@article {georgiadou2011sensorsafrica,
	title = {Sensors, empowerment, and accountability: A digital earth view from East Africa},
	journal = {International Journal of Digital Earth},
	volume = {4},
	number = {4},
	year = {2011},
	month = {Jul},
	pages = {285{\textendash}304},
	abstract = {Several innovative {\textquoteright}participatory sensing{\textquoteright} initiatives are under way in East Africa. They can be seen as local manifestations of the global notion of Digital Earth. The initiatives aim to amplify the voice of ordinary citizens, improve citizens{\textquoteright} capacity to directly influence public service delivery and hold local government accountable. The popularity of these innovations is, among other things, a local reaction to the partial failure of the millennium development goals (MDGs) to deliver accurate statistics on public services in Africa. Empowered citizens, with access to standard mobile phones, can {\textquoteright}sense{\textquoteright} via text messages and report failures in the delivery of local government services. The public disclosure of these reports on the web and other mass media may pressure local authorities to take remedial action. In this paper, we outline the potential and research challenges of a {\textquoteright}participatory sensing{\textquoteright} platform, which we call a {\textquoteright}human sensor web.{\textquoteright} Digital Africa{\textquoteright}s first priority could be to harness continent-wide and national data as well as local information resources, collected by citizens, in order to monitor, measure and forecast MDGs. {\textcopyright} 2011 Taylor \&Francis.},
	issn = {1753-8947},
	doi = {10.1080/17538947.2011.585184},
	author = {Georgiadou, Y and Bana, B and Becht, R and Hoppe, R and Ikingura, J and Kraak, MJ and Lance, K and Lemmens, R and Lungo, JH and Mccall, M and Miscione, G and Verplanke, J}
}
@article {georgiadou2009framingperspectives,
	title = {Framing the use of geo-information in government: A tale of two perspectives},
	journal = {Earth Science Informatics},
	volume = {2},
	number = {4},
	year = {2009},
	month = {Dec},
	pages = {271{\textendash}282},
	abstract = {While commercial virtual globes (e. g. Google Earth) and global scientific cyber-infrastructures (e. g. Digital Earth) are revolutionizing the way we use and produce geo-information, we still lack a rich conceptual understanding of how genuine human actors use geo-information and associated technologies in real work settings. In this paper, we conceptualize the use of geo-information as encompassing people{\textquoteright}s actual use practices, the values to which people aspire through geo-information use, and the rules that either legally prescribe or just encourage optimal use. Values, practices and rules can be illuminated from two perspectives (or lenses), the market and the polis, resulting in radically different insights on the use of geo-information as a social phenomenon. We argue that with a polis lens we stand a chance to explain how authentic human actors, groups and communities with different values, interests and motivations use geo-information, and how societal benefits materialize or not as a result. Seen from a polis lens, values are not easily measurable standards of goodness, dominant public management ideas can be the source of technical-organizational change in government while policies can be fruitfully examined as persuasive arguments to target audiences. With a polis lens, we are more likely to understand the emergence of new practices, value contests and global rules underpinning commercial virtual globes and scientific cyber-infrastructures. {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag 2009.},
	issn = {1865-0473},
	doi = {10.1007/s12145-009-0036-5},
	author = {Georgiadou, Y and Miscione, G and Lance, K and de Vries, W}
}
