Collaborative Governance
In democratic societies, the power of governing belongs to the people. The extent of this power and processes underlying self-governance, however, widely vary from place to place, from culture to culture, manifesting as dynamic and multidimensional
The Protocol Oral History Project is an ongoing effort in MEDLab to explore the possibilities of protocols in diverse areas of human self-governance. We have just published the first ten interviews, which range from a Bangladeshi diplomat to a
January 28, 20252 p.m. Mountain TimeCristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building 142 Are we, as technologists, responsible for how our work impacts society? In a 2022 paper, researcher David Widder published a study on
By Kike Arnaiz, via Stocksy United I’ve seen it again and again: A group gets started, gets working on something good an important, and then falls apart because some internal conflict arises. During the early days of
Download for screen readingDownload for booklet printingDownload for standard printingWaves of uncertainty swell around you. They threaten to consume you with confusion as they crescendo. Where do you and your community turn
A new blog post on the Pressbooks website recounts MEDLab's role in supporting the development of a governance strategy for the textbook Humans R Social Media, which I use in my Introduction to Social Media course: One of the pivotal moments in the
Creating an effective way for users to navigate and utilize an online platform with extensive content can be a challenge, particularly for new users unfamiliar with the site’s structure. This was the case with CommunityRule, our online tool that
CommunityRule is a tool that helps make communities better by providing a central place where people can create and share governance designs for their communities. It offers nine simple templates for setting up community structures. Communities can
Imagine a world in which the cooperative movement has won. The old dream of a cooperative commonwealth has arrived. You go about your day from cooperative to cooperative—shopping, working, scrolling on apps, and utilizing infrastructure
Background Last year, Smart Contract Research Forum provided a grant to CommunityRule, an open-source Web app led by MEDLab at CU Boulder meant to serve as an interface for community governance design. The project was led by Deacon Rodda at SQGLZ,