Protocols for Post-Capitalist Economic Expression\n
by Akseli Virtanen and Jorge Lopez (Economic Space Agency) as part of Meta
governance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/35/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Pekko Koskinen (Economic Space Agency)
DTSTART:20201125T170000Z
DTEND:20201125T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/36
DESCRIPTION:Title: ECSA Organizational Protocol\nby Pekko Koskinen (Economic Space Agenc
y) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/36/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nicole Immorlica (Microsoft Research)
DTSTART:20210113T170000Z
DTEND:20210113T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/37
DESCRIPTION:Title: Identity as a social intersection\nby Nicole Immorlica (Microsoft Res
earch) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/37/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Stevie Chancellor (University of Minnesota)
DTSTART:20210120T170000Z
DTEND:20210120T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/38
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Labor and Value of Online Volunteer Moderators\nby Stevie Chancel
lor (University of Minnesota) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstrac
t: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/38/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Joshua Tan and Michael Zargham (University of Oxford)
DTSTART:20201202T170000Z
DTEND:20201202T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/39
DESCRIPTION:Title: Govbase: towards a registry of computational constitutions\nby Joshua
Tan and Michael Zargham (University of Oxford) as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/39/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Amelia Winger-Bearskin (Wampum.codes)
DTSTART:20210106T180000Z
DTEND:20210106T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/40
DESCRIPTION:Title: Indigenous Values for Ethical Tech Design and Development\nby Amelia
Winger-Bearskin (Wampum.codes) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstra
ct: TBA\n\nVideo link above.\n\nJoin the Metagov Community to participate
in the chat: https://metagov.pubpub.org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/40/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Adam Cronkright (of by for)
DTSTART:20210224T170000Z
DTEND:20210224T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/41
DESCRIPTION:Title: Democracy as it should be: The power and promise of democratic lotteries<
/a>\nby Adam Cronkright (of by for) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nA
bstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/41/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jenna Bednar (University of Michigan)
DTSTART:20201216T170000Z
DTEND:20201216T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/42
DESCRIPTION:Title: Robust federations\, part 2\nby Jenna Bednar (University of Michigan)
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/42/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Tine de Moor and Amineh Ghorbani (Rotterdam School of Management)
DTSTART:20210127T170000Z
DTEND:20210127T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/43
DESCRIPTION:Title: "Long term dynamics of institutions for collective action: using ABM as a
complementary tool to support theory development in historical studies"\nby Tine de Moor and Amineh Ghorbani (Rotterdam School of Management) a
s part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/43/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Martin Etzrodt (Ethereum.world)
DTSTART:20210203T170000Z
DTEND:20210203T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/45
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Ethereum.world\nby Martin Etzrodt (Ethereum.world) as par
t of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/45/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Joseph Seering (Stanford University)
DTSTART:20210210T170000Z
DTEND:20210210T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/46
DESCRIPTION:Title: Cooperative Responsibility in Content Moderation Systems\nby Joseph S
eering (Stanford University) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract
: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/46/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Sarah Cone (Column)
DTSTART:20210310T170000Z
DTEND:20210310T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/47
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Column (joincolumn.com)\nby Sarah Cone (Column) as part o
f Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/47/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Harold Davis (Two Row Wampum & Stacks Governance working groups)
DTSTART:20210217T170000Z
DTEND:20210217T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/48
DESCRIPTION:Title: Two Row Wampum Dialogue\nby Harold Davis (Two Row Wampum & Stacks Gov
ernance working groups) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA
\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/48/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jay Graber (Happening)
DTSTART:20210303T170000Z
DTEND:20210303T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/49
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing the decentralized social ecosystem report\nby Jay Graber
(Happening) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/49/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kelsie Nabben (RMIT University)
DTSTART:20210429T000000Z
DTEND:20210429T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/51
DESCRIPTION:Title: Does participatory governance enable resilience?\nby Kelsie Nabben (R
MIT University) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/51/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jane Im (University of Michigan)
DTSTART:20210421T160000Z
DTEND:20210421T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/52
DESCRIPTION:Title: Reimagining and Building Social Platforms Grounded in Consent\nby Jan
e Im (University of Michigan) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstrac
t: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/52/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Shagun Jhaver (University of Washington)
DTSTART:20210505T160000Z
DTEND:20210505T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/53
DESCRIPTION:Title: Designing for Multiple Centers of Power: Multi-level Governance in Online
Social Platforms\nby Shagun Jhaver (University of Washington) as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/53/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Howard Rheingold
DTSTART:20210324T170000Z
DTEND:20210324T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/54
DESCRIPTION:Title: Online Community Governance: Six Case Studies\nby Howard Rheingold as
part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/54/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Clement Lesaege (Kleros)
DTSTART:20210407T160000Z
DTEND:20210407T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/56
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Kleros\nby Clement Lesaege (Kleros) as part of Metagovern
ance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/56/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Miriam Ashton (Metagovernance Project)
DTSTART:20210331T160000Z
DTEND:20210331T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/57
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Metagov\nby Miriam Ashton (Metagovernance Project) as par
t of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/57/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jessy Kate Schlinger (Lunar Foundation)
DTSTART:20210512T160000Z
DTEND:20210512T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/58
DESCRIPTION:Title: Civilization on the Moon\nby Jessy Kate Schlinger (Lunar Foundation)
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/58/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dylan Hadfield-Menell (MIT)
DTSTART:20210623T160000Z
DTEND:20210623T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/59
DESCRIPTION:Title: Artificial Intelligence Needs Normative Infrastructure\nby Dylan Hadf
ield-Menell (MIT) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/59/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Matthew Pearl (Federal Communications Commission)
DTSTART:20210414T160000Z
DTEND:20210414T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/60
DESCRIPTION:Title: Mini-workshop ft. updates from previous Metagov speakers\nby Matthew
Pearl (Federal Communications Commission) as part of Metagovernance Semina
r\n\n\nAbstract\nFeaturing... \n@Paul Stabnow & @Adrian Bednarek from Over
flow Labs.\n@Ehud Shapiro on digital social contracts.\n@Thomas B Cox on b
lockchain governance.\n@Ofer Tchernichovski on feedback systems.\n@Amy Zha
ng on PolicyKit\n@Philip Sheldrake on digital identity\n@Joshua Tan on Gov
Base\n@Shauna Gordon-McKeonon Kybern.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/60/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Victoria Barnett (Design Justice Network)
DTSTART:20210526T160000Z
DTEND:20210526T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/61
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Design Justice\nby Victoria Barnett (Design Justice Netwo
rk) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/61/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Sascha Kellert (Recursiv)
DTSTART:20210602T160000Z
DTEND:20210602T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/62
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Rekursiv\nby Sascha Kellert (Recursiv) as part of Metagov
ernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/62/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Stacco Troncoso and Ann Marie Utratel (DisCO)
DTSTART:20210707T160000Z
DTEND:20210707T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/63
DESCRIPTION:Title: DisCO: a governance/economic model for self-sustaining\, mission-oriented
\, distributed organizations\nby Stacco Troncoso and Ann Marie Utratel
(DisCO) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/63/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jessy Kate Schlinger (Lunar Foundation)
DTSTART:20210714T160000Z
DTEND:20210714T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/64
DESCRIPTION:Title: Civilization on the Moon\nby Jessy Kate Schlinger (Lunar Foundation)
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/64/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bonnitta Roy (Alderlore Insight Center)
DTSTART:20210609T160000Z
DTEND:20210609T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/65
DESCRIPTION:Title: Source code protocols for emerging culture\nby Bonnitta Roy (Alderlor
e Insight Center) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/65/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ana Jamborcic (Socialroots)
DTSTART:20210519T160000Z
DTEND:20210519T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/66
DESCRIPTION:Title: Minimum Viable Governance\nby Ana Jamborcic (Socialroots) as part of
Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/66/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Leon Erichson\, Alex Randaccio\, Matt Prewitt (RadicalXChange)
DTSTART:20210616T160000Z
DTEND:20210616T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/67
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing RxC Voice\nby Leon Erichson\, Alex Randaccio\, Matt Prewi
tt (RadicalXChange) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/67/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov core-group
DTSTART:20210630T160000Z
DTEND:20210630T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/68
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagovernance Project governance\nby Metagov core-group as part of M
etagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/68/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Sam Hart (Interchain Foundation)
DTSTART:20210721T160000Z
DTEND:20210721T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/69
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing the Cosmos SDK governance module\nby Sam Hart (Interchain
Foundation) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/69/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Burak Nehbit\, Benedict Lau (Aether)
DTSTART:20210728T160000Z
DTEND:20210728T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/70
DESCRIPTION:Title: Aether: Democratic governance of P2P online communities\nby Burak Neh
bit\, Benedict Lau (Aether) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract:
TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/70/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo (School of Information Sciences\, Universi
ty of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
DTSTART:20210818T160000Z
DTEND:20210818T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/71
DESCRIPTION:Title: Co-production of EdTech Governance\nby Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo (Schoo
l of Information Sciences\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) as
part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/71/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20210804T160000Z
DTEND:20210804T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/72
DESCRIPTION:Title: Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n
\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/72/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:C. Thi Nguyen (University of Utah)
DTSTART:20210825T160000Z
DTEND:20210825T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/73
DESCRIPTION:Title: Value Capture\nby C. Thi Nguyen (University of Utah) as part of Metag
overnance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nValue capture occurs when an agent enters
a social environment which presents external expressions of value — whi
ch are often simplified\, standardized\, and quantified — and those exte
rnal versions come to dominate our reasoning and motivations. Examples inc
lude becoming motivated by Twitter Likes and Retweets\, citation rates\, r
anked lists of best schools\, and Grade Point Averages. We are vulnerable
to value capture because of the competitive advantage that such pre-packag
ed value expressions have in our reasoning and our communications. But whe
n we internalize such metrics\, we damage our own autonomy. In value captu
re\, we outsource the process of deliberating on our values. And that outs
ourcing cuts off one of the key benefits of personal deliberation. When we
tailor our values to ourselves\, we can fine-tune them to fit our own par
ticular psychology and place in the world. But in value capture\, we buy o
ur values off the rack.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/73/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Haiyi Zhu (CMU)
DTSTART:20210901T160000Z
DTEND:20210901T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/74
DESCRIPTION:Title: Community-Centered AI: Identifying and Navigating Trade-offs Across Multi
ple Community Goals in AI Design\nby Haiyi Zhu (CMU) as part of Metago
vernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAI technologies are increasingly impacting
a wide variety of communities\, both online and offline\, in complex and
important ways. However\, AI tools and systems that appear to provide effi
cient solutions to address communities’ problems can fail in practice. T
o address the challenge\, researchers are increasingly arguing for the imp
ortance of engaging relevant community stakeholders in the design of the A
I systems that will be deployed in these communities. However\, the compli
cated nature of a community's goals and needs\, and the complexity of AI
’s development procedure\, outputs\, and potential impacts\, often preve
nt community stakeholders from meaningful participation in the decision-ma
king of AI system design. In this talk\, we propose a community-centered A
I design approach and argue for the importance of collective decision-maki
ng via deliberation\, mediated through technical innovations. Specifically
\, we develop and use a suite of innovative tools\, techniques\, and meth
ods to capture and explain the trade-offs across multiple community goals
in AI design\, to engage community stakeholders to explore\, discuss\, and
negotiate the trade-offs\, and make collective and informed decisions. In
the talk\, I will discuss our ongoing work\, focusing on conducting commu
nity-centered AI design in two high-impact online community contexts\, Wik
ipedia and 7 Cups.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/74/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Core Group
DTSTART:20210908T160000Z
DTEND:20210908T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/75
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov governance discussion\nby Metagov Core Group as part of Metag
overnance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/75/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20211006T160000Z
DTEND:20211006T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/76
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance S
eminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/76/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20211103T160000Z
DTEND:20211103T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/77
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance S
eminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/77/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:James Hazard and Megan Ma (Common Accord)
DTSTART:20211013T160000Z
DTEND:20211013T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/78
DESCRIPTION:Title: Common Accord and the Use of Prose Objects for Standardizing Policies in
Online Governance\nby James Hazard and Megan Ma (Common Accord) as par
t of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMegan Ma (CodeX Fellow) and Jam
es Hazard (CommonAccord) presenting their work on ProseObjects and the rol
e of open source legal work on Decent(ralized) Law\; Decentralizing the pr
oduction and management of agreements. Note this is distinct from blockcha
in style smart contracts. These are codified representations of legal pros
e that make give that prose some of the collaborative powers\, as well as
provenance we associate with version control in software.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/78/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kaylea Champion (University of Washington)
DTSTART:20210929T160000Z
DTEND:20210929T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/79
DESCRIPTION:Title: Information Public Goods: Two Governance Challenges\nby Kaylea Champi
on (University of Washington) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstrac
t: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/79/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Griff Green (Giveth\, Commons Stack\, Token Engineering Commons)
DTSTART:20211027T160000Z
DTEND:20211027T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/80
DESCRIPTION:Title: Participatory Parameterization of a Garden’s Instance for the Token Eng
ineering Commons (TEC)\nby Griff Green (Giveth\, Commons Stack\, Token
Engineering Commons) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/80/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Arthur Roing Baer (Trust)
DTSTART:20211110T170000Z
DTEND:20211110T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/81
DESCRIPTION:Title: Moving Castles: Modular and Portable Multiplayer Miniverses\nby Arthu
r Roing Baer (Trust) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/81/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Brian Keegan (University of Colorado Boulder)
DTSTART:20211215T170000Z
DTEND:20211215T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/82
DESCRIPTION:Title: Book Club: David Graeber and David Wengrow's "The Dawn of Everything"
\nby Brian Keegan (University of Colorado Boulder) as part of Metagovernan
ce Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/82/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Greg Bloom (Open Referral)
DTSTART:20211201T170000Z
DTEND:20211201T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/83
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Open Referral\, a data commons project\nby Greg Bloom (Op
en Referral) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/83/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20220112T170000Z
DTEND:20220112T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/84
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance S
eminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n\nSign up here for future short talks: https://do
cs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-2Rhm3vwQfwkqAGO7P61B0A_ovv85VwhZfVnlpXVbeA/
edit?usp=sharing\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/84/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Niccolo Pescetelli (Suru)
DTSTART:20220119T170000Z
DTEND:20220119T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/85
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing PSi\nby Niccolo Pescetelli (Suru) as part of Metagovernan
ce Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/85/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Raphael Koster (Deepmind)
DTSTART:20220209T170000Z
DTEND:20220209T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/86
DESCRIPTION:Title: Human-centered mechanism design with Democratic AI\nby Raphael Koster
(Deepmind) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nBuilding arti
ficial intelligence (AI) that aligns with human values is an unsolved prob
lem. Here\, we developed a human-in-the-loop research pipeline called Demo
cratic AI\, in which reinforcement learning is used to design a social mec
hanism that humans prefer by majority. A large group of humans played an o
nline investment game that involved deciding whether to keep a monetary en
dowment or to share it with others for collective benefit. Shared revenue
was returned to players under two different redistribution mechanisms\, on
e designed by the AI and the other by humans. The AI discovered a mechanis
m that redressed initial wealth imbalance\, sanctioned free riders\, and s
uccessfully won the majority vote. By optimizing for human preferences\, D
emocratic AI may be a promising method for value-aligned policy innovation
.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/86/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nathan Schneider and Luke Miller (University of Colorado Boulder)
DTSTART:20220126T170000Z
DTEND:20220126T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/87
DESCRIPTION:Title: Playtime: Modpol\, a game mod for governance\nby Nathan Schneider and
Luke Miller (University of Colorado Boulder) as part of Metagovernance Se
minar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/87/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Eric Alston (University of Colorado Boulder)
DTSTART:20220223T170000Z
DTEND:20220223T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/88
DESCRIPTION:Title: Why Private Firms Aren’t Democratic\nby Eric Alston (University of
Colorado Boulder) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/88/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Antoine Vergne (Missions Publiques)
DTSTART:20220309T170000Z
DTEND:20220309T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/90
DESCRIPTION:Title: Deliberation and Crypto Governance: Building a Bridge\nby Antoine Ver
gne (Missions Publiques) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TB
A\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/90/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community (Metagov)
DTSTART:20220420T160000Z
DTEND:20220420T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/91
DESCRIPTION:Title: Reflections on the Metagov Seminar\nby Metagov Community (Metagov) as
part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/91/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bryan Wilson (Folks Capital)
DTSTART:20220330T160000Z
DTEND:20220330T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/92
DESCRIPTION:Title: Reimagining Rent: From Analog to Computational Tokenization of Community
Equity Interests\nby Bryan Wilson (Folks Capital) as part of Metagover
nance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/92/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Joshua Becker
DTSTART:20220316T160000Z
DTEND:20220316T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/94
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Robust Benefits of Social Influence for the Wisdom of Individuals in
the Crowd\nby Joshua Becker as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstr
act: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/94/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Yak Collective (Yak Collective)
DTSTART:20220413T160000Z
DTEND:20220413T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/95
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing the Online Governance Primer\nby Yak Collective (Yak Coll
ective) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/95/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Lucia Korpas (Metagov)
DTSTART:20220427T160000Z
DTEND:20220427T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/96
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing the DAOchem data set\nby Lucia Korpas (Metagov) as part o
f Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/96/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Eli Pariser (New_Public)
DTSTART:20220511T160000Z
DTEND:20220511T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/97
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing New_Public\nby Eli Pariser (New_Public) as part of Metago
vernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/97/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Emaline Friedman and Michael Hueschen (Neighborhoods)
DTSTART:20220518T160000Z
DTEND:20220518T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/98
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Neighbourhoods: generic tools\, specific cultures\nby Ema
line Friedman and Michael Hueschen (Neighborhoods) as part of Metagovernan
ce Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/98/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20220504T160000Z
DTEND:20220504T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/99
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talk\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance Se
minar\n\n\nAbstract\nShauna Gordon-McKeon (@Shauna Gordon-McKeon (she/her)
) - "All Foundings Are False" (Article) \n\n Article Discussion\n\n
Jacques Courbe (@Jacques Courbe) - "Institutions\, deliberative quality\,
and decision outcomes: an empirical framework for assessing governance qu
ality in DAOs" (Article) \n\n Article Discussion / Seeking Collaborator
s\n\n Danilo Vaz (@Danilo Oliveira Vaz) - "BioGovernance: How can human
technology (both modern and ancient) provide interfaces for governance in
teractions between humans and more than human worlds?" \n\n Project Pre
sentation / Seeking Collaborators\n\n Isaac Mutemi (@Eng - G - Mutemi)
- "Modeling political change in developing countries" \n\n Topical Disc
ussion / Seeking Collaborators\n\n Seth Frey (@Seth Frey) - "Keiteki-ry
o: The world’s greatest laboratory for governance experimentation" \n\n
Project Presentation\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/99/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20220706T160000Z
DTEND:20220706T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/100
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talk\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance S
eminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJonathan Kung\, Joshua Tan\, and Connor McCormick gi
ve presentations on their recent work.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/100/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20220907T160000Z
DTEND:20220907T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/101
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/101/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20221102T160000Z
DTEND:20221102T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/102
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/102/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20220601T160000Z
DTEND:20220601T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/103
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talk\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance S
eminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/103/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Alex W. Rodriguez
DTSTART:20220615T160000Z
DTEND:20220615T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/104
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Governance Workshops - Exquisite Corpse in Common: An Experiment
in Sociocratic Surrealism\nby Alex W. Rodriguez as part of Metagovern
ance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nFor this Practical Governance workshop\, the g
roup in attendance will compose a collective poem. This will be accomplish
ed by introducing the basic principles of Sociocratic governance -- rounds
-based deliberation\, consent-based decisions\, and delegation to linked c
ircles -- and dividing into groups to create\, review\, and decide on diff
erent parts of the poem's language using those principles as a guide. The
result will be a poem resembling the "exquisite corpse" drawing game\, in
which each participant will have contributed at least one word to the fini
shed poem.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/104/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20220720T160000Z
DTEND:20220720T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/105
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagovernance Practical Governance Concepts Workshops: Collective PSi\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n
For this Practical Governance workshop\, the group in attendance will use
a collective intelligence sense making application\, PSi\, to answer the q
uestion: What kind of collective sense making exercises would we like to p
ractice and see implemented in Metagov? \n\nThe session will begin with a
brief birds-eye overview presentation on the field of collective sense mak
ing\, followed by a discussion of the prompt question using PSi\, and a de
briefing of our experience using the application.\n\nA time-bound channel
will be open for the week of the event for discussion and extended reflect
ions on collective intelligence\, implementation of prompt discussion\, an
d overall experience of the workshop. \n\nPresentation and session facilit
ated by Niccolò Pescetelli.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/105/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20220803T160000Z
DTEND:20220803T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/106
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAnanth Natarajan on "Decentralized governance of Ca
pital Project Metaorganizations"\n\n+\n\nTucker McLachlan on crowdwrite.xy
z\, a tool for large-scale participatory writing. that brings governance o
ptions into the editing process\, and draws on design patterns from open s
ource software collaboration.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/106/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20221005T160000Z
DTEND:20221005T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/109
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n@barton\n(Bartholomew Rhodes) - Energy Coordination
Commons Protocol: How to avoid enclosure and hostile nation-states\n@Nick
Naraghi\n- Bringing Roles to DAOs (with Hats Protocol)\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/109/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Anna Weichselbraun
DTSTART:20221019T160000Z
DTEND:20221019T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/110
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Reads: Rules: A Short History of What We Live By (Daston 2022)\nby Anna Weichselbraun as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: T
BA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/110/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20221207T170000Z
DTEND:20221207T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/112
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talk\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance S
eminar\n\n\nAbstract\nchristina bowen\, Cartographies of Internet Metagove
rnance\nNick Merrill\, Interchain\nDeborah Tien\, Common Agency\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/112/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Aviv Ovadya (Harvard Kennedy School)
DTSTART:20220629T160000Z
DTEND:20220629T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/115
DESCRIPTION:Title: Towards Platform Democracy: Policymaking Beyond Corporate CEOs and Parti
san Pressure\nby Aviv Ovadya (Harvard Kennedy School) as part of Metag
overnance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nI’ll be talking about viable approaches
to governing existing global platforms—building on some of the tools/me
thods discussed here (focusing primarily on the possibilities and implicat
ions of sortition-based approaches). I’ll give an overview of what led m
e to this\, what this might look\, what the benefits are\, and why it migh
t be important (including one particular motivation—self-determination a
round whether we should have ranking systems that help bridge divides).I
’ve been working with large platforms to kickstart pilots of this approa
ch for ‘hot potato issues’ (think political ads)\, and while I can’t
share the details of that yet\, in the Q&A\, I can share about my experie
nces observing such processes in general.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/115/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jessy Kate Schingler (Open Lunar Foundation)
DTSTART:20220727T160000Z
DTEND:20220727T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/116
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introduction to Extitutional Theory\nby Jessy Kate Schingler (Open L
unar Foundation) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/116/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Isaac Patka (Logos DAO / Metagov)
DTSTART:20220810T160000Z
DTEND:20220810T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/117
DESCRIPTION:Title: DAO Roast\nby Isaac Patka (Logos DAO / Metagov) as part of Metagover
nance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJoin the Metagov Community and submit a semin
ar proposal in #seminar-planning. \n\nhttps://community.metagov.org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/117/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nicholas Vincent
DTSTART:20220831T160000Z
DTEND:20220831T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/119
DESCRIPTION:Title: Data Leverage: A Framework for Empowering the Public and Mitigating Harm
s of Artificial Intelligence\nby Nicholas Vincent as part of Metagover
nance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMany powerful computing technologies rely on
both implicit and explicit data contributions from the public. This depend
ency suggests a potential source of leverage for the public in its relatio
nship with technology companies: by reducing\, stopping\, redirecting\, or
otherwise manipulating data contributions\, a group of people can reduce
the effectiveness of the lucrative technologies of an organization they wi
sh to pressure to change\, or boost up the technologies of a competitor. I
n this talk\, I will present a framework for understanding “data leverag
e” that highlights new opportunities to change to address negative impac
ts related to economic inequality\, privacy\, content moderation and other
areas of societal concern that stem from data-dependent technologies and
tech company practices. I will highlight the role of research that measure
s data value and that simulates data-related collective action\, and discu
ss a future research agenda for this work that intersects with many open q
uestions about online governance.\n\nBio: Nick Vincent is a PhD candidate
in Technology and Social Behavior (joint program in Computer science and C
ommunication) at Northwestern University. His research focuses on studying
the dependence of modern computing technologies\, including the broad set
of systems called "AI"\, on human-generated data\, with the goal of mitig
ating negative impacts of these technologies. He is especially interested
in research that (1) makes people aware of the value of their data and (2)
helps people leverage the value of their data. This research is rooted in
the hypothesis that\, with better-designed systems\, AI can mitigate ineq
ualities in wealth and power rather than exacerbate them.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/119/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nick Merrill
DTSTART:20220928T160000Z
DTEND:20220928T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/120
DESCRIPTION:Title: On trustware\nby Nick Merrill as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\
nAbstract\nThis talk dives into the politics of "trustware." I argue that
trustware reifies expectations about how social relationships should work\
, making it easier for participants to cohere to those expectations than t
o subvert them. I focus on two cases: the cash register and the national i
dentity system\, to illustrate how the designers' needs dictates whose tru
st trustware serves. I call for restorative trustware\, which counteracts
incumbant power to equalizes power dynamics in trust relationships.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/120/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Community Hang
DTSTART:20221012T160000Z
DTEND:20221012T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/121
DESCRIPTION:Title: Casual Community Hang: What kind of community meetings would we like to
have?\nby Community Hang as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract
: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/121/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Christina Pan
DTSTART:20221026T160000Z
DTEND:20221026T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/122
DESCRIPTION:Title: Comparing the Perceived Legitimacy of Content Moderation Processes: Cont
ractors\, Algorithms\, Expert Panels\, and Digital Juries\nby Christin
a Pan as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJoin the Metagov Co
mmunity and submit a seminar proposal in #seminar-planning. \n\nhttps://co
mmunity.metagov.org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/122/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:James Martel (San Francisco State University)
DTSTART:20221109T170000Z
DTEND:20221109T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/123
DESCRIPTION:Title: On "Anarchist Prophets: Disappointing Vision and the Power of Collective
Sight"\nby James Martel (San Francisco State University) as part of M
etagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn my talk\, I am going to consider t
he internet as a potentially anarchist space. I will begin by distinguishi
ng anarchism from what I like to call archism\, the main mode of political
and economic organization that is so ubiquitous that it doesn’t usually
even have a name. Archism is hierarchical and dominant. It includes many
variants like capitalism\, liberalism and fascism. Anarchism\, when placed
besides archism changes from being simply the name of a particular Europe
an tradition of leftist thought to something more like the infinite other
ways that a community could organize itself besides the top down (or faux
democratic) model that we generally see. \n\nWith this distinction in mind
\, we can see that the change from so called “public” to “private”
modalities of regulating the internet make no real difference insofar as
both public and private partake in archest forms of logic and organization
. Although the internet has long been touted for its revolutionary potenti
al\, in practice it has been completely (or nearly completely) coopted and
commercialized. \n\nI will talk about how and if the internet can realize
its potential as a properly anarchist space\, perhaps one of the most sig
nificant anarchist spaces available in the West. Insofar as anarchist form
s of organization require a forum in which workers and political participa
nts can meet to hammer out the kind of self governance that they wish to e
ngage in\, the internet always has the potential to offer just such a foru
m. As long as it is captured by commercial interests\, right wing ideology
and consumerism\, the internet will remain largely what it is\, an arches
t space with anarchist aspects but that does not mean that it is condemned
to permanent archism. I will make some suggestions about how this space c
an be reclaimed for the anarchist potential that the internet has always h
ad (regardless of the original intentions of its founders) but which is ra
rely recognized\, so eclipsed is it by commercial and other forms of repre
sentation.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/123/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Chris Wray
DTSTART:20220914T160000Z
DTEND:20220914T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/124
DESCRIPTION:Title: Governance Workshop: Collective Governance Theater Written with Legra\nby Chris Wray as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAllegro
Legra is the third in Metagov’s series of Practical Governance Concepts
Workshops. For this workshop we will use Legra\, a multiplayer p2p todo li
st\, to explore the terrain of task delegation and organize the governance
of a swarm-crafted piece of theater on the topic of delegated governance.
The group will be responsible for making a one-act screenplay that includ
es dialogue\, and information about set design and costume. The rest of th
e details will be emergent from the delegation and writing process. \n\nPa
rticipation in this workshop requires some prep. Please follow these instr
uctions: \n\n1. Create account with Legra https://legra.app/ \n2. Check yo
ur spam inbox for mail from noreply@legra.app\n3. Send Cent the email you
used to make an account: cent@metagov.org\n4. Cent will invite you to the
organization for the event before or on the date of the workshop\n5. (If y
ou want to create a personal organization for yourself to play with the ap
p beforehand\, you are welcome. The Legra user guide is here: https://legr
a.notion.site/legra/Legra-User-Guide-2b3b846bf89942a58f9e6ff00e1e3897.)\n\
nIf you are unable to complete these steps for the workshop you can still
attend as an observer. We will plan to screenshare the devising process as
it is unfolding.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/124/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jonathan Stray (UC Berkeley)
DTSTART:20221123T170000Z
DTEND:20221123T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/125
DESCRIPTION:Title: On "Democratic Governance of Recommender Systems"\nby Jonathan Stray
(UC Berkeley) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJoin the M
etagov Community and submit a seminar proposal in #seminar-planning. \n\nh
ttps://community.metagov.org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/125/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Coraline Ada Ehmke (Organization for Ethical Source)
DTSTART:20221130T170000Z
DTEND:20221130T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/126
DESCRIPTION:Title: Open Social Compact\nby Coraline Ada Ehmke (Organization for Ethical
Source) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJoin the Metagov
Community and submit a seminar proposal in #seminar-planning. \n\nhttps:/
/community.metagov.org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/126/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ted Rau\, Alex Rodríguez
DTSTART:20221214T170000Z
DTEND:20221214T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/127
DESCRIPTION:Title: Who Decides Who Decides: Recursivity in Grammars of Governance\nby T
ed Rau\, Alex Rodríguez as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n
Two members of Sociocracy for All report back on their work bringing their
experience with Sociocracy into the fold at Metagov this year. In particu
lar\, they will share about how examining Sociocracy for All's governance
framework through the lens of the CommunityRule tool offered insights into
the "metagovernance" issues at stake in any organizational context: decid
ing who decides.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/127/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Lewis Hammond (University of Oxford)
DTSTART:20230111T170000Z
DTEND:20230111T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/129
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introduction to Cooperative AI\nby Lewis Hammond (University of Oxfo
rd) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/129/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20230118T170000Z
DTEND:20230118T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/131
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nBlaine Hansen on Persistent Democracy and Val Elefa
nte on reState's Future of Governance Toolkit.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/131/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Lucia Korpas (Metagov)
DTSTART:20230201T170000Z
DTEND:20230201T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/133
DESCRIPTION:Title: Governance Surfaces\nby Lucia Korpas (Metagov) as part of Metagovern
ance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/133/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Philipp Zahn (20squares)
DTSTART:20230208T170000Z
DTEND:20230208T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/134
DESCRIPTION:Title: Compositional Game Theory and Institutional Design\nby Philipp Zahn
(20squares) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/134/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Anna Lenhart (University of Maryland)
DTSTART:20230215T170000Z
DTEND:20230215T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/135
DESCRIPTION:Title: Public Engagement in Social Media Policy Through Game Play: A Citizen Pa
nel Case Study\nby Anna Lenhart (University of Maryland) as part of Me
tagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nSection 230 of the Communication Decen
cy Act has become the subject of intense public policy debate. Like much o
f science and technology policy\, the debate focuses on the perspectives o
f experts (Kleinman\, 2007). Though traditional means of engaging citizens
in public policy such as citizen panels may be a promising method for inc
reasing public engagement in debates about Section 230\, citizen panels re
ly on quickly disseminating background educational materials to participan
ts (Sclove\, 1996).\n\nDisseminating educational materials to scaffold the
citizen panel process can highlight inequities that plague participatory
governance methods\, as some participants have more time to engage with ma
terials (Jefferson Center\, 2004). This case study combines the traditiona
l citizen panel process (Sclove\, 1996) with a serious game (Abt\, 1987)\,
to explore if and how games can prepare participants from diverse backgro
unds to engage in technology policy discourse.\n\nGuided by Flanagan and N
issembaum’s “Values at Play” framework (2014)\, we have designed and
tested a card game in which participants debate\, experience\, and make d
ecisions about platform governance\, titled Content Moderation by Design (
CMbD). We then convened nine participants for a day-long virtual citizen p
anel. The effectiveness of the panel was evaluated on factors such as know
ledge generation and democratic discourse using survey results and a quali
tative analysis of the event recordings. We found that after playing the g
ame\, participants were able to relate to a wider range of viewpoints and
suggest diverse policy options which were compiled into a report and deliv
ered to lawmakers.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/135/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Manon Revel (MIT)
DTSTART:20230222T170000Z
DTEND:20230222T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/136
DESCRIPTION:Title: Liquid Democracy in Practice\nby Manon Revel (MIT) as part of Metago
vernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJoin the Metagov Community and submit a se
minar proposal in #seminar-planning. \n\nhttps://community.metagov.org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/136/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Simon Pek (University of Victoria)
DTSTART:20230301T170000Z
DTEND:20230301T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/137
DESCRIPTION:Title: Deliberative democracy\, deliberative mini-publics\, and member particip
ation in large cooperatives\nby Simon Pek (University of Victoria) as
part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAbstract: This presentation
will cover key themes from a new paper titled “Reconceptualizing and Imp
roving Member Participation in Large Cooperatives: Insights from Deliberat
ive Democracy and Deliberative Mini-Publics”. In this paper\, I focus on
how to overcome pervasive concerns with member participation in large coo
peratives. I draw on research on deliberative democracy to disentangle dif
ferent forms of member participation—those that are aggregative in natur
e (e.g.\, voting on resolutions)\, and those that are deliberative (e.g.\,
deliberating about preferred representatives). I then argue that large co
operatives can improve both forms of participation through four targeted u
ses of deliberative mini-publics designed to complement cooperatives’ ex
isting governance structures.\n\nJoin the Metagov Community and submit a s
eminar proposal in #seminar-planning. \n\nhttps://community.metagov.org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/137/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20230308T170000Z
DTEND:20230308T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/138
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJinpeng Xu\, Community Designers of DAO\n\nFotis Ts
iroukis\, How Incentives Lead Us Astray\n\n--\n\nCommunity Designers of DA
O: \n\nWhat points or contributions can designers as participants make to
achieve online governance in terms of transition and innovation?\na) Desig
ners achieve decentralization through the transfer of rights and join the
community as participants. \nb)The transition stage has several core but u
ncertain problems as the point of departure to transition design.\nc) Impr
ove community literacy through the design of information and data.\n\nHow
Incentives Lead Us Astray: \n\nIncentive design rests on background assump
tions about human nature\, behavior and motivation that should be critical
ly examined. One primary assumption is that humans are driven by external
motivations and that they will keep reacting the same way to the same kind
of external motivation as time passes by. Phenomena in behavioral psychol
ogy such as the over-justification effect however challenge this assumptio
n.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/138/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Sofía Cossar\, Jamilya Kamalova\, Tara Merk (BlockchainGov)
DTSTART:20230315T160000Z
DTEND:20230315T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/139
DESCRIPTION:Title: Ethnographic Study of Proof of Humanity DAO Community Fork and Governanc
e\nby Sofía Cossar\, Jamilya Kamalova\, Tara Merk (BlockchainGov) as
part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nSofía Cossar\, Tara Merk\,
and Jamilya Kamalova from BlockchainGov present their findings from ethnog
raphic research undertaken over the last six months in the Proof of Humani
ty DAO\, one of the first large scale DAOs that (to their knowledge) curre
ntly in the process of forking both it's technical infrastructure and comm
unity. Their research aimed to uncover the on-chain and off-chain governan
ce dynamics that led to the community's decision to fork. Given the projec
t's aim to be the first truly "democratic" DAO\, the researchers draw on m
ajor themes from liberal democratic thought to make sense of empirical fin
dings.\n\nReport:\n\n- English: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l_faHo8WA
r-T4MzagCcLyfvIA7xRlUD5/view \n\n- Spanish: https://drive.google.com/file/
d/1JenuvxcaTVDyvn-v2pNTozA-JrO0C0UH/view\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/139/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Arnau Monterde (Ajuntament de Barcelona)
DTSTART:20230322T160000Z
DTEND:20230322T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/140
DESCRIPTION:Title: Decidim: Public-common democratic governance for a free software project
\nby Arnau Monterde (Ajuntament de Barcelona) as part of Metagovernanc
e Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/140/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Daniel Kronovet (Zartan.world)
DTSTART:20230329T160000Z
DTEND:20230329T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/141
DESCRIPTION:Title: Chat-bot boarding house: applications of digital governance to physical
communities\nby Daniel Kronovet (Zartan.world) as part of Metagovernan
ce Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThere are many hard problems associated with dig
ital governance of virtual space\, driven by the fluid and weakly-connecte
d populations being governed. By shifting focus to physical settings\, nam
ely that of co-located housing communities\, the same digital intervention
s can prove very effective. This talk will discuss such an application\, s
ome of the motivating ideas and goals\, and the future of the project.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/141/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20230405T160000Z
DTEND:20230405T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/143
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMelvin K Oxenreider III (mel.eth)\, on "Democracy a
nd Republic: Testing\, Adjusting\, and Automating the Ancient Balance of P
ower"\n\n"In this short talk\, we will explore the ancient balance of powe
r between democracy and republic. We will discuss how this balance has bee
n tested through time\, and when it fails. We will examine the strengths a
nd weaknesses of both democratic systems\, and consider how technological
advancements have impacted the ongoing war for direct and representative a
gency. By understanding this mechanism\, we can work towards creating more
effective and efficient systems of governance that better serve our socie
ty."\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/143/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jieliang Yin
DTSTART:20230510T160000Z
DTEND:20230510T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/144
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Jieliang Yin as part of Metagovernance Semin
ar\n\n\nAbstract\nJieliang Yin on "Fully Decentralized Upgrades of Decentr
alized Applications on Blockchain"\n\nJieliang Yin's work has been support
ed by a grant from MetagovDAO's call for qualitative governance researcher
s.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/144/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nick Kaufmann\, Matt Crittenden\, Steve Vitka
DTSTART:20230614T160000Z
DTEND:20230614T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/145
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Nick Kaufmann\, Matt Crittenden\, Steve Vitk
a as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nNick Kaufmann and Matt
Crittenden present "Spectra: the virtual city that builds real cities"\, a
talk discussing how to combine multi-scale cooperative digital governance
with cooperative urban governance.\n\nSteve Vitka presents "Communication
Currency"\, a talk discussing community moderation.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/145/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Case
DTSTART:20230412T160000Z
DTEND:20230412T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/146
DESCRIPTION:Title: How Design is Governance: Shaping Effective Governance Landscapes\nb
y Case as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this talk\, Cas
e delves into the future of design’s role in shaping effective governanc
e landscapes. They will discuss the concept of design as governance\, the
idea of attention as a constrained resource\, and the potential for a robu
st new standards body founded on Calm Technology principles.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/146/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Open House
DTSTART:20230419T160000Z
DTEND:20230419T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/147
DESCRIPTION:Title: Open House: Casual hour with Metagov. Our community manager will be pres
ent to answer questions people might have about Metagov. All welcome to co
me say hi.\nby Open House as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstrac
t: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/147/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Benjamin Henretig\, Zachary Schlosser\, Corey Cleland
DTSTART:20230426T160000Z
DTEND:20230426T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/148
DESCRIPTION:Title: Screening: (N)ever (F)orget (T)his\nby Benjamin Henretig\, Zachary S
chlosser\, Corey Cleland as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n
(N)ever (F)orget (T)his — is an interactive docuseries project dignifyin
g NFT artists working at the edge of culture. The pilot episode explores t
he intersection of creative liberation\, economic justice\, art at a visio
nary force in culture\, and web3.\n\nWe will host a screening of the ~20 m
in pilot episode “Not-Not-Art”\, a walk through of their interactive p
latform that expands the world of the storytelling with additional films a
nd art galleries\, and an AMA with the creators on their process\, goals\,
and intersections with Metagov’s work.\n\nWe will be joined by (N)ever
(F)orget (T)his Director Benjamin Henretig\, Executive Producer Zachary Sc
hlosser\, and Head of Strategy Corey Cleland.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/148/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Han Tang (SeeDAO)
DTSTART:20230503T160000Z
DTEND:20230503T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/149
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing SeeDAO governance\nby Han Tang (SeeDAO) as part of Metag
overnance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nSeeDAO is the most influential DAO in the
Chinese-speaking world\, and its governance model has deeply influenced t
he development of Chinese-speaking DAOs. Unlike NounsDAO\, SeeDAO is an or
ganization driven by contributors rather than capital\, and its governance
authority distribution is based on SBT obtained through labor rather than
NFT or erc-20 tokens which can be bought in the market. With this governa
nce model\, SeeDAO has established a network of more than 1000 community c
ontributors and 10\,000 DAO members in 15 countries around the world.\nIn
this seminar\, I will introduce SeeDAO's governance model in detail\, incl
uding:\n\n- The evolution history of SeeDAO’s governance model: the era
of a company named CryptoC\; dissolution of the company\; dictatorship\; s
etting SeeDAO’s constitution\; public governance\n- Dual Token Model: Li
quidity Tokens and Non-Transferable Governance Tokens\;\n- Token distribut
ion model which we name as “POW” based on cooperative spirit\, and how
it influences SeeDAO’s community culture\;\n- How SBTs are used in SeeD
AO and why we emphasize the use of SBTs(education\, work experience\, acti
vity\, etc.)\n- Hierarchical governance based on contribution recorded by
SBTs : how to improve governance efficiency and prevent DAO governance att
acks\;\n- The gamification mechanism of DAO: sustainable incentives and ho
w members find meaning in DAO.\n- SeeDAO’s Operation system (Open-source
)\n- An imagination of network states: co-build\, co-share.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/149/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Noah Yeh\, Frank Hu
DTSTART:20230517T160000Z
DTEND:20230517T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/150
DESCRIPTION:Title: First Contact: g0v/da0\nby Noah Yeh\, Frank Hu as part of Metagovern
ance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nda0 is an organization working to "supercharge
" the 10-year running g0v project\, and make g0v a field for "experimentat
ion for advanced theories and tools in civic innovation". Frank Hu and Noa
h Yeh will join us as representatives of da0 to share more about what da0
is\, how it relates to g0v\, and current projects they are working on.\n\n
Noah Yeh will provide a brief introduction to g0v and da0\, with a particu
lar emphasis on the ongoing projects of da0. These will include "(modular)
g00d class\," the "shout-out system\," and "HyperCert in Taiwan".\n\nFra
nk Hu will introduce various study groups in Taiwan\, such as da0 learning
and web3forall\, and summarize the potential collaboration between g0v/da
0 and metagov.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/150/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Daniel Golliher
DTSTART:20230524T160000Z
DTEND:20230524T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/151
DESCRIPTION:Title: On "Civics"\nby Daniel Golliher as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\
nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/151/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Community Jam
DTSTART:20230531T160000Z
DTEND:20230531T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/152
DESCRIPTION:Title: Community Jam: Planning the next 100 seminars\nby Community Jam as p
art of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/152/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Community Jam
DTSTART:20230607T160000Z
DTEND:20230607T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/153
DESCRIPTION:Title: Community Jam: Planning the next 100 seminars\nby Community Jam as p
art of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nA community discussion on the
future of Metagov Seminar.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/153/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Griff Green (General Magic)
DTSTART:20230621T160000Z
DTEND:20230621T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/155
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Pairwise\, a Tinder-like interface for ranked choice\nby
Griff Green (General Magic) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstra
ct\nThis talk is part of a two-talk series focusing on simple and intuitiv
e interfaces for governance. The second talk in this series is scheduled f
or June 28.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/155/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:John Ash
DTSTART:20230712T160000Z
DTEND:20230712T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/156
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Cognicism\nby John Ash as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbs
tract\nCognicism is a framework for promoting collective wisdom\, collabor
ation\, and better decision-making through technology. John will share abo
ut his development of community AI bots Iris\, Ceres\, and now Gaia (made
for the Data Science Studio)\, which are trained on community data\, inter
act with Chat GPT-4\, and aim to truly represent the community's collectiv
e voice. These bots enable groups of people who may not fully understand e
ach other’s perspectives to communicate directly with one another\, shar
e their knowledge\, and come to an enhanced understanding. The bots adapt
to new information and eventually guide the community towards their shared
goals more efficiently.\n\nRead more at Purple Pill Manifesto and see the
attached image to get a sense for how these projects can be harnessed to
support communities with governance challenges\n\nhttp://purplepill.vision
/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/156/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:John Willshire
DTSTART:20230719T160000Z
DTEND:20230719T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/157
DESCRIPTION:Title: Interactive Workshop: Community Power Compass\nby John Willshire as
part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nCommunity Power Compass is a
tool for thinking about particular communities by considering different p
ower dynamics\, informed by Graeber & Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything:
A New History of Humanity... Rather than just deciding that all communitie
s of a type are the same\, maybe tools like this can give people a better
nuanced approach when thinking about whether to join new communities\, lea
ve ones they are part of\, or just observe them from the outside. What mak
es communities very different underneath\, even if they appear very simila
r on the surface? And how might having a more nuanced way of describing th
ese differences help people and organisations join\, find or create better
communities?\n\nThe structure of the workshop will include a short presen
tation with background information on the development of the tool\, an int
eractive Miro-board-style segment for the participants to interface with t
he tool\, and a group discussion for pattern-finding\, sense-making\, and
closing.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/157/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Aashka Tank
DTSTART:20230726T160000Z
DTEND:20230726T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/158
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Governance Archeology\nby Aashka Tank as part of Metagovernance S
eminar\n\n\nAbstract\nHow different is a historical diamond industry commu
nity offering loyal merchants access to more precious stones from a Web3 p
latform\, which allows skilled creators to join it\, giving its starred me
mbers token-gated access to certain discords? Not very - an elite merchant
can bid on a stone and sell it independently\, a creator can network effe
ctively and land a larger project. The same mechanism of positive reinforc
ement is at play : if you bolster the institution by adhering to its rules
\, and contribute positively to it\, you can leverage its collective power
for personal gain. \n\n\nThis link is unsurprising given that both self-
governing institutions and online communities were formed to supplement\,
if not actively subvert\, flawed structures that dictate rules based on ce
ntralised authority. Being in the room where Reserve Bank of India officia
ls walked in to shut down a blockchain panel seemed akin to watching Dutch
officials’ encirclement of strongholds of the Minangbakau clan. However
\, while the panel crumbled and the wing of the organisation creating self
-regulatory mechanisms for crypto-based lending platforms soon collapsed\,
the Minangbakau held their own. Moreover\, they succeeded in doing so wit
hout ceding power or agreeing to pay exorbitant taxes to the Dutch. Perha
ps\, then\, online communities could do well to learn from and harness the
institutional mechanisms that made these historical tribes so robust. \n
\n\nGovernance Archaeology is a detailed repository of historical communit
ies and encodes their mechanisms\, cultural values and norms\, and meta-me
chanisms. It has already yielded novel insights that defy popular beliefs
about self-governance\, such as the notion communities can govern most eff
ectively within smaller groups and by using hierarchies. However\, by anal
ysing communities spanning across centuries and continents\, it is clear t
hat independent of size and purpose\, collective governance works better w
hen institutions “1) allow members to collectively articulate and amend
the rules\, and 2) define and enforce appropriate forms of redress for tho
se who misbehave” (Carugati\, Nepozitek\, 2022). \n\n\nHowever\, there
are a myriad of means to achieve these two ends\, and which mix of mechani
sms works is still difficult to objectively pin down\, especially given th
e remarkable diversity of applications of self-governance in the current c
ontext. \n\nBut surely\, one thinks\, this is not new knowledge. A simila
r database mapping the governance mechanisms of modern communities would b
e more useful for cross-pollination\, and grafting of institutional techni
ques from one arena or platform to another. This is exactly what Govbase d
oes. \n\nAnd yes\, historical communities\, while fascinating in and of t
hemselves\, did not have ground-breaking mechanisms : they used committees
\, councils\, petitions and monitoring\, much as we do today\, to govern e
ffectively. \n\n\nSo why is it important to build a bridge between Govern
ance Archaeology and Govbase? It’s because labels in and of themselves m
ean very little until we’re clear about how they work in practise. A sim
ple example would be deterring individuals from swindling other users on o
nline platforms. The obvious\, technical solution would be charging a heft
y fine or disabling the profiles of cheaters on the platform. An online co
mmunity facing this issue could look around to find other Web3 platforms u
sing smart contract based solutions which\, instead of tracking down viola
tors\, attempt to prevent violations in real time. But even these are susc
eptible to reentrancy attacks\, or more subtle scams like integer underflo
w/overflow. Essentially\, when the solution is technical\, there will be w
ays around it. Where there is a law\, there will be a loophole. \n\n\nBut
what if online communities could look to the past for inspiration? Raid G
uild could see that merchant guilds\, where goods were of substantial valu
e and obtaining redress through courts was erratic\, if not impossible\, p
unished cheaters in a less conventional way. Not only were they expelled\,
they were publicly shamed. Their portraits were hung in guild meeting hal
ls and clubs\, where they were slandered by their peers and denied entry.
So\, Raid Guild might use this to put up pictographs of ostracised former
members on its home page and create a strong cognisance within its communi
ty of certain kinds of behaviour being unacceptable. \n\n\nSince historic
al communities much precede digital\, even technical trappings\, their nor
mative mechanisms are especially cogent. Thus\, their insights could be of
value. \n\n\nHaving said that\, these insights must be distilled\, becau
se some of them simply aren’t feasible today. Kinship ties or alliances
through marriage may be efficacious mechanisms\, but obviously cannot be r
eplicated in a virtual environment. \n\n\nIt should require minimal effor
t for an online community to deploy tools from the past\, and the ideal ex
perience would look like this : the user opens the Mechanisms view of Govb
ase\, filters the table to show only those mechanisms which belong to the
ontology of Governance Archaeology\, and can see how an institutional stru
cture fits into the broader design. Positive reinforcement\, for instance\
, is a subclass of ‘ambiguous or informal decision making’ and is a co
mponent of the wide spanning category ‘values\, ideologies\, incentives\
, and other motivations.’ If this is of interest to the online community
\, it can also look at other mechanisms which belong to the category of in
formal decision making\, like criticism or handshakes\, and read the recor
ds of these to understand how they worked in specific historical communiti
es.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/158/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Daniel Kronovet
DTSTART:20230628T160000Z
DTEND:20230628T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/159
DESCRIPTION:Title: Chores: A 21st century chore wheel\nby Daniel Kronovet as part of Me
tagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nFrom chore wheels to workshift schedul
es to bragging boards\, the coordination of domestic labor in groups remai
ns a perennial challenge. This talk will present a modern solution to chor
es\, discuss its theory and design\, and share some lessons from its nearl
y year-long deployment in a 9-person house in Los Angeles.\n\nThis talk is
part of a two-talk series focusing on simple and intuitive interfaces for
governance. The first talk in this series is scheduled for June 21.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/159/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ammar Manla Hasan
DTSTART:20230802T160000Z
DTEND:20230802T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/160
DESCRIPTION:Title: Groundwork Fellow Artifact Presentation\nby Ammar Manla Hasan as par
t of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAmmar works at a worker-coopera
tive kind of DAO called the Taxir Initiative. One of Taxir's main goals is
to promote decentralized and horizontal self-organization for MENA-based
organizations and collectives. As we are a decentralized organization ours
elves\, we have developed\, over the course of the past two years\, a set
of documents to help us manage and own our initiative in a decentralized m
anner. These documents include an ownership model that we call the Dynamic
Partnership Protocol\, a code of conduct\, a number of policies\, and a D
iscord bot. Our approach could be described as worker-maximalist\, as Taxi
r is and will always be owned and managed by its current and recent worker
s. For this fellowship\, we are creating documentation of our way of work\
, in a way that allows other DAOs and worker cooperatives to iterate on it
and adapt it for their own needs. this seminar will present the efforts o
f this documentation work.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/160/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20230809T160000Z
DTEND:20230809T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/161
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks: Kelani Nichole and Nuno Chainho Amiar\nby Metag
ov Community as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nNuno Chainho
Amiar from the Democratic Future proto-political party on citizen assembl
ies\, and Kelani Nichole on governance structure for the TRANSFER Data Tru
st.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/161/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Tara Merk\, Laura Lotti\, Nick Houde
DTSTART:20230816T160000Z
DTEND:20230816T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/162
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Working Conditions in web3/DAOs\nby Tara Merk\, Laura Lotti\, Nic
k Houde as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOther Internet re
searchers Tara Merk\, Laura Lotti and Nick Houde present their research on
working conditions in web3/DAOs. See this thread for a breakdown of their
research: https://twitter.com/otherinternet__/status/1689656449319022592?
s=20\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/162/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20230913T160000Z
DTEND:20230913T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/163
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/163/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20231011T160000Z
DTEND:20231011T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/164
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/164/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Stacco Troncoso
DTSTART:20231108T170000Z
DTEND:20231108T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/165
DESCRIPTION:Title: Groundwork Fellow Artifact Presentation\nby Stacco Troncoso as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nStacco Troncoso will present deve
lopments in DisCO documentation. Learn more about DisCO: https://disco.coo
p/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/165/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20231213T170000Z
DTEND:20231213T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/166
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov Short Talks\nby Metagov Community as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nPresentations from community participants from Greg
Cassel on Beyond Bigotry: Inclusive Cultural Policy\, and Nuno Chainho Am
iar on Fractal Democracy.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/166/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ori Shimony (https://mechanism.institute/)
DTSTART:20230823T160000Z
DTEND:20230823T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/167
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Mechanism Institute\nby Ori Shimony (https://mechanism.institute/
) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOri Shimony presents hi
s team's research and plans at the Mechanism Institute\, which has a compi
led a large library of mechanisms and is doing research on their performan
ce & broadening the adoption of those mechanisms across many communities!
\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/167/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Michael Suantak
DTSTART:20230830T160000Z
DTEND:20230830T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/168
DESCRIPTION:Title: Groundwork Fellow Artifact Presentation\nby Michael Suantak as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nBuilding a Decentralized\, Secure
\, and Private Communication System for Myanmar - An Action Research Initi
ative\n\nMichael Suantak presents an artifact brief highlighting an action
research initiative aimed at building a decentralized\, secure\, and priv
ate communication system for Myanmar. The initiative was designed to addre
ss the challenges and limitations of communication infrastructure in Myanm
ar by promoting greater accessibility\, security\, and privacy of communic
ation for individuals and communities.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/168/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Camille Canon (Apiary)
DTSTART:20230906T160000Z
DTEND:20230906T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/169
DESCRIPTION:Title: Designing a Constitution for a Community\nby Camille Canon (Apiary)
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis is a talk exploring
Apiary's work on the purpose/constitutional design of Radicle. We have be
en supporting the founders and community in drafting a purpose statement\,
and are now helping them design a governance structure to protect/steward
/expand that purpose. It's been a very community-inclusive process and sta
nds out as a viable example of a "constitution"—one that is adaptable an
d stems from community needs.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/169/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Aimee Burnett (OCAD University)
DTSTART:20230920T160000Z
DTEND:20230920T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/170
DESCRIPTION:Title: Work for Stake: Reimagining Ownership & Work in the Emerging Internet\nby Aimee Burnett (OCAD University) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\
n\nAbstract\nThe modern labour economy is fraught with challenges\, such a
s economic inequality\, job insecurity\, digital intensification and shift
ing labour market composition along the lines of skills\, employer consoli
dation\, and the profile of the average employee. Ownership has emerged as
a powerful\, growing\, and increasingly accessible solution to these chal
lenges\, as it enables workers to reap the full material benefits of their
labour and generate wealth and security in a digital-first world. However
\, despite a positive perception of ownership\, few workers participate in
ownership models\, such as co-operatives and entrepreneurship. This resea
rch investigates barriers to ownership optimizing behaviours among workers
\, the costs\, risks\, and benefits of transitioning to ownership\, and th
e differences between employees and independent workers. The hypothesis is
that experimenting with interoperable digital ownership tools can lead to
disruptive worker-centred innovations that increase worker stake\, such a
s capital ownership\, capital income\, and voice in decision-making. This
research employs strategic foresight and design research methodologies to
provide a structured approach to understanding complex systems and framing
future scenarios and experimentation. Ultimately\, this research aims to
decrease precarity and increase agency for workers by laying the groundwor
k for practical innovations that enable ownership-driven security.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/170/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Wanjiru Ngure
DTSTART:20230927T160000Z
DTEND:20230927T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/171
DESCRIPTION:Title: Groundwork Fellow Artifact Presentation\nby Wanjiru Ngure as part of
Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nWanjiru Ngure presents her work exp
loring the field of event curation\, engaging in research examining use ca
ses considering a more natural / free flow way to curate community-based a
ctivities\, and how she has participated in various kinds of curation scen
arios herself through this time. Tapping into themes of marginalization\,
decision making and inclusivity in both curation and the process developin
g the artifact\, she also presents a system that caters to curators of a l
ocal music community\, assisting with automating and delegation of weekly
recurring processes involved in their curation process to assist ease thei
r administration work\, to have more time to cater to their community and
nurture their individual careers.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/171/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Luke Thorburn
DTSTART:20231004T160000Z
DTEND:20231004T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/172
DESCRIPTION:Title: Probabilistic Foundations of Partisan (Un)Sorting\nby Luke Thorburn
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAlgorithms and governance
systems designed to positively impact human conflict should be grounded i
n a valid model of what makes conflict better or worse. This talk presents
a work-in-progress attempt to ground the most common technical operationa
lization of bridging (the idea of “commonality despite difference”\, w
hich Polis and X/Twitter Community Notes both use) in political / democrat
ic / peacebuilding theory\, and tie that really closely to a basic technic
al model of what I think this operationalization is likely doing at a popu
lation level — partisan unsorting. Throughout\, I'll draw connections to
existing concepts including perception gaps and surprising validation.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/172/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Vaughn McKenzie-Landell & Alex Hajjar (Butter)
DTSTART:20231018T160000Z
DTEND:20231018T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/173
DESCRIPTION:Title: Crypto Utilities: Moving Beyond Coin Voting Governance\nby Vaughn Mc
Kenzie-Landell & Alex Hajjar (Butter) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\
n\nAbstract\nUsing markets to govern protocols and fund public goods.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/173/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20231101T160000Z
DTEND:20231101T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/175
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov 100th Seminar Celebration\nby Metagov Community as part of M
etagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nA celebration of 100 seminars.\n\n- P
art of the time would be spent reviewing the full list of previous seminar
s and seeing what themes arise / which previous seminars fit into that.\n-
Part of the time will be spent brainstorming what topics people want to h
ear in seminars\, and finding the previous seminars that fit into that (an
d potentially making some open calls for seminars in other topics)\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/175/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Joel Chan
DTSTART:20231115T170000Z
DTEND:20231115T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/176
DESCRIPTION:Title: Sociotechnical Infrastructures for Interdisciplinary Scholarly Synthesis
\nby Joel Chan as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/176/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ehud Shapiro (Weizmann Institute of Science)
DTSTART:20231122T170000Z
DTEND:20231122T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/177
DESCRIPTION:Title: A Grassroots Architecture for the Digital Realm\nby Ehud Shapiro (We
izmann Institute of Science) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstra
ct\nThe digital realm is dominated today by global digital platforms with
autocratic or plutocratic governance and lacks democratic alternatives. W
e subscribe to the manifesto of Project Liberty and in this talk describ
e an egalitarian and democratic alternative architecture to the digital re
alm.\n\nThe architecture realizes the notion of grassroots distributed sys
tems\, which\, informally\, are smartphone-based peer-to-peer systems that
do not depend on global platforms or global resources to operate and flo
urish\, and retain the ownership of data and its control with the people
that produce it. \n\nWe present a grassroots protocol stack that employs
the blocklace\, a partially-ordered counterpart to the blockchain. The f
irst layer of the protocol\, grassroots dissemination\, can realize grass
roots social networking\; the second layer\, of equivocation exclusion\, c
an realize grassroots cryptocurrencies\, and the third layer\, of ordering
\, can realize grassroots consensus. Together they can provide a grassroot
s foundation to egalitarian and democratic alternatives to existing glob
al platform-based applications.\n\nProject Liberty Manifesto: https://www.
projectliberty.io/news/a-manifesto-from-project-liberty-s-founder-a-better
-web-for-a-better-world\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/177/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Janita Chalam\, Val Elefante\, Cent Hosten\, Hazel
DTSTART:20231129T170000Z
DTEND:20231129T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/178
DESCRIPTION:Title: On D20 Governance\nby Janita Chalam\, Val Elefante\, Cent Hosten\, H
azel as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nd20 is a Discord bot
that allows communities to play governance games in an LLM-mediated envir
onment. Groups can come together to embark on a governance “quest”\, w
here they make lightweight decisions about the their group and experience
varied mechanisms of decision-making. d20 moderates the group's governance
through different "culture modules" - playfully modifying users' messages
to cultivate diverse interaction environments for participants.\n\nThe te
am working on this project will give a presentation on the background of t
he project\, give an overview of development process\, conduct a short int
eractive demo\, and explore possible research questions the project could
support.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/178/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Tanusree Sharma
DTSTART:20231206T170000Z
DTEND:20231206T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/179
DESCRIPTION:Title: Inclusive.AI: Engaging Underserved Populations in Democratic Decision-Ma
king on AI\nby Tanusree Sharma as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\n
Abstract\nDrawing from a series of research findings\, it becomes evident
that AI technologies can disproportionately impact underserved populations
that overlook their unique requirements. Several challenges related to ti
mely input\, scalability\, and plural\, sometimes conflicting expectations
of users and service providers emerge\, necessitating a sociotechnical so
lution for consensus. To this end. there needs to be a deeper understandin
g of responsible computing for the development of emerging technologies (e
.g.\, AI) by the distribution of power through technology in a democratic
manner. This includes new methods for engaging underserved groups as a con
tributor to AI technologies\; methods of technical inclusion in cooperativ
e deliberative design\; and creating technologies of empathy through tacti
cal and opportunist interventions leveraging both experimental and theoret
ical techniques. In this work in Inlcusive.AI\, I ask: How can we design
meaningful and actionable governance solutions to engage users in the deci
sion-making for sensitive\, controversial value-laden topics in AI model b
ehavior?\n\nThis project aims to utilize Decentralized Autonomous Organiza
tion (DAO) mechanisms to empower underserved groups\, such as people with
disabilities\, and people from the global south in decision-making process
es related to AI. Different DAO mechanisms and configurations were tested
to facilitate democratic decision-making. We developed a collaborative dec
ision-making platform\, named Inclusive.AI\, that allows diverse parties t
o engage in discussions\, proposals\, and voting related to AI-related iss
ues. We conducted a series of randomized online experiments with 235 peopl
e with disabilities and individuals from the Global South\, through a 2x2
experiment design where we manipulated the voting methods (ranked voting v
s. quadratic voting) and voting token distribution (equal distribution vs.
differential 20/80 distribution) to understand people’s norms\, expecta
tion and perception of the process being democratic.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/179/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Seth Godin
DTSTART:20240103T170000Z
DTEND:20240103T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/182
DESCRIPTION:Title: A governance layer for voting\nby Seth Godin as part of Metagovernan
ce Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/182/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Tobias Kuhn
DTSTART:20240320T160000Z
DTEND:20240320T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/183
DESCRIPTION:Title: Nanopublications: Rethinking global knowledge sharing\nby Tobias Kuh
n as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/183/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kyle Drake
DTSTART:20240117T170000Z
DTEND:20240117T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/185
DESCRIPTION:Title: Making the Web Fun Again\nby Kyle Drake as part of Metagovernance Se
minar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/185/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Bryan Semaan (University of Colorado Boulder)
DTSTART:20240124T170000Z
DTEND:20240124T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/186
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Colonial Impulse of Online Governance\nby Bryan Semaan (Universi
ty of Colorado Boulder) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nB
ryan Semaan is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair for Graduate
Studies in the Department of Informaton Science at the University of Colo
rado Boulder. He examines the role of Information and Communication Techno
logies in enabling resilience amongst people immersed in challenging conte
xts (e.g. people’s experiences with racism and stereotyping\, LGBTQ+ peo
ple “coming out”\, and refugees integrating into new sociocultural con
texts). His work draws on critical perspectives (e.g. decolonial\, critica
l race\, and feminist) to understand\, critique\, and create ethical\, mor
al\, just and equitable sociotechnical systems.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/186/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Manon Revel
DTSTART:20240131T170000Z
DTEND:20240131T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/187
DESCRIPTION:Title: Week 1 of 4 - On and Off Responsibilities in Governing AI\nby Manon
Revel as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n[Open to the public
. For this series we request your registration here: https://lu.ma/on-and-
off-responsibilities-in-ai-governance-week-1]\n\nJoin us for the inaugural
session of "On and Off Responsibilities in Governing AI" a four-part Semi
nar Series led by Metagov community participant\, Harvard Fellow\, and Res
ponsible AI Institute Research Scientist\, Manon Revel.\n\nThe series will
offer attendees an opportunity to take part in an interactive workshop\,
hear from a guest expert in responsible AI\, and lead presentations explor
ing ways of incorporating offline methods of governance into the governanc
e of online-based AI.\n\nIn this first seminar\, we will overview the c
ontent and schedule of the series\, make collective action plans\, delegat
e responsibilities among seminar participants\, and set the overall tone a
nd intentions for the series.\n\nThis virtual gathering is hosted by Me
tagov on Butter[1]\, and scheduled for January 31\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM t
o 1:00 PM EST.\n\nWhether you're a policymaker\, tech enthusiast\, or s
imply curious about the future of AI governance\, this series is designed
to stimulate interdisciplinary conversation and practical engagement in go
vernance.\n\n[1]: Note that there is no need to make an account with Bu
tter to join the seminar.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/187/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Manon Revel
DTSTART:20240207T170000Z
DTEND:20240207T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/188
DESCRIPTION:Title: Week 2 of 4 - On and Off Responsibilities in Governing AI\nby Manon
Revel as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n[Open to the public
. For this series we request your registration here: https://lu.ma/on-and-
off-responsibilities-in-ai-governance-week-2]\n\nJoin us for the second se
ssion of "On and Off Responsibilities in Governing AI" a four-part Metagov
Seminar Series in collaboration with the Responsible AI Institute.\n\n
In this second seminar\, we will run a self-governance experiment aimed at
giving participants practical experience with the act of governing AI fol
lowed by a theoretical discussion of responsible AI. Join us for an active
seminar experience and in-depth theoretical discussion.\n\nThis virtua
l gathering is hosted by Metagov on Butter[1]\, and scheduled for February
7\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST.\n\nWhether you're a policymak
er\, tech enthusiast\, or simply curious about the future of AI governance
\, this series is designed to stimulate interdisciplinary conversation and
practical engagement in governance.\n\n[1]: Note that there is no need
to make an account with Butter to join the seminar.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/188/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Var Shankar (Responsible AI Institute)
DTSTART:20240214T170000Z
DTEND:20240214T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/189
DESCRIPTION:Title: Week 3 of 4 - On and Off Responsibilities in Governing AI\nby Var Sh
ankar (Responsible AI Institute) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAb
stract\n[Open to the public. For this series we request your registration
here: https://lu.ma/on-and-off-responsibilities-in-ai-governance-week-3]\n
\noin us for the third session of "On and Off Responsibilities in Governin
g AI" a four-part Metagov Seminar Series made in collaboration with the Re
sponsible AI Institute.\n\nIn this third seminar\, we will welcome a sp
eaker from the Responsible AI Institute to discuss the non-profit’s lead
ing role bringing responsible guidelines to the deployment of AI technolog
ies\, and how these guidelines can compliment approaches to governing AI.\
n\nThis virtual gathering is hosted by Metagov on Butter[1]\, and is sc
heduled for February 14\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST.\n\nWheth
er you're a policymaker\, tech enthusiast\, or simply curious about the fu
ture of AI governance\, this series is designed to stimulate interdiscipli
nary conversation and practical engagement in governance.\n\n[1]: Note
that there is no need to make an account with Butter to join the seminar.\
n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/189/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Val Elefante\, Vladimir Baulin
DTSTART:20240221T170000Z
DTEND:20240221T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/190
DESCRIPTION:Title: Week 4 of 4 - On and Off Responsibilities in Governing AI\nby Val El
efante\, Vladimir Baulin as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n
[Open to the public. For this series we request your registration here: ht
tps://lu.ma/on-and-off-responsibilities-in-ai-governance-week-4]\n\nJoin u
s for the fourth and final session of "On and Off Responsibilities in Gove
rning AI" a four-part Metagov Seminar Series made in collaboration with th
e Responsible AI Institute.\n\nIn this seminar\, we will welcome commun
ity presentations and a collective reflection discussing what we learned i
n the last three seminars and ways we might be able to build on this learn
ings in the future.\n\nThis virtual gathering is hosted by Metagov on B
utter[1]\, and is scheduled for February 21\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM to 1:00
PM EST.\n\nWhether you're a policymaker\, tech enthusiast\, or simply
curious about the future of AI governance\, this series is designed to sti
mulate interdisciplinary conversation and practical engagement in governan
ce.\n\n[1]: Note that there is no need to make an account with Butter t
o join the seminar.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/190/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nathan Schneider
DTSTART:20240228T170000Z
DTEND:20240228T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/191
DESCRIPTION:Title: Governable Spaces: Book Launch Seminar\nby Nathan Schneider as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/191/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Wes Chow (MIT)
DTSTART:20240306T170000Z
DTEND:20240306T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/192
DESCRIPTION:Title: Why We Cooperate\nby Wes Chow (MIT) as part of Metagovernance Semina
r\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/192/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Cecile Green
DTSTART:20240313T160000Z
DTEND:20240313T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/193
DESCRIPTION:Title: Frameworks & Tools for Healthy Power Sharing\nby Cecile Green as par
t of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMany of us are invested in inte
grating democratic participation into how the internet is governed. In thi
s seminar\, I would like to offer a set of frameworks that directly addres
s human social power to help us measure our success in achieving this goal
.\n\nBuilding on over 10 years of research\, soul-searching\, and practica
l application in groups from Occupy Wall Street to Resource Generation\, o
ur worker coop (Round Sky Solutions) has attempted a synoptic integration
informed by Ostrom’s principles that enable us to reliably share power a
nd prevent the abuses of both autocracy and collectocracy. The methods tha
t exist already–i.e. Sociocracy\, Holocracy\, Theory U\, Appreciative In
quiry\, Participatory Budgeting\, Nonviolent communication–each address
a partial arena of power-sharing needs. We’ve been working to identify a
nd integrate all of these needs into an ecology of practices that are easi
ly learnable\, transfer across contexts\, encodable in software\, and coul
d create a unifying process fabric for the many aspects of a governance la
yer for the internet.\n\nIn this seminar\, we’ll offer a brief introduct
ion to the theory and practice behind this ecology of power-sharing tools
and an invitation for dialogue about its practical application.'\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/193/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Sandra Braman
DTSTART:20240327T160000Z
DTEND:20240327T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/194
DESCRIPTION:Title: Parametric Virtues: Information Policy at System Borders\nby Sandra
Braman as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nWe have long recog
nized that information policy is of constitutional importance and\naffects
the nature of our social and political systems in constitutive ways. We h
ave not\, however\, explicitly addressed the specific domain of parametric
functions\, processes\, and tools in its own right. This paper provides a
theorization and conceptualization of what that domain looks like. It int
roduces a number of parametric functions for which information and other t
ypes of policy tools are already in use or can be easily conceived as they
fall into the categories of complexity\, energy generation\, filters\, tr
iggers\, and topology. The talk will conclude by thinking through what thi
s approach to understanding the emergence\, sustenance\, and transformatio
ns in the nature of governance means for understanding and deliberately sh
aping metagovernance.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/194/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dr. Christopher Hill (DeSci Labs)
DTSTART:20240403T160000Z
DTEND:20240403T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/195
DESCRIPTION:Title: On meta-science and governance of science\nby Dr. Christopher Hill (
DeSci Labs) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/195/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Puja Ohlhaver
DTSTART:20240417T160000Z
DTEND:20240417T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/196
DESCRIPTION:Title: On "Compressed to 0: The Silent Strings of Proof of Personhood"\nby
Puja Ohlhaver as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nPuja Ohlhav
er presents on the recent paper she co-authored 'Compressed to 0: The Sile
nt Strings of Proof of Personhood': https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf
m?abstract_id=4749892\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/196/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Mahasweta Chakraborti
DTSTART:20240410T160000Z
DTEND:20240410T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/197
DESCRIPTION:Title: Do We Run How We Say We Run? Formalisation and Practice of Governance in
OSS Communities.\nby Mahasweta Chakraborti as part of Metagovernance
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOpen Source Software (OSS) communities often resist
regulation typical of traditional organizations. Yet formal governance sy
stems are being increasingly adopted among communities\, particularly thro
ugh non-profit mentor foundations. Our study looks at the Apache Software
Foundation Incubator program and 208 projects it supports. We assemble a s
calable\, semantic pipeline to discover and analyze the governance behavio
r of projects from their mailing lists. We then investigate the reception
of formal policies among communities\, through their own governance priori
ties and internalization of the policies. Our findings indicate that while
communities observe formal requirements and policies as extensively as th
ey are defined\, their day-to-day governance focus does not dwell on topic
s that see most formal policy-making. Moreover formalization\, be it dedic
ating governance focus or adopting policy\, has limited association with p
roject sustenance.\n\nRef:\nChakraborti\, M.\, Atkisson\, C.\, Stanciulesc
u\, S.\, Filkov\, V.\, and Frey\, S. (in press). Do We Run How We Say We R
un? Formalisation and Practice of Governance in OSS Communities. Proceedin
gs of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. \n\nhttps://doi.org/10.48550/
arXiv.2309.14245\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/197/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Cade Diehm\, Benjamin Royer (New Design Congress)
DTSTART:20240424T160000Z
DTEND:20240424T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/198
DESCRIPTION:Title: Research notes on Digital identity\nby Cade Diehm\, Benjamin Royer (
New Design Congress) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nDesp
ite years of information security innovation\, the state of user safety co
ntinues to decay and digital systems remain vulnerable. This is because th
e majority of attacks rely on a flawed first principle of digital identity
assembled from entrenched assumptions around presentation\, authenticatio
n\, enforcement and trust. As societies continue to digitize with digital
identity as the endpoint for all socio-technical contact between citizens\
, institutions and infrastructure\, the collective inability to imagine ne
w designs for digital identity will shatter how we cultivate social trust.
How else can this depressing state of affair\, where no single attribute
of a person can escape the reach of bad actors\, be brought to an end?\n\n
Since 2023\, New Design Congress has applied a combination digital anthrop
ology cum- adversarial security research methodology to the question of th
e flawed digital identity -- its definitions\, implementations\, and impli
cations on the present and future. From FaceID to BankID\, from Facebook t
o the fediverse\, from Worldcoin to the world's passports\, this is an exh
austive study of the opportunities and risks that emerge from how we repre
sent entities in the information age. At the centre of all this is a core
hypothesis: today's digital identities are inherently vulnerable to attack
\, and this leads to brittle digital societies.\n\nWith first findings due
just weeks from this seminar\, NDC has since January been drip-releasing
research notes -- abridged chapters from the forthcoming report. Parts one
(Identifying & Defining the Digital Self) and two (Self-(De)termination:
The Fatal Ambiguity of Digital Identity) having already been released (ini
tiating discussion in the Metagov Slack). Part three Spheres of Identity"
- coauthored by Roel Roscam Abbing - is forthcoming\, and will look at the
properties of centralized/decentralized/federated identity systems.\n\nFr
om their first research note:\n\n"Despite the popular concepts of digital
identity being tied to user self-expression or data-politics\, the express
ion or representation of self is not the intent of the digital identity fi
rst principle. Instead\, the overarching goal shared by all implementation
s of digital identity is that of the broader intent of cybernetics: to gov
ern a population in aggregate. This is accomplished by standardising the p
roperties of entities and actors as they are appear within the digital sys
tem\, eliminating edge cases where possible\, and then designing socio-tec
hnical touchpoints within the system that allow for the management of thes
e subjects."\n\nCade and Benjamin will join our seminar to present the bro
ad arc of their research\, draw connections between digital governance\, c
ybernetics\, and the untenability of digital identity in its current incar
nation\, opening a discussion around the future of online governance. Thei
r presentation follows last week's seminar on the 17th of April looking at
a similar topic in digital identity\, particularly proof of personhood (d
etails for last week's seminar are here: https://researchseminars.org/talk
/Metagov/196/).\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/198/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:David Zhou
DTSTART:20240508T160000Z
DTEND:20240508T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/199
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing Doxamarket: Information Markets for Decentralized Governance
\nby David Zhou as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nPredi
ction markets offer a novel and transformative approach to enhancing decis
ion-making processes within corporate governance. Google’s internal mark
ets\, Prophet and Gleangen\, highlight prediction markets’ versatility a
nd impact across different product domains and operational outcomes. We en
courage further research on the performance optimization capabilities that
internal prediction markets can have on corporate governance.\n\nPredicti
on markets have also shown promise in addressing complex resource allocati
on problems\, particularly in the case of grants and public goods funding.
Doxamarket’s first experiment Didomi (https://gov.optimism.io/t/introdu
cing-doxamarket-information-markets-for-decentralized-governance/7962) is
an attempt to showcase prediction markets through the lens of decentralize
d governance. Participants speculate the anticipated outcomes of Optimism
’s Farcaster Mission Request (https://app.charmverse.io/op-grants/propos
als) in order to influence decisions made by the grants council.\n\nTo ful
ly harness the “wisdom of the crowd\,” further exploration is needed o
n how prediction markets can encourage participants to disclose their true
preferences and contribute meaningful insights into corporate decision-ma
king processes. This line of research could significantly advance our unde
rstanding of the strategic value of prediction markets in optimizing corpo
rate governance and operational efficacy.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/199/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Daniela Zschaber
DTSTART:20240529T160000Z
DTEND:20240529T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/200
DESCRIPTION:Title: On the organizational structure of The Yanomami tribe\nby Daniela Zs
chaber as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/200/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Brett Frischmann (Villanova University)
DTSTART:20240515T160000Z
DTEND:20240515T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/201
DESCRIPTION:Title: On "Friction-In-Design Regulation as 21st Century Time\, Place\, and Man
ner Restriction"\nby Brett Frischmann (Villanova University) as part o
f Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nDigital networked society needs fr
iction-in-design regulation that targets the digital architectures\, suppo
sedly smart (data-driven\, algorithmic) systems\, and interfaces that shap
e human interactions\, behavior\, and will (beliefs\, preferences\, values
\, intentions). The relentless push to eliminate friction for the sake of
efficiency has hidden social costs that affect basic human capabilities an
d society. A general course correction is needed.\n\nFriction in the digit
al networked environment can come in many forms. It can be as simple as a
time delay prior to publishing a social media post\, a notice that provide
s salient information coupled with a nudge toward actual deliberation\, or
a query that tests comprehension about important consequences that flow f
rom an action–for example\, when clicking a virtual button manifests con
sent to share information with strangers. In the seminar\, we'll explore s
ome examples and the research agenda that is beginning to emerge.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/201/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Brad deGraf
DTSTART:20240522T160000Z
DTEND:20240522T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/202
DESCRIPTION:Title: on "Tech for Good" Network Cooperatives and Tech Stack\nby Brad deGr
af as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n"A Network Cooperative
is a new organizational form ideal for dealing with the metacrisis. It is
a commons whose shared resource is its membership\, which is composed of
overlapping networks of trust\, respect\, and delegation. The governance m
odel and tech stack it supports was born from the concept that The Regen M
ovement is a lot of brilliant individuals\, and their relationships. The g
oal is to turn the network into a new social operating system with powerfu
l new forms of coordination\, including financial\, that outcompete curren
t systems and are necessary for a 'world wise web'"\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/202/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Greg Cassel
DTSTART:20240626T160000Z
DTEND:20240626T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/207
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Foundations of Modular Organizing / FoMO\nby Greg Cassel as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nGreg Cassel will be presenting on
"Foundations of Modular Organizing"/ FoMO. FoMO is an introduction to fle
xible foundational concepts for modeling and mapping any describable conce
pts\, phenomena\, systems and entities. FoMO describes a set of irreducibl
e root terms\, or ontological primitives\, which are flexibly useful for m
odeling and mapping all describable concepts and phenomena\, with special
emphasis on the design\, development and governance of governable resource
s such as communications protocols\, projects\, networks\, systems and dat
abases. The ontological primitives are arranged into core categories for n
etworking\, systems\, resources and media items. The media items category
includes the massive subtype of governance resources. FoMO particularly se
eks to disambiguate and understand what media items and channels essential
ly are and how we do or don't relate them to our personal thoughts\, mutua
lly-recognizable agreements\, linked data and databases\, including big da
ta.\n\nGreg is the founder and steward of Inclusive Organizing. He's curre
ntly a technical contractor for Commons Engine\, SI3 and Collaborative Tec
hnology Alliance\, specializing in ontology\, linked data design\, governa
nce and community management.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/207/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Greg Bloom (Open Referral)
DTSTART:20240612T160000Z
DTEND:20240612T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/208
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Community Resource Data Infrastructure Design\nby Greg Bloom (Ope
n Referral) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nGreg Bloom of
Open Referral will be presenting the new iteration of a visual vocabulary
to describe data supply chain institutional design – including a protot
ype of vocabulary for governance model design. This session will elicit fe
edback on key elements and design strategies for conveying governance conc
epts visually.\n\nOpen Referral develops data standards and open source to
ols that make it easier to share\, find and use information about the reso
urces available to people in need. Learn more at https://openreferral.org/
.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/208/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Rome Viharo
DTSTART:20240703T160000Z
DTEND:20240703T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/209
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Aiki Wiki\nby Rome Viharo as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\n
Abstract\nRome Viharo introduce Aiki Wiki\, a unique online conversational
tool and computational system designed to gamify consensus building into
resolution without relying on a voting mechanism for governance.\n\nAiki W
iki represents an innovative approach to forming a “narrative consensus
” using a type of conversational game theory for conflict resolution\, e
liminating the need for voting while ensuring openness\, transparency and
continuous feedback.\n\nAiki Wiki has been developed to facilitate rationa
l and constructive dialogue within online communities\, with a stated miss
ion to “replace nothing\, improve everything”\n\nThe project is curren
tly evolving from Version 1.0 (Parley) to Version 2.0 (Consensus Dojo)\,
which has applied for the MetaGov interoperability grant\, and seeks to ev
olve to Version 3.0\, a global library of consensus articles to submit for
Phase 1 of the NSF SBIR program.\n\n- Will introduce 9x3 narrative logic\
, introduce the structure of narrative events and its unique markup langua
ge that replaces a voting algorithm\n- Will introduce “convergence or ab
andonment” as a method to filter toxicity or disinformation within a con
sensus process\n- The transparency and feedback loop process that ensures
the integrity and accountability of the consensus.\n- The potential applic
ations of Aiki Wiki in conflict resolution\, governance and decision-makin
g processes.\n\nRome Viharo\, the creator of Aiki Wiki\, will be available
to present this seminar in June\, July or August. As a dedicated advocate
for decentralized governance and innovative community engagement\, Rome a
ims to inspire further adoption and involvement in Aiki Wiki’s ongoing d
evelopment.\n\nThis seminar will be an excellent opportunity for the MetaG
ov community to explore how Aiki Wiki can transform decentralized governan
ce and foster meaningful community interactions by leveraging conversation
al game theory for narrative consensus.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/209/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Natalia Dashan\, Brian Rayburn\, Eugene Leventhal\, Cent Hosten
DTSTART:20240731T160000Z
DTEND:20240731T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/210
DESCRIPTION:Title: Pre DWeb Camp Fireside\nby Natalia Dashan\, Brian Rayburn\, Eugene L
eventhal\, Cent Hosten as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMe
tagov community members in a fireside chat about upcoming DWeb Camp contri
butions.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/210/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kenechukwu Orjiene\, Amos Mwangi\, Gitonga Miriam Njeri\, Golda Ve
lez (LinkedTrust)
DTSTART:20240717T160000Z
DTEND:20240717T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/211
DESCRIPTION:Title: Practical Inclusiveness and Earned Governance\nby Kenechukwu Orjiene
\, Amos Mwangi\, Gitonga Miriam Njeri\, Golda Velez (LinkedTrust) as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nKenechukwu Orjiene\, Amos Mwangi\
, Gitonga Miriam Njeri\, and Golda Velez are four of the co-founders of Li
nkedTrust\, a Public Benefit Corporation with a commitment to sharing equi
ty and governance.\n\nSoftware engineers in decentralized protocols\, they
are the builders of the LinkedClaim vocabulary used by the US Chambers of
Commerce Foundation and being applied to UN Traceability Interoperability
standards as well as verifying Candid.org applicants.\n\nIn this seminar
Kenechukwu\, Amos\, Gitonga\, and Golda will discuss their direct experien
ce in participating in a unique model of shared governance using a rotatin
g steering committee selected in a random work-weighted way\, to make toug
h decisions about team proposals to spend profits. They will discuss the c
onstraints on time and resources in a scrappy\, lean startup\, the reasons
for designing this unique model\, and how genuine shared governance can b
e a competitive advantage.\n\nIn addition they will touch on the Fairmint
method of sharing a growing pie of equity in a tokenized manner between in
vestors and founders\, while reserving governance only for participants\,
and on the hopes of integrating the LinkedClaim technology into future gov
ernance methods.\n\nKenechukwu is located in Enugu\, Nigeria\nAmos is loc
ated in Nairobi\, Kenya\nGolda is located in Tucson\, Arizona\, US\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/211/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Denisa Kera
DTSTART:20240904T160000Z
DTEND:20240904T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/212
DESCRIPTION:Title: Experimental Governance Sandboxes and LLM Agent-Based Simulations\nb
y Denisa Kera as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThe present
ation and demo will explore how we can "hum" over AI Agents and use prompt
s as regulatory artifacts and tools of communicative action. \n\nAgainst t
he promises of a "model" Civitas Dei over responsible\, trustworthy\, huma
n-centered AIs\, we will emphasize the disobedience of prompts and exploit
s to preserve political and social agency. In response to the procedural a
nd overly bureaucratic AI governance efforts—such as those outlined by t
he OECD\, the EU AI Act\, and various US directives—which we claim lead
to regulatory capture\, we propose a return to a more experimental and par
ticipatory form of governance. \n\nInspired by the TCP/IP protocol "wars"
and principles like "robustness" and "rough consensus and running code\,"
our project seeks to apply these lessons to manage emerging AI infrastruct
ures. We advocate open\, transparent practices and environments\, such as
exploratory sandboxes\, which involve a broad range of stakeholders in exp
eriments and decision-making processes. This approach contrasts sharply wi
th the current emphasis on compliance and (self)assessments that centraliz
e power and limit public participation. \n\nOur ongoing experiments with L
LMs agent-based simulations aim to demonstrate robust\, decentralized gove
rnance of AIs\, ensuring their development remains aligned with democratic
values and the public interest\, and preventing the concentration of tech
nological power over our common future. How can we save political and soci
al agency in an age of closed models that cannibalize and compress the Int
ernet into API calls?\n\nDr. Denisa Reshef Kera is the founder of the Desi
gn and Policy lab\, Dando.design\, and explores innovative and creative wa
ys of public engagement in science and technology regulations. She curren
tly works as a Senior Lecturer in the Science\, Technology and Society pro
gram at Bar Ilan University\, Israel\, and she is also active as the alter
nate AI national expert appointed by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
. Her global and interdisciplinary work on experimental governance of emer
ging infrastructures (open hardware\, blockchain/DLTs\, AIs) is captured i
n her book on "Algorithms and Automation" https://www.routledge.com/Algori
thms-and-Automation-Governance-over-Rituals-Machines-and-Proto/Kera/p/book
/9781032038636. Her academic career over the past decade includes Universi
ty of Malta\, Tel Aviv University\, University of Salamanca\, the National
University of Singapore\, Arizona State University\, and Charles Universi
ty in Prague\, her hometown.\n\nhttps://www.anonette.net/ |\nhttps://githu
b.com/anonette/ |\nhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denisa-Reshef-Kera
|\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/denisakera/ |\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/212/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Community Event
DTSTART:20240710T160000Z
DTEND:20240710T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/213
DESCRIPTION:Title: Seminar Wish List and Proposal Generation Co-working\nby Community E
vent as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/213/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Matthew Akamatsu
DTSTART:20240821T160000Z
DTEND:20240821T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/215
DESCRIPTION:Title: Coordinating decentralized research with lab discourse graphs\nby Ma
tthew Akamatsu as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOur presen
ter will show how our cell biology lab uses discourse graphs as the coordi
nation layer for collective research. Discourse graphs break scientific r
esearch into its atomic components - questions\, claims\, and evidence - a
nd connect them into a graph. The research found that for ongoing research
\, discourse graphs enable researchers to orient toward their chosen resea
rch question and track their emerging results that test their hypotheses.
This has allowed researchers to find modular research projects and share d
iscrete results with sufficient context for others to understand and build
upon. Researchers report streamlined thinking\, better orientation toward
their target question\, and a sense of accomplishment for contributing ta
ngible results usable by other researchers\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/215/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Community
DTSTART:20240814T160000Z
DTEND:20240814T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/217
DESCRIPTION:Title: DWeb Debrief\, Reflections\, and Questions\nby Community as part of
Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJoin us as members of the Metagov co
mmunity share their reflections on attending DWeb Camp 2024.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/217/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Brooke Ann Coco\, Luke Miller\, Ellie Rennie\, Michael Zargham
DTSTART:20240828T160000Z
DTEND:20240828T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/218
DESCRIPTION:Title: Introducing KOI\nby Brooke Ann Coco\, Luke Miller\, Ellie Rennie\, M
ichael Zargham as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nTraditiona
l top-down data management systems have provided firms with significant ad
vantages\, but fall short in addressing the dynamic nature of knowledge wi
thin non-hierarchical groups. Such organizations need to enact collective
governance over knowledge. In addition\, existing approaches do not enable
effective knowledge-sharing between groups\, which is essential for colle
ctives seeking to address shared problems\, expand their networks or make
use of an adjacent community’s expertise.\n\nOur project aims to reimagi
ne knowledge management by developing and implementing an advanced system
using Reference Identifiers (RIDs) within the graph-based KOI (Knowledge O
rganization Object Infrastructure) architecture developed by our partner\,
BlockScience.\n\nThe team will focus on how we’ll use the KOI system in
Metagov. This includes privacy discussions on how to opt in or out of hav
ing your data used in the system and what messages KOI can see\, as well a
s exploring how you would most like to use the KOI.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/218/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Anke Liu (Stellar Development Foundation)
DTSTART:20240911T160000Z
DTEND:20240911T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/219
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Neural Quorum Governance\nby Anke Liu (Stellar Development Founda
tion) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAnke Liu will be pr
esenting on Neural Quorum Governance (NQG). Designed in collaboration with
BlockScience\, this governance model merges reputation-based voting power
attribution with the flexibility of opt-in group delegation\, paving the
way for a more democratic and transparent decision-making process. The ina
ugural implementation of NQG is currently in development and is leveraged
for award allocation decision making for the Stellar Community Fund.\n\nAs
for the seminar\, Anke would like to focus on NQG’s key defining and va
lidated features that could instigate further adoption by the industry\, t
he learnings of the development so far\, as well as opportunities for grow
th and involvement. \n\nAs the Ecosystem Growth Lead at the Stellar Develo
pment Foundation\, Anke oversees programs and initiatives catalyzing innov
ation and expansion of projects building on Stellar. Anke is driven by a p
assion for decentralized communities and impactful innovation in Web3\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/219/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Primavera De Filippi\, Wessel Reijers\, and Morshed Mannan
DTSTART:20240918T160000Z
DTEND:20240918T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/220
DESCRIPTION:Title: New Book: Blockchain Governance\nby Primavera De Filippi\, Wessel Re
ijers\, and Morshed Mannan as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract
\nJoin us for a book launch event for a new book from MIT Press's Essentia
l Knowledge series.\n\nHow can digital cash truly be “trustless”? What
does it mean that blockchain offers a new paradigm of the “rule of code
”? How are decisions made when a blockchain system faces an emergency\,
and who gets to make those decisions? In Blockchain Governance\, Primaver
a De Filippi\, Wessel Reijers\, and Morshed Mannan offer answers to these
questions and more\, in an accessible\, critical overview of legal and pol
itical issues related to blockchain technology\, now the foundation of a m
ulti-billion-dollar industry. Moving beyond the hype\, they show how block
chain offers fertile ground for experimentation with radically new ways to
govern people and institutions.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/220/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Paulo Gregory (Cohado®)
DTSTART:20240925T160000Z
DTEND:20240925T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/221
DESCRIPTION:Title: Cohado: Designing Community Organization Strategies\nby Paulo Gregor
y (Cohado®) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nInventor Pau
lo Gregory articulated the Cohado® platform as a response to the dominant
\, hierarchal operating structures that govern virtually all of contempora
ry human behavior. Through applying and testing this system in a broad arr
ay of real-world contexts with individuals\, youth\, teams\, communities\,
startups\, corporations\, and government\, he realized that the 8 underly
ing principles represented by 7 symbols of Cohado®\, could be used for em
ergent and inclusive strategic design and implementation in virtually any
collaborative endeavor. \n\nThe symbols\, which represent vision\, viewpoi
nt\, relationship\, creativity\, structure\, manifestation\, community\, a
nd regeneration\, can be utilized to elevate virtually any collective proc
ess from concept to integration WITH the community or culture it supports.
Cohado® offers insights into emergent and regenerative structures that a
lign with the systems of nature\, indigenous cultures throughout the world
\, and those contemporary design-thinkers and stewards are reaching toward
s to solve the complex challenges we face to manifest innovation of health
y and sustainable organizing systems and solutions.\n\nPaulo will reveal t
he design process that went into the evolution and implementation of the g
ame and associated operating system through real-world application. He and
his team have developed a stunning web-based Virtual Cohado® platform th
at will form the foundation of broad tech-enabled applications of the Coha
do® system. \n\nThe Cohado® system is fundamentally collaborative. Paulo
is deeply interested in exploring potential partnerships in the spaces of
governance\, AI\, and blockchain integration. He is also interested in a
neuroscience collaboration to measure the impact of this tool on cognitive
shifts occurring through engagement with Cohado®.\n\nPaulo shared deep g
ratitude for this opportunity to meet with the Metagov stewards of change.
This session comes at a moment that aligns with the launch of both the Co
hado® physical and virtual tools\, and an 8 week immersion into the broad
er principals of this model in partnership with the Startup Champions Netw
ork through the Cohado® Ecosystem Culture Challenge [https://www.startupc
hampions.co/ecosystem-culture-challenge]. He welcomes any Metagov members
to join in these opportunities to collaboratively learn and share with oth
er stewards in this critical space at a critical time.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/221/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Carlo Michaelis (OpenEvocracy)
DTSTART:20241002T160000Z
DTEND:20241002T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/222
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Evocracy (Evolutionary Democracy)\nby Carlo Michaelis (OpenEvocra
cy) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nEvocracy (evolutionar
y democracy)\, a collective intelligence method for content-oriented decis
ion-making on open-ended questions. In Evocracy\, individually proposed so
lutions are systematically aggregated into a single joint decision. The ap
proach is based on hierarchical re-grouping\, where small groups integrate
their proposals. Representatives of those groups carry the group proposal
to the next level until only a single group with a final solution is left
. The systematic reduction and integration process scales logarithmically\
, which enables content-oriented decision-making for large groups of peopl
e. It is also designed to work self-organized and permissionless.\n\nCarlo
will give an introduction to the Evocracy method\, possible applications\
, and the current state of the project. Finally\, Carlo will briefly touch
on their broader vision of a web3 democracy. The main intention is to spr
ead the idea and to collect inspirations and feedback on the decision-maki
ng method itself and the current strategy to make it happen.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/222/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Neta DAO Academy (Neta DAO)
DTSTART:20241009T160000Z
DTEND:20241009T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/223
DESCRIPTION:Title: Sex and Economy: Reading Desire in Web3\nby Neta DAO Academy (Neta D
AO) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\n"Code is Law\," but w
hy do we desire to be ruled by code? A cost-benefit analysis based on marg
inal preferences and outcomes would seem to suggest: because code is less
fallible than human beings. But is this a premise or a conclusion of block
chain projects? The circularity of desire\, like the circularity of capita
list economy (Marx's 'MCM' formula)\, makes reasoning about our longings n
otoriously difficult.\nThis seminar will share some of the research conduc
ted at Neta DAO Academy on the intersection of political economy and libid
inal economy vis-a-vis tokenomics/monetary theory\, digital ontology\, and
governance design through a Lacanian lens to respond to the question: Wha
t do—and what can—we want from Web3?\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/223/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nathan Hewitt\, Joshua Tan\, Tara Merk
DTSTART:20241023T160000Z
DTEND:20241023T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/225
DESCRIPTION:Title: To Community Governance Transition Calculator\nby Nathan Hewitt\, Jo
shua Tan\, Tara Merk as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nWe h
ave developed a calculator oriented toward open source project meant to he
lp them understand how ready they are for a transition to community govern
ance. We will provide an overview of the project\, its current status\, us
e Metagov as a small test case (it isn’t a perfect match for the calcula
tor\, given that it is many projects\, not just one\, but we will still us
e it to show the questions)\, and we will share some of future plans. Read
more at to.community.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/225/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Lee Drutman\, Rob Richie
DTSTART:20241030T160000Z
DTEND:20241030T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/226
DESCRIPTION:Title: Debate: State-Level Ranked Choice Voting in the US\nby Lee Drutman\,
Rob Richie as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nSeveral US st
ates are voting on adopting ranked-choice voting (RCV) this November. As a
case study on governance design\, we will host a debate between a leading
advocate and critic of the specific RCV proposals on the table. This is n
ot a debate about RCV in the abstract but specifically about its current a
nd potential implementation in these contexts. However\, we hope to draw l
essons from this discussion that can be applicable elsewhere.\n\nPro: Rob
Richie (Founder and Senior Advisor\, FairVote)\n\nhttps://fairvote.org/who
-we-are/our-team/?team=staff&staffname=rob-richie\n\nCon: Lee Drutman (Sen
ior Fellow\, New America)\n\nhttps://www.newamerica.org/our-people/lee-dru
tman/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/226/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:MEDLab (University of Colorado Boulder)
DTSTART:20241113T170000Z
DTEND:20241113T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/228
DESCRIPTION:Title: Zine Release: "Change Is in the Cards: Governance Transitions in Open So
urce Communities"\nby MEDLab (University of Colorado Boulder) as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nWaves of uncertainty swell around
you. They threaten to consume you with confusion as they crescendo. Where
do you and your community turn?\n\nSince its invention 15th-century Italy
\, tarot has been one technology of sense-making often used as a starting
points for reflection\, divination\, and introspection. By consulting the
cards and considering their relevance to the problems that face us\, these
technologies can help us to forge answers to the existential queries that
arise across a lifetime of complexity and change.\n\nWe invited practitio
ners from various open-source communities to use the tarot as a tool for s
ense-making about governance transitions they have witnessed or participat
ed in. We consulted the tarot\, pulling cards for each contributor and enc
ouraging them to interpret these cards as they may— conjuring wisdom abo
ut community governance\, especially in moments of liminality and transiti
on.\n\nMaking open-source software is a way of collectively speaking new p
ossibilities into existence. Programming and community-building both are f
orms of practical magic: the writing and implementation of codes\, spells\
, or “magic words” that do things in the world. Governance is the ste
wardship or oversight of these processes. By demystifying certain aspects
of it (and mystifying others!)\, we can help communities operate more effe
ctively and democratically.\n\nOur hope is that this zine will be an open-
ended starting point—a forkable resource—that can help others navigate
growth\, transition\, and all kinds of impasse\, in software development
and far beyond. \n\nhttps://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/10/03/get-ou
r-latest-zine-open-source-governance-change-cards\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/228/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:David Jay
DTSTART:20241211T170000Z
DTEND:20241211T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/229
DESCRIPTION:Title: Book Talk on "Relationality: How Moving from Transactional to Transforma
tional Relationships Can Reshape Our Lonely World"\nby David Jay as pa
rt of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nBook overview: For readers of
Together and The Art of Gathering\nHow moving from transactional to transf
ormational relationships and organizations can save our democracy\, nurtur
e our connections\, and make us happier and healthier.\n\nPowerful institu
tions\, from schools to tech and social media companies\, create breeding
grounds for isolation by failing to invest in relational work. This obstac
le stands in the way of our fight for racial equity\, economic justice\, a
nd climate resilience.\n\nIn Relationality\, leading asexuality and relati
onship activist David Jay brings clarity to the crisis with a fresh perspe
ctive that expands upon the fundamental idea that all entities in the univ
erse are connected. Jay draws from a range of vivid personal experiences\,
including his time spent helping tech workers and policymakers reform soc
ial media.\n\nThis book is for people who believe in the power of relation
ships and want to see increased investment in relational work. Its scienti
fically grounded framework will help readers foster conversations about re
lational work\, establish conditions for relationships to thrive\, and qua
ntify the impact of them.\n\nEquipping professionals and activists involve
d in nonprofit\, political\, and other types of relational work with the k
nowledge they need to fight for and utilize resources\, Relationality shar
es valuable insight on:\n• The history of why institutions fail to inves
t in relationships\n• Reimagining ROI calculations to account for relati
onal work\n• Using tools of prediction and emergence theory to build com
munities\n• How stories and data about relationships can help us direct
resources toward relational work\n• Relational economics and the redistr
ibution of wealth\nWith isolation and loneliness on the rise in a post-loc
kdown world\, Relationality offers a roadmap to nourish our connections to
ward a better\, more liberated world—personally\, organizationally\, and
in community.\n\nThis book talk will be facilitated by Val Elefante\, Com
munity Lead at Metagov.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/229/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kaliya Young\, Day Waterbury (Identity Woman)
DTSTART:20241127T170000Z
DTEND:20241127T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/230
DESCRIPTION:Title: Exploring the Remarkable Regenerative Patterns and Practices of the Inte
rnet Engineering Task Force (IETF)\nby Kaliya Young\, Day Waterbury (I
dentity Woman) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis work
reports on research focused on the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IE
TF) innovative processes for not only creating protocols (descriptions of
how to move data in networks of computers) but also\, its own governance p
rotocols. We argue the IETF is regenerative and leverages its collective i
ntelligence. Our research can offer insights to organizations and communit
ies seeking to create better technology for the good of humanity.\nThe fir
st part of our research explores the IETF as a living system based on our
participation and observations mapped to the patterns from three different
pattern languages. In this section we explore how Identity\, Culture\, Pr
ocess\, Governance\, Tooling\, and Knowledge all shape a deeper IETF Purpo
se.\nThe second part of the report thoroughly explores how the IETF is reg
enerative. We use the patterns from the pattern languages as lenses to und
erstand how the organization works. We detail how these patterns appear wi
thin the IETF as it operates.\nWe explore\n• How an organization that is
totally open to participation from anyone in the world maintains its cohe
rence and achieves effective results developing the protocols for data com
munications networks.\n• How the Ritual and Flow of week-long meetings e
mbody many Patterns from the Group Works Deck: A Pattern Language for Brin
ging Life to Meetings and Other Gatherings.\n• How the organization dist
ributes governance and embodies and expresses key patterns from the Wise D
emocracy Pattern Language.\n• How the organization sustains Joyful Commu
nal Labor within a Zone of Autonomy it has cultivated and maintained.\n•
How core patterns like a Willingness to Experiment and a Grounding in Run
ning Code exist for both the technical protocols and the community leaders
hip and governance protocols they create.\n• What key patterns are prese
nt within Working Group meetings – the main meeting form within the IETF
.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/230/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Sam Schikowitz (https://forby.io/)
DTSTART:20241204T170000Z
DTEND:20241204T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/231
DESCRIPTION:Title: ARCH Voting Method Consensus-building Process\nby Sam Schikowitz (ht
tps://forby.io/) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThe ARCH
Voting Method is a distinct system for consensus-building\, facilitating
a dynamic and collaborative environment.\n\nIn an era where collective dec
ision-making must scale from small teams to global populations\, the need
for a voting system that genuinely captures the community's resonance is p
aramount. The ARCH Voting Method is designed to fulfill this need by allow
ing votes to be ranged and updated in real-time as new information emerges
. Inspired by effective consensus-building processes\, ARCH facilitates a
dynamic and collaborative environment where:\n\n1. Proposal and Feedback:
Members propose options\, rate them\, and provide reasons for their suppor
t or concerns.\n\n2. Iterative Improvement: This transparent exchange of i
deas leads to the refinement and creation of better proposals.\n\n3. Conse
nsus Building: Decisions are made only when a sufficient level of communit
y consensus is achieved on an option.\n\nBy embodying these principles\, t
he ARCH Voting Method aims to scale the collaborative spirit to communitie
s of any size—even to the global population—empowering effective and r
esonant decision-making on a massive scale..\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/231/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Araba Sey (Research ICT Africa)
DTSTART:20241218T170000Z
DTEND:20241218T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/233
DESCRIPTION:Title: Inclusive Ocean Data for Decision-Making\nby Araba Sey (Research ICT
Africa) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAraba Sey is Dep
uty Director at Research ICT Africa and a Research Associate of the Ocean
Nexus research institute. She is one of the authors of "Inclusive Ocean Da
ta for Decision-Making." \n\nIn this presentation\, Araba will be discussi
ng her research and learnings specifically on Data for Decision-Making (D4
D)\, "decision-making cultures\," fostering inclusion in decision-making p
rocesses\, and case studies from the domain of ocean governance. View the
book free online here: https://issuu.com/ocean_nexus/docs/workbook-singlep
age_v.13\n\nThe decisions we make about our oceans need to be informed by
sound data\, and more importantly\, the process for collecting and interpr
eting that data needs to be inclusive of the diverse realities\, values\,
and knowledge systems of local marine communities. All too often\, however
\, that isn’t the case. Researchers with the University of Washington’
s Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) investigated the reasons why a
nd have collaborated to create a training resource for communities to fost
er inclusive data-driven decision-making.\n\nInclusive Ocean Data for Deci
sion-Making is an open-source\, adaptable training resource for community
organizations such as libraries and nonprofits.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/233/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ted Rau
DTSTART:20250108T170000Z
DTEND:20250108T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/237
DESCRIPTION:Title: Is consent watered-down consensus? 3 key differences that are easy to mi
ss.\nby Ted Rau as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nTed i
s an advocate\, trainer and consultant for self-governance. His main focus
is sociocracy. After his PhD in linguistics and work in Academia\, he co-
founded the membership organization Sociocracy For All in 2016 which has g
rown to 250 members with several international and topic-focused departmen
ts and action teams. Ted spends his days consulting with mission-driven or
ganizations\, teaching and deeply immersed in the work as a member within
Sociocracy For All. Ted identifies as a transgender man\; he has 5 childre
n between 10 and 20. A German citizen\, he has lived in Massachusetts sinc
e 2010. He is (co)-author of three books on self-governance\, Many Voices
One Song (2018)\, Who Decides Who Decides (2021)\, and Collective Power (2
023) and working on a book on the interface between governance and wisdom.
\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/237/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Wingham Rowan (MM4A (Modern Markets for All) Nonprofit: www.mm4a.s
ocial)
DTSTART:20250115T170000Z
DTEND:20250115T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/238
DESCRIPTION:Title: Modern Markets for All: digital public infrastructure to unlock each per
son’s economic potential\nby Wingham Rowan (MM4A (Modern Markets for
All) Nonprofit: www.mm4a.social) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nA
bstract\nMM4A Nonprofit emerged from British government programs that crea
ted a radical new labor platform as alternative to extractive gig work app
s. The platform is now also launched by public agencies in the US.\n\nThis
is a taster of the extraordinary potential of platforms for economic acti
vity initiated with the unique heft of government. It's counter-intuitive
but a system of e-markets operated as a genuine public utility in any juri
sdiction could cut living costs\, boost growth\, and tackle marginalizatio
n.\n\nwww.PeoplesCapitalism.org\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/238/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ty Sullberg
DTSTART:20250122T170000Z
DTEND:20250122T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/239
DESCRIPTION:Title: Ize “Mycelial Process Platform” demo and workshop\nby Ty Sullber
g as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIze is a bottoms-up\, e
volutionary process platform that helps distributed teams share power and
harness collective intelligence. Ize works by connecting otherwise fragmen
ted web2/web3 identities and tools into coherent process flows. Think of i
t like “zapier for governance”.\nThe idea for Ize took shape as I was
writing a blog post for Metagov that explored the limitations of DAO tooli
ng (https://medium.com/metagov/beyond-daos-design-decisions-for-internet-o
rganizations-5e5b21779104). Ize also takes inspiration from Nathan Schneid
er's “Modular politics” paper and Cent Hosten's D20 project.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/239/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Angela Kreitenweis (Token Engineering Academy)
DTSTART:20250205T170000Z
DTEND:20250205T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/241
DESCRIPTION:Title: On Massive Decentralized Learning Communities\nby Angela Kreitenweis
(Token Engineering Academy) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstra
ct\nAngela Kreitenweis is Founder of the Token Engineering Academy (https:
//tokenengineering.net/). Token Engineering is the design\, verification a
nd optimization of token-based economic systems. Token Engineering Academy
is the first comprehensive educational program in this new crypto-native
sector.\n\nAngela will present on the community story of the Academy which
reached 5000 full-time students over 5 years\, and then has just closed a
s of this month. See the closing celebration tweet here: https://x.com/akr
tws/status/1853790650287714631. \n\nShe will share with us lessons on inno
vations in massive decentralized learning community management.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/241/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Austin Robey (Subvert)
DTSTART:20250219T170000Z
DTEND:20250219T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/243
DESCRIPTION:Title: Subvert: A collectively owned Bandcamp successor\nby Austin Robey (S
ubvert) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nSubvert (https://
subvert.fm/) is a cooperative working to build an online marketplace where
artists and labels can sell music and merchandise directly to their suppo
rters. We're creating a Bandcamp successor that is owned and controlled by
its community of artists\, labels\, supporters\, and workers. The platfor
m we are building aims to transform the relationship between creators and
the infrastructure they rely on. By offering genuine ownership and democra
tic governance to our members\, Subvert aligns the interests of the platfo
rm with those who use it and contribute to its success.\n\nAustin Robey is
a platform governance designer extraordinaire. Before Subvert\, he founde
d Ampled\, another platform coop for musicians which informed his experien
ce doing things differently with Subvert. He has also participated in many
Platform Cooperativism Consortium Conferences and participated in Start.c
oop\, NEW INC\, and Metalabel.\n\nIn this discussion\, let's learn from Au
stin's experience building platform co-ops (in web 2 and web 3) and unders
tand what works well when it comes to governance design for online platfor
ms for creative communities. I'm eager to ask Austin questions about what
he thinks it will take to put the future of the creative economy back into
creators' hands.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/243/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Brett Stoudt (City University of New York)
DTSTART:20250319T160000Z
DTEND:20250319T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/244
DESCRIPTION:Title: Intro to Participatory Action Research (PAR): A Primer for Governance Re
searchers\nby Brett Stoudt (City University of New York) as part of Me
tagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nBrett Stoudt\, PhD\, Associate Profess
or\, Psychology Doctoral Program\, City University of New York\, Graduate
Center & Deputy Director of the Public Science Project\n\nIn this presenta
tion\, Dr. Stoudt will introduce the principles and possibilities of parti
cipatory action research (PAR) through several NYC case studies. He will u
se his work with communities on policing and the justice system over the l
ast decade to illustrate:\n· PAR’s theoretical and ethical foundat
ions\;\n· Critical questions to consider throughout the PAR process\
;\n· Using qualitative and quantitative approaches within a PAR fram
ework\;\n· Linking PAR to policy\, organizing\, education and litiga
tion\;\n· Opportunities to think about “art” as method and actio
n.\n\nPublic Science Project website: https://publicscienceproject.org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/244/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Janneke Adema
DTSTART:20250326T160000Z
DTEND:20250326T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/248
DESCRIPTION:Title: Learnings from COPIM (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for
Monographs)\nby Janneke Adema as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\n
Abstract\nCreating Community-Owned Futures for Open Access Books by Scalin
g Small and Co-designing Governance\n\nThe Scaling Small philosophy or org
anisational principle (see e.g. Adema and Moore\, 2021 - https://www.westm
insterpapers.org/article/id/918/) was developed as part of\, and implement
ed by\, the COPIM (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Mono
graphs) project and community as an explicit and intentional alternative t
o large-scale\, commercial approaches to academic publishing. \n\nScaling
Small\, is our term for an alternative way of envisaging a publishing and
distribution ecosystem for open access books based on mutual reliance and
other kinds of collaboration. In opposition to the dominant strategies of
organisational growth for publishers\, which flatten community diversity t
hrough economies of scaling ‘up’\, Scaling Small is built on the idea
that healthy growth of an ecosystem can be nurtured through intentional co
llaborations between community-driven projects. It aims to promote a bibli
odiverse ecosystem while providing resilience through sharing of resources
and knowledge\, and other kinds of collaboration. This principle has guid
ed COPIM’s community-led governance structures and supported its main ou
tcomes and objectives focused on building models\, systems\, and platforms
to remove the hurdles preventing new and existing open access book initia
tives from adopting open access workflows. \n\nIn this talk I will explore
how this principle and philosophy has been and is being implemented in pr
actice in two outcomes of the COPIM project: the Open Book Collective and
the Experimental Publishing Compendium.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/248/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Tommy Introna (Serpentine Galleries)
DTSTART:20250402T160000Z
DTEND:20250402T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/250
DESCRIPTION:Title: Choral Data 'Trust' Experiment by Serpentine Galleries\nby Tommy Int
rona (Serpentine Galleries) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstrac
t\nThis seminar will feature Tommie Introna and their colleagues & researc
hers from Serpentine Galleries to present on their recent white paper "Cho
ral Data 'Trust' Experiment White Paper" exploring the vital role of galle
ries\, libraries\, archives\, and museums in shaping an ethical and public
-interest focused AI ecosystem.\n\nThrough an innovative case study - t
he Choral Data Trust Experiment conducted alongside 'The Call'\, an exhibi
tion by Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst - we examine how cultural instituti
ons can serve as trusted data intermediaries and pioneer new models for re
sponsible AI development.\n\nThe research presents concrete findings on
building collective data governance\, establishing legal frameworks for d
ataset contributors' rights\, and positioning cultural institutions as key
stewards in the public AI landscape. At a critical moment in AI developme
nt\, this research offers vital insights for cultural organisations\, poli
cymakers\, and anyone interested in ensuring AI serves the public good.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/250/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Matt Stempeck (Civic Tech Field Guide)
DTSTART:20250409T160000Z
DTEND:20250409T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/251
DESCRIPTION:Title: Civic AI\nby Matt Stempeck (Civic Tech Field Guide) as part of Metag
overnance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMatt Stempeck discusses Civic AI\n\nHow s
pecifically are civic tech platforms introducing AI features to enhance de
mocracy? Especially within participation platforms? And will these efforts
be enough against a broader context of AI harms (supplanting human involv
ement in things\, disrupting institutions\, and being used against democra
tic actors)?\n\nFor the past nine years\, Matt has curated the Civic Tech
Field Guide (https://civictech.guide/)\, the world’s largest and most op
en collection of democracy tech tools\, data\, and programs. Between caret
aking the Civic Tech Graveyard of projects that are no longer with us\, an
d collecting over 200 examples of civic AI (https://civictech.guide/ai/).
\n\nHe brings experience building civic tech at tech giants\, activist org
anizations\, city government partnerships\, and media companies to keep an
eye on what’s working\, and what really isn’t.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/251/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Joseph Gubbels (Metagov)
DTSTART:20250416T160000Z
DTEND:20250416T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/252
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov's new Theory+Practice project\nby Joseph Gubbels (Metagov) a
s part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nA seminar to introduce
Metagov's new Theory+Practice project\, which is running through the next
couple months\, currently as part of Interop (dedicated page coming soon).
This project aims to connect political theory / political science with wo
rk being done in these spaces on new democratic practice (especially by fr
iends of Metagov).\n\nThis will involve:\n\n1. Helping deliberative tech p
ractitioners better understand the political theory relevant to their work
(via seminars\, discussions\, readings and resources\, etc.)\n\n2. Exposi
ng political theorists to these efforts to build deliberative tech and new
democratic practice (via inductive study\, explorative discussions\, expe
rt guests\, etc.)\n\nThis seminar will lay out the problems motivating the
Theory+Practice project\, outline some key theoretical issues relevant to
practitioners\, and show how some key practical issues are relevant to po
litical theorists.\n\nTheory+Practice will also run a few seminars later t
his month\, outside the main Metagov seminar timeslot (watch #deliberative
-tools-and-interop for updates). Input on potential topics and Theory+Prac
tice generally is welcome via this ~5 min survey!'.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/252/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Evan Miyazono (Atlas Computing)
DTSTART:20250423T160000Z
DTEND:20250423T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/253
DESCRIPTION:Title: A rule-based approach to mitigating AI-risk\nby Evan Miyazono (Atlas
Computing) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nGovern AI wit
h Rules\, Not Values\n\nA Manifesto for Specification-Driven AI\n“it is
indispensable that they should be bound down by strict rules and precedent
s\, which serve to define and point out their duty in every particular cas
e that comes before them”\n\n(Alexander Hamilton\, Federalist 78\, descr
ibing the judiciary\, to become arbiters of the law)\n\nJoin Evan Miyazono
as he presents the work of https://atlascomputing.org/ to the Metagov Com
munity'.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/253/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Richard Whitt\, Estefanie Govea (GLIANet Alliance)
DTSTART:20250430T160000Z
DTEND:20250430T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/254
DESCRIPTION:Title: Becoming "Net Fiduciaries" with the GLIANet Alliance\nby Richard Whi
tt\, Estefanie Govea (GLIANet Alliance) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\
n\n\nAbstract\nThis seminar will feature a presentation by Richard Whitt (
technology policy attorney formerly @ Google\, Twilio) and Estefanie Govea
(program lead formerly @ Circl.es) to present on their work establishing
and building the GLIANet Alliance.\n\nThe goal of the GLIANet Alliance
is to better align modern day market\, technology\, and political institut
ions with the greater public good. Richard is the author of the book "Rewe
aving the Web" which proposes creating a new profession of "Net fiduciarie
s\," or tech companies with a legal duty of care\, good faith\, loyalty &
confidentiality to their uses (akin to those of a doctor or lawyer). In tu
rn\, these trustworthy entities can arm us with advanced “edgetech\,”
like authentic personal AI agents which can protect\, enhance\, and promot
e our best interests\, both online and offline.\n\nThe GLIAnet alliance
is a community of practice led by Estefanie comprised of companies workin
g together to put this vision into practice. Through the alliance\, compan
ies come together to conduct multidisciplinary research\, create education
al campaigns\, support cross-sector collaborations\, and conduct policy ad
vocacy.\n\nThis seminar will be especially relevant to folks working on
innovating beyond attention economy business models as well as those inte
rested in more ethical data privacy policies.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/254/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Danny Spitzberg (University of California\, Berkeley)
DTSTART:20250507T160000Z
DTEND:20250507T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/255
DESCRIPTION:Title: WHAT ARE MEETINGS? - Zine Release Party\nby Danny Spitzberg (Univers
ity of California\, Berkeley) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstr
act\nWhat are meetings? What do they want from us? In this seminar\, Danny
Spitzberg will debut a new zine based on a learning club facilitated at B
athers Library in 2024\, designed for you to use with your own learning cl
ub. The zine contains 1) a general theory of meetings\, 2) a series of fou
r annotated meeting agendas\, and 3) a curated collection of readings with
links to all materials. Come get a copy of the zine\, share what you're r
eading lately\, make friends\, and celebrate being together! Can’t wait?
Buy the zine at https://bathers-library.square.site/product/-what-are-mee
tings-zine/46\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/255/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Daniel Kronovet
DTSTART:20250521T160000Z
DTEND:20250521T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/257
DESCRIPTION:Title: Chore Wheel - Onboarding community and use cases\nby Daniel Kronovet
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThe new #jungle-gym chan
nel in the Metagov slack is an experimental sandbox for digital governance
. As part of the experiment\, we will be trying out Chores and Hearts\, tw
o tools of Chore Wheel\, a suite of governance mechanisms initially design
ed for coliving houses. The seminar led by Daniel Kronovet will introduce
the channel and the tools\, help participants onboard themselves\, and ans
wer any questions anyone might have.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/257/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Laure Haak (Veri.me)
DTSTART:20250604T160000Z
DTEND:20250604T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/258
DESCRIPTION:Title: Discussing Veri.me - Identifier for researchers that goes beyond the tra
ditional OrcID Identifiers\nby Laure Haak (Veri.me) as part of Metagov
ernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/258/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jamie Joyce (The Society Library)
DTSTART:20250702T160000Z
DTEND:20250702T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/259
DESCRIPTION:Title: Jamie Joyce presents on her work with The Society Library\nby Jamie
Joyce (The Society Library) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract:
TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/259/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kelani Nichole
DTSTART:20250723T160000Z
DTEND:20250723T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/260
DESCRIPTION:Title: Transfer Data Trust\nby Kelani Nichole as part of Metagovernance Sem
inar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/260/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Justin Jennings
DTSTART:20250910T160000Z
DTEND:20250910T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/261
DESCRIPTION:Title: Understanding Early Large-Scale Collectives\nby Justin Jennings as p
art of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/261/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:TBA
DTSTART:20251001T160000Z
DTEND:20251001T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/262
DESCRIPTION:by TBA as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/262/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dr. Lori Emerson (University of Colorado Boulder)
DTSTART:20251008T160000Z
DTEND:20251008T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/263
DESCRIPTION:Title: Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook\nby Dr. Lori Emerson
(University of Colorado Boulder) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nA
bstract\nFor this seminar\, we will welcome Dr. Lori Emerson (from the Med
ia Studies Department at University of Colorado Boulder) to give a talk ab
out some of her research that informs her new book\, “Other Networks: A
Radical Technology Sourcebook.” Lori's talk will be facilitated by Val E
lefante\, Metagov's Community Lead\, as well as Nathan Schneider\, a Metag
ov Research Director and President of Metagov's Board of Directors.\n\n
Professor Emerson's book documents 80+ networks that preceded or existed o
utside of the internet. Some of these “other networks” include: microb
roadcasting\, barbed wire fence phones\, and imaginary networks. Emerson
’s work highlights the fact that the corporate-dominated internet is “
not the network we want not the network we deserve.” Therefore\, her wor
k aims to demystify how other networks work and make this knowledge more a
ccessible (especially for people with no background in tech / electronics)
“so that we may begin to reimagine what might be possible in the future
.”\n\nQuestions relevant to the Metagov community might include: how
did you get started studying "other networks?" How can we apply what we le
arn from studying these alternative networks to our present day challenges
regarding internet governance? What are some of the most interesting\, in
novative\, effective\, inspiring\, creative governance systems for these n
etworks?\n\nRegister for this seminar on Luma: https://luma.com/4kfjgd6a\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/263/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Indy Johar (Dark Matter Labs)
DTSTART:20251022T160000Z
DTEND:20251022T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/264
DESCRIPTION:Title: Beyond Governance: Designing for Decentralized Futures\nby Indy Joha
r (Dark Matter Labs) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn t
his seminar\, Indy Johar from Dark Matter Labs will present on "Beyond Gov
ernance: Designing for Decentralized Futures." \n\nIndy is an architect by
training and a maker by practice\, he is a Senior Innovation Associate wi
th the Young Foundation. He\, amongst other organisations - co-founded Imp
act Hub Birmingham and Open Systems Lab\, was a member of the RSA’s Incl
usive Growth Commission and a good growth advisor to the Mayor of London.
He is a explorative practitioner in the means of system change & the dark
matter design of civic infrastructure finance\, outcomes\, and governance.
Indy is a Director of 00 and Dark Matter Laboratories.Dark Matter Labs ha
s many intersections with Metagov community topics\, it would be great to
learn about Indy's big-picture framing and talk about how Dark Matter's wo
rk relates to the bouquet of everyone's works in our Metagov community.\n\
nRegister for this seminar on Luma: https://luma.com/d25dd87b\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/264/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:David Sisson (BlockScience)
DTSTART:20250924T160000Z
DTEND:20250924T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/265
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov x Future of Science Seminar: Scaling Digital Support Systems
\nby David Sisson (BlockScience) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAb
stract\nThis presentation argues that digitization has been highly disrupt
ive to decision support systems. Using a generalized three-stage architect
ure\, this presentation shows how uneven digital automation across the sys
tem's stages creates severe scaling challenges. Early applicability of dig
ital automation to the initial information processing stage induced a bott
leneck in the second\, largely manual\, knowledge processing stage\, which
organizations have tried to solve by hiring massive teams of analysts. Re
cent advances in generalized computation\, such as Large Language Models (
LLMs) and deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs)\, offer a path to aut
omating this knowledge work. The presentation concludes by predicting tha
t this digital augmentation of knowledge processing will ease the current
bottleneck in partially digitized decision support systems\, which has the
potential to fundamentally alter the competitive landscape\, enabling sma
ller\, more agile organizations to achieve a level of decision-making soph
istication that was previously the exclusive domain of tech giants.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/265/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nathan Schneider\, Kelsie Nabben\, Ronen Tamari\, and Michael Zarg
ham (Metagov)
DTSTART:20251029T160000Z
DTEND:20251029T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/266
DESCRIPTION:Title: Online Governance Surfacesand Attention Economies\nby Nathan Schneid
er\, Kelsie Nabben\, Ronen Tamari\, and Michael Zargham (Metagov) as part
of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nJoin us for a discussion with the
Metagov Researchers behind the newly released paper\, "Online Governance
Surfaces and Attention Economies" (Nathan Schneider\, Ronen Tamari\, Micha
el Zargham\, and Kelsie Nabben).\n\nThis paper considers the intersection
of governance and attention in digital contexts. In particular\, it argues
for the relevance of ‘attention economies’\, or the analysis of human
attention as a resource\, to ‘governance surfaces’\, or the means ava
ilable for organizational adaptation and action. \n\nExisting theoretical
frameworks for the governance of community-managed resources lack adequate
consideration for how people’s attention is engaged and directed. To ad
dress this gap\, this paper proposes heuristics that assess how attention
relates to governance in online organisations. The heuristics are informed
by literature on attention economies and governance\, as well as three ca
se studies that consider recent attempts to address attention in the desig
n of governance surfaces in blockchain-based systems. The resulting heuris
tics serve as analytical and normative tools to enable researchers and sys
tem designers to better understand attention in a governance system. They
invite consideration of whether the structure of attention in a system is
appropriate\, efficient\, and just.\n\nRegister for this seminar on Luma:
https://luma.com/nfor1dtz\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/266/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Dr. Orit Peleg (University of Colorado\, Boulder)
DTSTART:20251112T170000Z
DTEND:20251112T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/267
DESCRIPTION:Title: Governance Among Plants & Insects with Dr. Orit Peleg\nby Dr. Orit P
eleg (University of Colorado\, Boulder) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\
n\n\nAbstract\nDr. Orit Peleg seeks to understand the behavior of disorder
ed living systems by merging tools from physics\, biology\, engineering\,
and computer science. At the University of Colorado Boulder\, she runs the
Peleg Lab which is an interdisciplinary group of researchers whose goal i
s to formulate and test phenomenological theories about natural signal des
ign principles and their emergent spatiotemporal patterns. \n\nThey focus
on universal problems that most communication systems must solve\, whether
they are animate or inanimate: How should organisms choose an optimal sig
nal modality? How should they spatiotemporally integrate signals? And how
should they respond (communicate a message back\, locomote\, Etc.)? They e
xplore these questions using model organisms\, such as fireflies and honey
bee swarms. Examples include fireflies who communicate over long distances
using light signals\, and bees who serve as signal amplifiers to propagat
e pheromone-based information about the queen’s location. \n\nJoin us fo
r a presentation from Dr. Peleg facilitated by Metagov Research Director N
athan Schneider!\n\nRegister for this seminar on Luma: https://luma.com/pz
bp4zq1\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/267/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Matt Akamatsu
DTSTART:20251119T170000Z
DTEND:20251119T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/268
DESCRIPTION:Title: Metagov x Future of Science Seminar: Interoperable LLM- and Human-Center
ed Research with Discourse Graphs\nby Matt Akamatsu as part of Metagov
ernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn the age of AI\, a new medium for scie
ntific communication is necessary for scientific research to remain collab
orative\, trustworthy\, and mutually human/machine readable. \n\nWe create
d lab discourse graphs\, a protocol and application for modular\, attribut
able\, and interoperable scientific research. Discourse graphs allow rese
archers to structure their ongoing research into atomic elements - questio
ns\, claims\, and evidence - and connect them in an evolving shared graph.
\n\nOur cell biology lab at the University of Washington shares a lab dis
course graph as a graph-based lab notebook\, project tracker\, meetings re
cord\, literature parser\, and scientific story compilation board. An ongo
ing pilot with 10 labs has demonstrated that our open-source Roam Research
and Obsidian plugins help researchers think like a scientist\, remain ori
ented to their target question/hypothesis\, and make modular contributions
to shared research projects. Modular attribution of interoperable researc
h results will allow human and AI researchers to contribute to large-scale
collaborations\, while retaining agency\, through shared reasoning across
an evolving\, auditable\, and attributable knowledge base.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/268/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Metagov Community
DTSTART:20251217T170000Z
DTEND:20251217T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/269
DESCRIPTION:Title: End of the Year Metagov Seminar Party & Reflections\nby Metagov Comm
unity as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nLet's come together
to reflect on our favorite seminars from 2025! ... and discuss ideas for
future seminars we want to make happen in 2026.\n\nBack in 2023\, we ho
sted a 100th Seminar Celebration where we collaborated on a spreadsheet to
document and reflect on our favorite Metagov seminars and what we learned
.\n\nNow\, we're close to hitting 200 (as of 12/10/25\, we have 195 sem
inars!)\, and it's also coming close to the end of the year. Let's come to
gether to reflect and celebrate\, again :)\n\nEven if you can't make it
for the live session\, feel free to add your favorite seminars to the spr
eadsheet!\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/269/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Joe Mathews
DTSTART:20251203T170000Z
DTEND:20251203T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/270
DESCRIPTION:Title: "I Wrote the Magna Carta\, and You Can Too": A New Grand Charter for Dem
ocracy Cities\nby Joe Mathews as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nA
bstract\nThe city of Rome assigned Joe Mathews\, an American journalist\,
to write a new grand charter for “democracy cities.” He says\, "It wen
t very differently than he expected."\n\nJoe Mathews is a scholar of lo
cal democracy worldwide. We've invited Joe to Metagov Seminar to present o
n his experience being voluntold to write a new City Charter for Rome duri
ng Italy’s 5 star movement and how it spread around the world.\n\nRead J
oe's piece for NOEMA "I write the Magna Carta\, and You Can Too": https://
www.noemamag.com/i-wrote-the-magna-carta-and-you-can-too/\n\nLearn more
about Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-mathews-2239aa3/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/270/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jenny Liu Zhang\, Amanda Nicole Curtis\, and Joanna Rivera-Carlisl
e (Metagov)
DTSTART:20260128T170000Z
DTEND:20260128T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/271
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Small Hassles Court Minigame (Final Presentation from Metagov's Gove
rnable Space-Makers Fellowship)\nby Jenny Liu Zhang\, Amanda Nicole Cu
rtis\, and Joanna Rivera-Carlisle (Metagov) as part of Metagovernance Semi
nar\n\n\nAbstract\nSmall Hassles Court is a digital game where players pra
ctice different approaches to interpersonal conflict resolution and self-g
overnance.\n\nThis project has been developed as part of Metagov's inau
gural Governable Spacemakers Fellowship. It is also part of a broader proj
ect called Plot Twisters which\, since 2020\, has been developing an onlin
e game world fostering self-reflection and emotional literacy through ther
apeutic minigames. Our design collective\, made up of mostly women and POC
from diverse walks of life\, identity backgrounds\, and skill sets\, has
spent five years conducting trauma-informed and interdisciplinary research
\, developing concept art\, and designing game mechanics. The Small Hassle
s Court team includes: Jenny Liu Zhang (Digital Artist)\, Amanda Nicole Cu
rtis (Speculative Digital Ethnographer)\, and Joanna Rivera-Carlisle (Digi
tal Governance Engineer).\n\nIn this final presentation\, the team will
discuss the research underpinning this project and demonstrate a prototyp
e of the game.\n\nMore about Metagov Seminar: The Metagov Seminar invit
es individuals working in online governance to present their work to a com
munity of other researchers and practitioners. Seminar topics include\, bu
t are not limited to\, computational tools for governance\, governance inc
idents and case studies from online communities\, topics in cryptoeconomic
s\, and the design of digital constitutions.\n\nThe seminar is in
tended for researchers and practitioners in online governance\, broadly de
fined. We welcome guests and curious members of the public. Note that the
discussion is moderated.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/271/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Helena Rong (NYU Shanghai)
DTSTART:20260108T010000Z
DTEND:20260108T020000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/272
DESCRIPTION:Title: Turning to Trust Experience Design\nby Helena Rong (NYU Shanghai) as
part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nPlease note this seminar wi
ll take place at a different (more Asia-friendly) time**\n\nJoin us for
a Metagov Seminar with Metagov's newest research director\, Dr. Helena Ro
ng. Helena is an Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Business at
NYU Shanghai\, with an interdisciplinary focus on urban technology\, colle
ctive intelligence\, and digital governance. Her work examines how emergin
g technologies (blockchains\, decentralized AI\, urban IoT) can transform
collective life and foster new forms of civic trust. She leads research on
Trust Experience Design (TXD)\, intentional communities and digital nomad
ism\, and the institutional challenges posed by the emerging agentic web.
Across her projects\, she explores how sociotechnical systems can enable m
ore resilient\, participatory\, and imaginative modes of urban living.\n\n
In her seminar presentation\, she will share about her work with a focu
s around "Turning to Trust Experience Design (TXD): A Manifesto for the Fu
ture of Distributed Autonomous Intelligence in the Wild. Helena has previo
usly worked with Metagov RDs on Open Problems in DAOs and the State of DAO
s in China report. She has also co-authored the recently published\, "The
Dao of the DAO: Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds."\n\nPrevious
ly\, Helena conducted research at MIT’s Real Estate Innovation Lab (co-a
uthoring the book Value of Design: Creating Agency Through Data-Driven Ins
ights\, 2025) and at the MIT Senseable City Lab\, working on autonomous ur
ban systems (“roboat” waterborne vehicles for public spaces). As a 202
2–23 Technology and Public Purpose Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s
Belfer Center\, she studied decentralized trust-building frameworks and te
ch policy.\n\nWe are so thrilled to welcome Helena to the Metagov Resea
rch Community!\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/272/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:No seminar
DTSTART:20260114T170000Z
DTEND:20260114T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/273
DESCRIPTION:by No seminar as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\
n\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/273/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Cecilia Rikap (University College London (UCL))
DTSTART:20260121T170000Z
DTEND:20260121T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/274
DESCRIPTION:Title: "Intellectual Monopolies" in the AI Age (Understanding Control Beyond Ow
nership)\nby Cecilia Rikap (University College London (UCL)) as part o
f Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis seminar will feature a presen
tation by Dr. Cecilia Rikap\, Argentine academic\, currently Associate Pro
fessor in Economics and the Head of Research at the Institute for Innovati
on and Public Purpose at the University College London (UCL).\n\nCecili
a will share her work on "Dynamics of Corporate Governance Beyond Ownershi
p in AI." Cecilia studies the rising concentration of intangible assets fo
cusing on the emergence of intellectual monopolies\, among others from tec
h and pharma industries\, the distribution of intellectual (including data
) rents\, resulting geopolitical tensions and the effects of intellectual
monopoly capitalism on the knowledge commons and development. Her research
also deals with understanding intellectual monopolies as corporate planne
rs replacing state functions.\n\nShe authored the award-winning book Ca
pitalism\, Power and Innovation: Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism Uncovere
d (Routledge\, 2021) and co-authored The Digital Innovation Race (Palgrave
Macmillan\, 2021). Her forthcoming book\, The Rulers: Corporate Power in
the Age of AI and the Cloud will come out with Verso in 2026.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/274/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Shiran Dudy (Northeastern University)
DTSTART:20260204T170000Z
DTEND:20260204T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/275
DESCRIPTION:Title: Navigating AI Risk - From Awareness to Accountability\nby Shiran Dud
y (Northeastern University) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstrac
t\nAI systems have woven themselves into the fabric of our daily lives at
an unprecedented pace. Even when we recognize their presence in our search
results\, content recommendations\, or workplace tools\, we often underes
timate their influence and remain blind to the full spectrum of risks thes
e systems pose. This talk examines these critical risks\, particularly tho
se associated with the recently emerging generative AI tools.\n\n\nAt t
he individual level\, users face risks including algorithmic bias\, privac
y violations\, misinformation\, and over-reliance on flawed outputs. At th
e societal level\, we confront challenges like labor displacement\, the am
plification of inequality\, environmental costs\, and the erosion of criti
cal thinking skills. As AI adoption accelerates without adequate safeguard
s\, these risks are no longer theoretical—they're actively shaping outco
mes in education\, healthcare\, criminal justice\, and beyond.\n\n\nSo
what can we do about it? I'll explore concrete pathways toward accountabil
ity\, including regulatory frameworks for transparency and auditing\, indu
stry standards for responsible development\, mechanisms for user education
and informed consent\, and the role of public pressure in demanding ethic
al AI practices.\n\nThis talk is designed for anyone who wants to move
beyond abstract concerns and understand both the tangible harms of AI syst
ems and the actionable steps we can take to ensure these powerful tools se
rve the public interest.\n\nShiran Dudy is a Research Scientist at Nort
heastern University’s Institute for Experiential AI\, where I specialize
in NLP and speech processing with a focus on Responsible AI specifically
focusing on AI auditing\, and AI literacy\, and participatory AI approache
s.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/275/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Celina Su (Graduate Center of the City University of New York)
DTSTART:20260304T170000Z
DTEND:20260304T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/276
DESCRIPTION:Title: Budget Justice (On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities)\nb
y Celina Su (Graduate Center of the City University of New York) as part o
f Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAt this Metagov seminar\, Dr. Celi
na Su will be joining us to discuss her new book\, Budget Justice: On Buil
ding Grassroots Politics and Solidarities\, which examines about 10 years
of grassroots democratic governance work in NYC\, including participatory
budgeting experiments and her involvement with The People’s Plan. Dr. Su
is the Marilyn J. Gittell Chair in Urban Studies and a Professor of Polit
ical Science\, Environmental Psychology\, and Urban Education at The CUNY
Graduate Center City\, New York.\n\nThis talk will be hosted by Metagov co
mmunity member Ian Williams who attended Dr. Su's book launch event and wa
s inspired to invite her to present to Metagov as it offers empirical exam
inations of on the ground community activism and democratic governance\, l
inks it to community organizations and campaigns in NYC\, and offers a spa
ce to discuss how some of the work that Metagov is engaged with might be u
seful for existing campaigns and organizations. This talks is for anyone i
nterested in democratic governance\, community organizing\, participatory
budgeting\, civic tech\, urban politics\, and social movements.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/276/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Amber Case (Calm Tech Institute)
DTSTART:20260211T170000Z
DTEND:20260211T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/277
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Neuroscience of Calm\nby Amber Case (Calm Tech Institute) as par
t of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMetagov Research Director Amber
Case is the founder of the Calm Tech Institute. Calm Technology is a proc
ess for designing technology that works with human attention\, instead of
against it.\n\nCase argues that modern technology is leading to a “lo
ss of dimensionality” in our environments. Our tools\, she says\, are be
coming flat and textureless\, yet they’re demanding more of our attentio
n than ever. So Case suggests designers should not only focus on how techn
ology looks\, but also on how it feels. This talk will cover how to add di
mensionality back to tech\, and how Calm Tech Certified™'s 81 point crit
eria creates economic and social incentives to make products that support
human-centered design.\n\nLearn more at https://www.calmtech.institute/
and check out the #calm-tech-institute channel in the Metagov Slack for m
ore info.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/277/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Othman Gbadamassi
DTSTART:20260218T170000Z
DTEND:20260218T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/278
DESCRIPTION:Title: Governance Memory System (GMS)\nby Othman Gbadamassi as part of Meta
governance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this seminar\, Othman Gbadamassi w
ill present on the Governance Memory System (GMS): a framework for prevent
ing governance failures in decentralized protocols through institutional m
emory infrastructure.\n\nGMS addresses “governance amnesia\,” the i
nability of decentralized protocols to learn from past decisions due to la
ck of systematic memory. Drawing from 4+ years of direct observation acros
s blockchain ecosystems (Cosmos\, Solana\, NEAR\, Sui)\, the framework pro
vides a five-layer diagnostic approach: Proposal Lifecycle Metadata\, Outc
ome Review Anchors\, Power Mapping\, Governance Health Indicators\, and Re
al-Time Feedback.\n\nThis is relevant to Metagov as it is informed by s
ystematic analysis of governance failures and positions institutional memo
ry as foundational infrastructure for coordination (analogous to “creati
ng a second brain for blockchains”)\, and is currently being piloted wit
h NEAR Protocol’s House of Stake with formal implementation requests alr
eady generated.\n\nThe talk is for anyone interested in DAO governance\
, institutional memory systems\, commons governance\, blockchain coordinat
ion\, and preventive approaches to knowledge organization.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/278/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ivan Pardo (Solidarity Tech)
DTSTART:20260225T190000Z
DTEND:20260225T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/279
DESCRIPTION:Title: Solidarity Tech (the Platform Powering Zohran Mamdani's Movement)\nb
y Ivan Pardo (Solidarity Tech) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbst
ract\nThis seminar will be a presentation by Ivan Pardo\, the founder of S
olidarity Tech\, hosted by the Metagov team alongside Micah Sifry\, writer
and organizer.\n\nSolidarity Tech was originally built to help organiz
e rideshare workers – a notably difficult-to-organize constituency. More
recently\, it served as the main technology backbone for Zohran Mamdani
’s NYC mayoral campaign.\n\nThe presentation will cover how the platf
orm built for “deep organizing” of workers was leveraged as a CRM for
grassroots political campaigns - including Mamdani. We will also facilitat
e a Q&A where we can ask questions to learn more about the complex governa
nce of the system from from a socio-technical perspective.\n\nGet a gli
mpse into Solidarity Tech through Micah Sifry's Substack blog here: https:
//theconnector.substack.com/p/solidarity-tech-the-platform-powering\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/279/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Santiago Lyon (Content Authenticity Initiative)
DTSTART:20260311T160000Z
DTEND:20260311T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/280
DESCRIPTION:Title: Content Authenticity Initiative\nby Santiago Lyon (Content Authentic
ity Initiative) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis s
eminar will be a presentation given by\nSantiago Lyon\, Head of Advocacy &
Education at the Content Authenticity Initiative (www.contentauthenticity
.org) about how they are working to restore trust and transparency in the
age of AI.\n\nThe Content Authenticity Initiative is an Adobe-led cross
-industry community of ~5\,000 major media and technology companies and ot
hers working to accelerate implementation of the open-source C2PA industry
standard for determining provenance around images\, video\, generative AI
and other digital file types.\n\nFounded by Adobe in 2019 together wit
h the NYT Co. and Twitter\, CAI members include AFP\, AP\, Reuters\, BBC\,
DPA\, Washington Post\, WSJ\, Getty Images\, NBC Universal and others fro
m the media world\, as well as Microsoft\, Arm\, Leica\, Nikon\, Canon\, T
ikTok\, and more.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/280/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Johann Diedrick (Mozilla)
DTSTART:20260318T160000Z
DTEND:20260318T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/281
DESCRIPTION:Title: Mozilla Data Collective\nby Johann Diedrick (Mozilla) as part of Met
agovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMozilla Data Collective wants to radica
lly reimagine our data as power. We are anti-extractivism\, anti-monopoly
and deeply\, profoundly pro-people. We are a collective of linguists\, tec
hnologists\, activists\, researchers and creatives who want AI to be all i
t promises to be - not all it threatens to be. Here\, you can share your d
atasets on your own terms.\n\nMozilla Data Collective is a platform in
the truest sense. It’s yours to stand on\, and make of it what you will.
We have dual roots in two Mozilla projects - Common Voice\, a CC0 public
dataset to help tech speak your language - and the Data Futures Lab - an e
xperimental space for instigating new approaches to data stewardship chall
enges. Mozilla Data Collective works by allowing you to share your data\,
retain ownership of it\, and control who uses it.\n\nLearn more about t
he Mozilla Data Collective here: https://datacollective.mozillafoundation.
org/\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/281/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ellie Rennie\, Brooke Ann Coco\, Kelsie Nabben\, and Luke Miller (
Metagov)
DTSTART:20260401T160000Z
DTEND:20260401T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/282
DESCRIPTION:Title: Computer-Aided Ethnography using Telescope\, Obsidian\, and KOI\nby
Ellie Rennie\, Brooke Ann Coco\, Kelsie Nabben\, and Luke Miller (Metagov)
as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis seminar will be a d
emonstration by a group of Metagov resaerchers including Ellie Rennie\, Br
ooke Ann Coco\, Kelsie Nabben\, and Luke Miller.\n\nThe seminar will de
mo how they are augmenting ethnographic practices with computational tools
\, including:\n\nMetagov’s ‘Telescope’\, a data consent tool that
actively engages participants in the research towards more ethical\, part
icipatory ethnographic practice.\n\nA bespoke Obsidian vault\, and asso
ciated plugins\, for collecting\, structuring and annotating sources and f
ield notes\n\nBlockScience’s KOI to share research data for a multi-s
ided\, large data volume ethnography.\n\nThese innovations sit in the c
ontext of the ADM+S project on ‘Artificial Organisational Intelligence
’\, which is about making organisation-level knowledge machine-readable
so that it may be accessible and legible to humans through AI.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/282/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kelsie Nabben
DTSTART:20260429T210000Z
DTEND:20260429T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/283
DESCRIPTION:Title: Seminar: "Blockchain Security: Code\, Crisis\, Community" (BOOK LAUNCH)<
/a>\nby Kelsie Nabben as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nInteractive liv
estream: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89433841305?pwd=lIX1rkSiVfqDd7hwwTUppQS
8kDmbno.1\n\nAbstract\nFor this seminar\, Dr. Kelsie Nabben will be presen
ting on her newly released book "Blockchain Security: Code\, Crisis\, Comm
unity." This book is the first to document how security occurs within dece
ntralised blockchain communities from a sociological perspective. It provo
kes questions relevant to the Metagov community of non-state governance\,
hacker ethics\, and the future of cybersecurity.\n\nKelsie's book explo
res this topic through a deep ethnographic dive into blockchain ecosystems
—with a focus on security not only as a technical property\, but also a
social practice.\n\nThe book draws on years of ethnographic research co
nducted as major incidents unfolded across blockchain ecosystems—often i
n real time. It follows the engineers\, white-hat hackers\, and other comm
unity responders who collectively respond\, rescue\, pause\, repair\, post
mortem and prepare for the next crises (notably\, the not-for-profit Secur
ity Alliance\, or SEAL).\n\nLinks to Kelsie's work:\n\nGithub: https
://kelsien.github.io/\n\nRead her blog post "8 Critical Insights from M
y Forthcoming Book on Blockchain Security": https://open.substack.com/pub/
kelsienabben/p/8-critical-insights-from-my-forthcoming?r=yper&utm_campaign
=post&utm_medium=web\n\nKelsie Nabben is an ethnographic researcher spe
cialising in the social impacts of emerging technologies\, notably decentr
alised digital infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence. Her post-doctor
al research focuses on accountability in blockchain governance\, specifica
lly in digital contexts of private governance. She completed her PhD at RM
IT University's Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Soc
iety on 'Resilience in decentralised technologies'. Nabben’s research in
volves analysis of the interplay between social and technical elements of
digital infrastructure.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/283/
URL:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89433841305?pwd=lIX1rkSiVfqDd7hwwTUppQS8kDmb
no.1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Brett Frischmann (Villanova University)
DTSTART:20260408T160000Z
DTEND:20260408T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
UID:Metagov/284
DESCRIPTION:Title: "Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources” with Brett Fris
chmann\nby Brett Frischmann (Villanova University) as part of Metagove
rnance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nInfrastructure: The Social Value of Shared R
esources by Brett M. Frischmann is a 2012 book that reframes infrastructur
e not just as physical systems\, but as shared resources (commons) that cr
eate value through open\, non-discriminatory access\, impacting policy on
everything from roads to the internet.\n\nFrischmann argues for managin
g infrastructure to maximize its social value\, integrating economic theor
y with commons principles to analyze issues like network neutrality\, envi
ronmental policy\, and intellectual property. The book provides a framewor
k for understanding how to manage these resources for broad societal benef
it\, challenging supply-focused approaches by emphasizing demand-side driv
ers and the importance of open access. \n\nBrett recently gave the keyn
ote speech at the February 2026 Silicon Flatirons Conference at the Univer
sity of Colorado Law School: https://siliconflatirons.org/events/annual-fl
agship-conference-2026-02-01/\n\nThe recording of his presentation can
be found on Youtube:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o41Brb-goYo&t=199s\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/284/
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SUMMARY:Gideon Lichfield\, Ruthanna Emrys\, Liz Barry\, Val Elefante (Meta
gov)
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DTEND:20260422T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Protopian Prize Fiction Contest Launch\nby Gideon Lichfield\, Ruthan
na Emrys\, Liz Barry\, Val Elefante (Metagov) as part of Metagovernance Se
minar\n\nInteractive livestream: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89433841305?pwd
=lIX1rkSiVfqDd7hwwTUppQS8kDmbno.1\n\nAbstract\nThis will be the official l
aunch of the The Protopian Prize Fiction Contest!\n\nThe Protopian Priz
e is a fiction contest inviting writers\, storytellers\, and dreamers to s
hare their vision of people working toward liberatory futures\, meeting ob
stacles\, and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin
Kelly\, one of our contest's judges—means an achievable\, optimistic fu
ture characterized by continuous\, incremental progress rather than revolu
tionary leaps or a static\, perfect state. Protopian stories imagine a fut
ure that is neither flawless nor catastrophic\, but instead workably bette
r than today. It’s about plausible progress rather than perfection or co
llapse.\n\nIn 2026\, our inaugural year\, we will present prizes in two ca
tegories: 1) Public AI Prize and 2) Democratic Futures Prize.\n\n• Publi
c AI Prize is a call for writers to submit their original short fiction th
at helps imagine a positive future for humanity that foregrounds the poten
tial of Public AI—and actionable steps to get us there. We're looking fo
r stories that explore questions like: How can we restructure AI developme
nt and deployment to serve rather than exploit human creativity? How can A
I systems support human adaptability and climate resilience rather than en
abling surveillance and control? What laws\, institutions\, or incentives
are needed to ensure AI is used to augment human capabilities instead of t
aking away human jobs?\n\n\n• Democratic Futures Prize is a call for wri
ters to submit their original short fiction that helps imagine a positive
future for humanity that foregrounds the potential of collective self-gove
rnance —and actionable steps to get us there. We're looking for stories
that explore questions like: How can new technologies enable greater colle
ctive participation in governance? What needs to happen to give society as
a whole\, rather than a few powerful players\, the deciding voice on what
kinds of new technologies get developed and how they’re used? What new
rights do we need to articulate and protect in the face of new surveillanc
e and control tools?\n\nOn this seminar\, we will be introducing the co
ntest and hearing from stewards including Ruthanna Emrys (sci fi writer)\,
Gideon Lichfield (journalist)\, and Liz Barry (democracy technologist) as
well as potential guest speakers from a prestigious science fiction and f
antasy literary awards and magazine! We hope you'll join us.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/285/
URL:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89433841305?pwd=lIX1rkSiVfqDd7hwwTUppQS8kDmb
no.1
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Sylvain Le Bon
DTSTART:20260325T160000Z
DTEND:20260325T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T064415Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Democracy Data Space\nby Sylvain Le Bon as part of Metagovernance Se
minar\n\n\nAbstract\nDemocracy suffers from fragmented tools and siloed pa
rticipation\, weakening citizen impact and trust. A democracy data space
—an interoperable\, federated infrastructure—can transform this by con
necting platforms\, communities\, and institutions. \n\nBy enabling sec
ure data sharing and traceability\, it amplifies citizen contributions\, s
trengthens civic tech collaboration\, and links deliberation to policy out
comes. The result: a resilient ecosystem where tools and communities are s
tronger together\, turning isolation into collective action. This seminar
explores how to build it.\n\nLearn more about the Democracy Data Space
here!\n\nhttps://opensourcepolitics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/EN-De
mocracy-Data-Space.pdf\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/286/
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