Tiago C. Peixoto
{{Short description|Brazilian political scientist}}
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| birth_place = Araguari, Minas Gerais
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| nationality = Brazilian
| education = Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
European University Institute
Sciences-Po Paris
| occupation = political scientist
| years_active = 2001-present
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Tiago Carneiro Peixoto (Araguari, born February 20, 1977) is a Brazilian political scientist and Senior Governance Specialist at the World Bank, who promotes participatory democracy and digital government around the globe.{{Cite web |last1=Applebaum |first1=Anne |author-link=Anne Applebaum |last2=Pomerantsev |first2=Peter |date=March 11, 2021 |title=How to put out Democracy's Dumpster Fire |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/the-internet-doesnt-have-to-be-awful/618079/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413182305/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/the-internet-doesnt-have-to-be-awful/618079/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=The Atlantic |language=}} Recognized as an expert in e-democracy and participatory democracy,{{Cite web |last=Ferenstein |first=Gregory |date=June 14, 2011 |title=In Iceland, The Crowd Takes A Shot At "We The People |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1759730/iceland-crowd-takes-shot-we-people |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413182451/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.fastcompany.com/1759730/iceland-crowd-takes-shot-we-people |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Fast Company |language=}} he was nominated as one of the most innovative people in democracy,{{Cite web |last=Ferenstein |first=Gregory |date=November 3, 2012 |title=The 20 Most Innovative People In Democracy 2012 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/03/the-20-most-innovative-people-in-democracy-2012/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413182329/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/03/the-20-most-innovative-people-in-democracy-2012/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=TechCrunch |language=}} as well as one of the 100 most influential people in digital government.{{Cite web |last=Lowe |first=Josh |date=August 22, 2018 |title=World's 100 most influential people in Digital Government 2018 |url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/worlds-100-most-influential-people-digital-government |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413210800/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/worlds-100-most-influential-people-digital-government |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=World Bank |language=}}{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date= |title=World's 100 Most Influential People In Digital Government 2019 |url=https://apolitical.co/lists/digital-government-world100/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230413175426/https://apolitical.co/list/en/digital-government-world100 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Apolitical |language=}}
In 2010 he initiated an international mapping exercise of participatory budgeting practices,{{Cite web |last=Jean |first=Diane |date=September 14, 2010 |title=Le budget participatif, nouvelle tendance des villes du monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2014/07/03/donner-les-cles-du-budget-aux-citoyens-nouvelle-tendance-des-villes-du-monde_4449464_4355770.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704051445/https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2014/07/03/donner-les-cles-du-budget-aux-citoyens-nouvelle-tendance-des-villes-du-monde_4449464_4355770.html |archive-date=July 4, 2014 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Le Monde |language=French}} having contributed directly and indirectly to the process of implementation and expansion of participatory policies in different regions of the world.{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Alex |date=June 30, 2012 |title=Mobile participatory budgeting helps raise tax revenues in Congo |url=http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/07/mobile-participatory-budgeting-helps-raise-tax-revenues-in-congo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413184051/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/07/mobile-participatory-budgeting-helps-raise-tax-revenues-in-congo.html |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=O'Reilly Media |language=}}{{Cite web |last1=Overmann |first1=Lynn |last2=Graubard |first2=Vivian |date=June 2, 2014 |title=Promoting Innovation in Civic Engagement: Celebrating Community-Led Participatory Budgeting |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/06/02/promoting-innovation-civic-engagement-celebrating-community-led-participatory-budget |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413194042/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/06/02/promoting-innovation-civic-engagement-celebrating-community-led-participatory-budget |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=White House |language=}}{{Cite web |last=Rucker |first=Thaís |date=January 26, 2012 |title=Gabinete Digital promove painel com especialistas em democracia e participação digital |url=https://estado.rs.gov.br/gabinete-digital-promove-painel-com-especialistas-em-democracia-e-participacao-digital |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413182934/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://estado.rs.gov.br/gabinete-digital-promove-painel-com-especialistas-em-democracia-e-participacao-digital |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=GovRS |language=Portuguese}}
He is a frequent speaker at high-level events such as the South Eastern Europe Ministerial Conference,{{Cite web |author=South Eastern |date=June 30, 2005 |title=Programme: South Eastern Europe Ministerial Conference on Information Society |url=https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trade/wsis/final_prog.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413190053/https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trade/wsis/final_prog.pdf |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=UNECE |language=}} Open Knowledge Festival{{Cite web |last=O'Reilly |first=Matthew |date=October 3, 2012 |title=All Change in the World of Open Data |url=https://www.indigotrust.org.uk/2012/10/03/all-change-in-the-world-of-open-data/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413205704/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.indigotrust.org.uk/2012/10/03/all-change-in-the-world-of-open-data/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Indigo Trust |language=}} and TICTec,{{Cite web |last=Lämmerhirt |first=Danny |date=April 28, 2017 |title=Take aways from TicTec2017 – what happens when civic tech and research meet |url=https://blog.okfn.org/2017/04/28/take-aways-from-tictec2017-what-happen-when-civic-tech-and-research-meet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413205647/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://blog.okfn.org/2017/04/28/take-aways-from-tictec2017-what-happen-when-civic-tech-and-research-meet/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Open Knowledge |language=}} as well as events promoted by public institutions such as the Ministry of Finance of Finland,{{Cite web |last=Holkeri |first=Katju |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Ministry of Finance Public Management Department Governance Policy Unit Finland |url=https://www.oecd.org/mena/governance/44240081.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104125407/https://www.oecd.org/mena/governance/44240081.pdf |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=OECD |language=}} the Parliament of the United Kingdom{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date= 10 September 2020|title=Virtual Parliaments, Engaged Citizens |url=https://stateup.co/virtual-parliaments-engaged-citizens/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413210825/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://stateup.co/virtual-parliaments-engaged-citizens/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=State Up |language=}} and the White House.
He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in political science from the European University Institute, and a master's degree in Organized Collective Action from Sciences-Po Paris.{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date= |title=GOVLAB Academy: Tiago C. Peixoto |url=https://govlabacademy.org/faculty/peixoto.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413184226/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://govlabacademy.org/faculty/peixoto.html |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=GovLab |language=}}{{Cite web |author=World Bank |date= |title=People Powered: Tiago C. Peixoto |url=https://pt.peoplepowered.org/staff-and-boards/tiago-c-peixoto |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413184124/https://pt.peoplepowered.org/staff-and-boards/tiago-c-peixoto |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=People Powered |language=Portuguese}} He co-authored the books e-Agora: The White Book of Local e-Democracy: Reflections{{Cite web |last=Anttiroiko |first=Ari-Veikko |date= |title=Contextualising Local e-Democracy |url=https://researchportal.tuni.fi/en/publications/contextualising-local-e-democracy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413211458/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://researchportal.tuni.fi/en/publications/contextualising-local-e-democracy |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Research Portal |language=}} and Perspectives, and Civic Tech in the Global South: Assessing Technology for the Public Good.{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Megan |date=September 8, 2017 |title=Cynicism, Naiveté And Amnesia |url=https://feedbacklabs.org/blog/2017/09/08/cynicism-and-amnesia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413211509/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://feedbacklabs.org/blog/2017/09/08/cynicism-and-amnesia/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Feedback Labs |language=}}
Career
For the past two decades Peixoto has worked in developed and developing countries on the promotion of citizen engagement, open government, and public sector innovation.{{Cite web |last=M. Cohen|first= Rachel|date=October 26, 2015 |title=Pushing Civic Tech Beyond Its Comfort Zone|url=https://prospect.org/environment/pushing-civic-tech-beyond-comfort-zone/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230419185722/https://prospect.org/environment/pushing-civic-tech-beyond-comfort-zone/|archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The American Prospect|language=}}{{Cite web |last=Macdonald|first= Ayang |date=January 30, 2023 |title=World Bank is helping the displaced in Mozambique get IDs, birth certificates|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/202301/world-bank-is-helping-the-displaced-in-mozambique-get-ids-birth-certificates|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103220304/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.biometricupdate.com/202301/world-bank-is-helping-the-displaced-in-mozambique-get-ids-birth-certificates|archive-date=November 3, 2023 |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=Biometric Update|language=}}
He has managed projects and consulted for several organizations such as the European Commission, OECD, and the United Nations.{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date=May 2, 2018 |title=engage2 podcast: Tiago Peixoto – About Engagement & Community Development |url=https://engage2.com.au/engage2-podcast-tiago-peixoto/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413190135/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://engage2.com.au/engage2-podcast-tiago-peixoto/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=engage2 |language=}} He was a director of the e-Democracy Center of the University of Zurich, a faculty member of the GovLab in New York University,{{Cite news |author=the newsroom |date=October 8, 2011 |title=The parting of the red tape |url=https://www.economist.com/international/2011/10/08/the-parting-of-the-red-tape |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413190114/https://www.economist.com/international/2011/10/08/the-parting-of-the-red-tape |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |newspaper=The Economist |language=}} and associated researcher of the e-Democracy Center at the University of Geneva.
With the World Bank since 2010, his work has focused on collaborating directly with governments to develop solutions for better public policies and services.{{Cite web |author=World Bank |date= |title=Team World Bank: Tiago Carneiro Peixoto |url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/tiago-carneiro-peixoto |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419185941/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/tiago-carneiro-peixoto |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=World Bank |language=}} He became a researcher for the World Bank’s ICT4Gov program{{Cite web |last=Farivar |first=Cyrus |date=March 11, 2016 |title=Internet-based and open source: How e-voting works around the globe |url=https://arstechnica.com/features/2016/11/internet-based-and-open-source-how-e-voting-is-working-around-the-globe/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413192141/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://arstechnica.com/features/2016/11/internet-based-and-open-source-how-e-voting-is-working-around-the-globe/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Ars Technica |language=}} and later became a multi-sectoral leader, leading the Digital Engagement Evaluation Team (DEET), which leverages modern methodologies to examine the effects of technology on public participation, government transparency and responsiveness. He also leads lending operations for the World Bank and the International Development Association, supporting investments in government projects across continents, developing digital solutions for better public services, as well as access to identity documents.{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date=October 22, 2021 |title=World Bank Supports Mozambique's Efforts towards Access to Identification and Digital Transformation |url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/10/22/world-bank-supports-mozambique-s-efforts-towards-access-to-identification-and-digital-transformation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413192222/https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/10/22/world-bank-supports-mozambique-s-efforts-towards-access-to-identification-and-digital-transformation |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=World Bank |language=}}{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date=October 27, 2021 |title=Banco Mundial doa USD 150 milhões para governação e economia digital em Moçambique |url=https://www.opais.co.mz/banco-mundial-doa-usd-150-milhoes-para-governacao-e-economia-digital-em-mocambique/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413192202/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://opais.co.mz/banco-mundial-doa-usd-150-milhoes-para-governacao-e-economia-digital-em-mocambique/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=O País (Moçambique) |language=Portuguese}}{{Cite web |author=World Bank |date=September 4, 2020 |title=Digital Governance and Identification Management System Project- PRODIGY |url=https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/434621601690509534/pdf/Madagascar-Digital-Governance-and-Identification-Management-System-Project.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413191846/https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/434621601690509534/pdf/Madagascar-Digital-Governance-and-Identification-Management-System-Project.pdf |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=World Bank |language=}}{{Cite web |author=World Bank |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Investing in Human Capital DPO |url=https://ewsdata.rightsindevelopment.org/files/documents/97/WB-P168697.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413191859/https://ewsdata.rightsindevelopment.org/files/documents/97/WB-P168697.pdf |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=World Bank |language=}}
Research and publications
A prominent researcher and commentator on open government and civic technology, he has conducted pioneering research on the impact of technology on democratic processes. This includes identifying factors that contribute to successful e-democracy and digital government practices,{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date=February 18, 2016 |title="Precisamos de bons dados - não de mais dados - para envolver os cidadãos na formulação de políticas" |url=https://apolitical.co/solution-articles/pt/tiago-peixoto-cidadao-engajamento-orcamento-participativo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413193915/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://apolitical.co/solution-articles/pt/tiago-peixoto-cidadao-engajamento-orcamento-participativo |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Apolitical |language=Portuguese}} the role of open data in the public sector,{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date=July 21, 2009 |title=Câmara pode votar projeto que dá mais transparência a poder público |url=https://www.camara.leg.br/noticias/131465-camara-pode-votar-projeto-que-da-mais-transparencia-a-poder-publico/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413193934/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.camara.leg.br/noticias/131465-camara-pode-votar-projeto-que-da-mais-transparencia-a-poder-publico/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Agência Câmara |language=Portuguese}} the effects of participatory practices on tax revenues,{{Cite web |last=Lemos |first=Ronaldo |author-link=Ronaldo Lemos |date=April 22, 2019 |title=Participação pública maior na elaboração de políticas eleva receitas, diz estudo |url=https://itsrio.org/pt/artigos/como-arrecadar-mais-impostos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413194032/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://itsrio.org/pt/artigos/como-arrecadar-mais-impostos/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=ITS Rio |language=Portuguese}} and the impact of technology on political participation and gender representation.{{Cite web |last=Lemos |first=Ronaldo |author-link=Ronaldo Lemos |date=January 18, 2016 |title=Agora é que são elas |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/ronaldolemos/2016/01/1730558-agora-e-que-sao-elas.shtml?mobile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230413174721/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/ronaldolemos/2016/01/1730558-agora-e-que-sao-elas.shtml?mobile |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Folha de São Paulo |language=Portuguese}}{{Cite news |last1=Russon Gilman |first1=Hollie |last2=Carneiro Peixoto |first2=Tiago |last3=Mellon |first3=Jonathan |last4=M. Sjoberg |first4=Fredrik |date=July 21, 2017 |title=Women create fewer online petitions than men — but they're more successful |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/07/21/women-create-fewer-online-petitions-than-men-but-theyre-more-successful/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413202916/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/07/21/women-create-fewer-online-petitions-than-men-but-theyre-more-successful/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=}}
His research has been featured in publications and events by academic institutions such as Harvard University,{{Cite web |author=Ash Center |date=July 1, 2017 |title=Gender and Political Mobilization Online: Participation and Policy Success on a Global Petitioning Platform |url=https://ash.harvard.edu/publications/gender-and-political-mobilization-online-participation-and-policy-success-global |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413202909/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://ash.harvard.edu/publications/gender-and-political-mobilization-online-participation-and-policy-success-global |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Harvard University |language=}}{{Cite web |author=Ash Center |date=April 18, 2016 |title=Is Showing Up Enough? Lessons from Mobilizing for Participatory Budgeting in Rural Kenya |url=https://medium.com/challenges-to-democracy/is-showing-up-enough-lessons-from-mobilizing-for-participatory-budgeting-in-rural-kenya-d37cc6f7a186 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413202955/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://medium.com/challenges-to-democracy/is-showing-up-enough-lessons-from-mobilizing-for-participatory-budgeting-in-rural-kenya-d37cc6f7a186 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Harvard University |language=}} Stanford University,{{Cite web |last=Bernholz |first=Lucy |date=December 1, 2019 |title=Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2020 |url=https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Blueprint-2020-FINAL-DIGITAL.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204102815/https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Blueprint-2020-FINAL-DIGITAL.pdf |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Stanford University |language=}} the Massachusetts Institute of Technology{{Cite web |author=World Bank |date=June 1, 2019 |title=Voice and Punishment: New World Bank Studies on Tax Morale |url=https://mitgovlab.org/news/voice-and-punishment-new-world-bank-studies-on-tax-morale/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180320/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://mitgovlab.org/news/voice-and-punishment-new-world-bank-studies-on-tax-morale/ |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=}} and Cornell University,{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date=December 5, 2011 |title=The Civic Need |url=https://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/tag/legal-open-government-data/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180027/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/tag/legal-open-government-data/ |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=Cornell University |language=}} and has featured in mainstream media including The Economist,{{Cite news |author=the newsroom |date=March 30, 2013 |title=Participatory politics |url=https://m.cafe.daum.net/econimist/GzVy/8532 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413204507/https://m.cafe.daum.net/econimist/GzVy/8532 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |newspaper=The Economist |language=}} Forbes,{{Cite web |last=Ferenstein |first=Gregory |date=March 31, 2018 |title=Academic Study Suggests Women Create More Successful Online Petitions |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregoryferenstein/2018/03/31/study-women-create-more-successful-online-petitions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413204419/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregoryferenstein/2018/03/31/study-women-create-more-successful-online-petitions/?sh=394da99d4f40 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Forbes |language=}} The Guardian,{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date=November 13, 2013 |title=13 ways to unlock the potential of open government |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/nov/13/open-government-best-bits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413204401/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/nov/13/open-government-best-bits |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=The Guardian |language=}} Le Monde, The Washington Post, New Scientist,{{Cite web |last=Firth |first=Niall |date=April 22, 2015 |title=Better than a ballot box: Could digital democracy win your vote? |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630180-400-better-than-a-ballot-box-could-digital-democracy-win-your-vote/#ixzz7FaKfs62D |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413204953/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630180-400-better-than-a-ballot-box-could-digital-democracy-win-your-vote/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=New Scientist |language=}} Quartz,{{Cite web |last=Ian Wong |first=Joon |date=January 5, 2018 |title=Brazil may write new laws with data stored on the ethereum blockchain |url=https://qz.com/1163660/brazil-may-write-new-laws-based-on-data-stored-on-the-ethereum-blockchain/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413205623/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://qz.com/1163660/brazil-may-write-new-laws-based-on-data-stored-on-the-ethereum-blockchain |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Quartz |language=}} Pacific Standard{{Cite web |last=Russon-Gilman |first=Hollie |date=May 3, 2017 |title=Democracy and Its (Very Many) Critics |url=https://psmag.com/news/democracy-and-its-very-many-critics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413180425/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://psmag.com/news/democracy-and-its-very-many-critics |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Pacific Standard |language=}} and Mashable.{{Cite web |last=Ferenstein |first=Gregory |date=September 14, 2010 |title=How Brazil is Blazing a Trail for Electronic Democracy |url=https://mashable.com/archive/brazil-electronic-democracy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413205652/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://mashable.com/archive/brazil-electronic-democracy |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Mashable |language=}}
He has published academic articles in the British Journal of Political Science,{{Cite web |last=C. Peixoto |first=Tiago |date=June 30, 2005 |title=Tiago C. Peixoto in The British Journal of Political Science |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Tiago%20Peixoto&eventCode=SE-AU |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419190941/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Tiago%20Peixoto&eventCode=SE-AU |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=Cambridge University Press |language=}} UCLA Law Review,{{Cite web |last=C. Peixoto |first=Tiago |date=May 2, 2013 |title=The Uncertain Relationship Between Open Data and Accountability: A Response to Yu and Robinson's The New Ambiguity of "Open Government" |url=https://www.uclalawreview.org/?s=Tiago+c.+Peixoto |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419190914/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.uclalawreview.org/the-uncertain-relationship-between-open-data-and-accountability-a-response-to-yu-and-robinsons-the-new-ambiguity-of-open-government/ |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=UCLA Law Review |language=}} Electoral Studies,{{cite journal |last1=Mellon |first1=Jonathan |last2=Peixoto |first2=Tiago |last3=Sjoberg |first3=Fredrik M. |date=July 1, 2017 |title=Does online voting change the outcome? Evidence from a multi-mode public policy referendum |url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6a886c0b-c958-4f91-bbd6-2089206bb392/files/maba6692996ed876c48568ee2cbf61908 |journal=Electoral Studies |language= |volume=47 |pages=13–24 |doi=10.1016/j.electstud.2017.02.006 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=April 24, 2023}} Journal of Information Technology and Politics,{{cite journal |last1=Spada |first1=Paolo |last2=Mellon |first2=Jonathan |last3=Peixoto |first3=Tiago |last4=Sjoberg |first4=Fredrik M. |date=June 10, 2016 |title=Effects of the internet on participation: Study of a public policy referendum in Brazil |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19331681.2016.1162250 |journal=Journal of Information Technology & Politics |language= |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=187–207 |doi=10.1080/19331681.2016.1162250 |s2cid=59487681 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230424143646/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19331681.2016.1162250 |archive-date=April 24, 2023 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |hdl-access=free |hdl=10986/24819}} European Journal of eParticipation,{{Cite web |last=Millard |first=Jeremy |date=March 1, 2009 |title=European Journal of eParticipation: eParticipation |url=https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/2014-06/ePractice%20Journal-Vol.7-March%202009.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104125417/https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/2014-06/ePractice%20Journal-Vol.7-March%202009.pdf |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=European Journal of EParticipation |language=}} and Public Administration Review.{{Cite web |last=C. Peixoto |first=Tiago |date= |title=Tiago C. Peixoto in Public Administration Review |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Peixoto%2C+Tiago |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419185951/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Peixoto,+Tiago |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=Public Administration Review |language=}} Through the blog DemocracySpot he analyzes and disseminates international research on issues related to public participation, civic technology and innovation in the public sector.{{Cite web |author=the Newsroom |date=January 8, 2015 |title=International report indicates budget engagement increases tax collection rates |url=https://pbnetwork.org.uk/international-report-indicates-budget-engagement-increases-tax-collection-rates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419175842/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://pbnetwork.org.uk/international-report-indicates-budget-engagement-increases-tax-collection-rates/ |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=PB Network |language=}}
Awards and honors
In 2012, while a consultant at the World Bank, he was nominated by TechCrunch as one of the 20 Most Innovative People in Democracy, along with former presidents Barack Obama and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, as well as former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt.
For two consecutive years, in 2018 and 2019, he was nominated as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government by Apolitical, based on nominations from over 130 experts in digital government from national governments, academia, business, and international organizations including the OECD, USAID, the Open Government Partnership and the Alan Turing Institute.
In 2018 he and his co-authors received the Louis Brownlow Award from the American Society for Public Administration for the article The Effect of Bureaucratic Responsiveness on Citizen Participation.{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date= |title=Annual Awards Program 2018 |url=https://www.aspanet.org/Conference2018/Archived-Sites/Conference2018/Special-Events/Awards.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413214435/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.aspanet.org/Conference2018/Archived-Sites/Conference2018/Special-Events/Awards.aspx |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=American Public Administration Society |language=}}{{Cite web |author=Louis Brownlow Award |title=Louis Brownlow Award: Previous Winners |url=https://www.aspanet.org/ASPA/Make-Connections/Awards/Louis-Brownlow-Award.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413211501/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.aspanet.org/ASPA/Make-Connections/Awards/Louis-Brownlow-Award.aspx |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=American Public Administration Society |language=}} The article used data from UK website FixMyStreet to develop a calculation that allows examination of the impact of government responsiveness on future public participation, providing for the first time in the literature an empirical proof of the hypothesis that, when a government is reactive to citizens’ engagement, these citizens become more likely to participate in the future.{{cite journal|date=2017-02-13|title=The Effect of Bureaucratic Responsiveness on Citizen Participation|doi=10.1111/puar.12697|last1=Sjoberg |first1=Fredrik M. |last2=Mellon |first2=Jonathan |last3=Peixoto |first3=Tiago |journal=Public Administration Review |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=340–351 |s2cid=157112011 |url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2bd169fd-0b27-46e4-8b81-1ccfccf7c55a }}
He was nominated as co-chair of the editorial board of the Open Governance Research Exchange (OGRX), a collaborative platform for the sharing of research on public sector innovation.{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Andrew |date=April 28, 2016 |title=NEW Platform for Sharing Research on Opening Governance: The Open Governance Research Exchange (OGRX) |url=https://blog.thegovlab.org/post/ogrx-launch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413190307/https://blog.thegovlab.org/post/ogrx-launch |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=GovLab |language=}} In 2020 he became a member of the advisory board of the World Citizens’ Assembly, along with other prominent political scientists such as Jane Mansbridge and Terry Bouricius.{{Cite web |last=Estela de Sousa Pinto |first=Ana |date=January 1, 2021 |title=Sorteio vira remédio para males da democracia eleitoral na Bélgica |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2021/01/sorteio-vira-remedio-para-males-da-democracia-eleitoral-na-belgica.shtml?origin=folha |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413193848/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2021/01/sorteio-vira-remedio-para-males-da-democracia-eleitoral-na-belgica.shtml?origin=folha |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Folha de São Paulo |language=Portuguese}}{{Cite web |author=the newsroom |date= |title=World Citizens' Assembly Team |url=https://www.worldassembly.org/team |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230419175629/https://www.worldassembly.org/team |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=World Citizens' Assembly |language=}}
Bibliography
- e-AGORA: The White Book of Local e-Democracy: Reflections and Perspectives (2006)
- Civic Tech in the Global South: Assessing Technology for the Public Good (2017){{Cite book |author=the newsroom |title=Civic Tech in the Global South - Assessing Technology for the Public Good |url=http://events.ogrx.org/civictech.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413190919/https://web.archive.org/screenshot/http://events.ogrx.org/civictech.html |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=OGRX |language=}}
References
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External links
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ZPqxDokAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Articles published by Tiago Peixoto]
- [https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1XSWIeYDu8G8JuwUV2KNfQ9K06EU&hl=en&ll=14.417250767202228%2C28.011102499999993&z=2 Map of reconstitution of participatory budgeting experiences]
- [https://democracyspot.net/ Blog DemocracySpot]
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