Month: June 2020

Inclusion: An ‘alternative platform model’ for the COVID era

Jonathan DonnerDigital Political Economy
An opportunity for inclusion? Digital platform innovation in times of crisis | The Social Enterprise Magazine – Pioneers Post
Numerous digital platforms have emerged as a go-to response to the Covid-19 crisis – building on conventional platform characteristics, but using alternative, more inclusive organisational models. Will they stick?

“The platform innovations which we observed emphasised values like openness, sharing, cooperation, and transparency. One illustration of this was Pflegesterne (Care Stars), which enables a network of health organisations to address together the shortage of nursing staff in care facilities and hospitals.” – Friederici, Meier & Aslan Gümüsay.

Change model at Pflegesterne: Organizational innovation and new business models

Assessing Estonia’s COVID-19 responses as an example of successful digitization

Jonathan DonnerDigital Political Economy
Lessons For The World On How Estonia’s Digital State Is Coping With Coronavirus
Coronavirus is shaking the world out of all sorts of complacencies. Governments’ capacity – or lack of it – is suddenly under the microscope, which is making the case for digital government reforms in the image of Estonia not just attractive, which they have always been, but vital.

“This is What State Capacity Looks Like”

Following the development of the Apple-Google contact tracing app

Jonathan DonnerIdentity and Privacy, Uncategorized

There will be too many stories about the Google/Apple proximity tracing app to list/highlight them all. I’ll update this page from time to time (new items on top) as new developments emerge. If there is anything specifically future focused, like the promise to limit the API’s duration, I will consider a different post.

UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model
Government now intends to launch an app in the autumn but it may still lack contact-tracing tech.
Exposure Notification API launches to support public health agencies
Apple and Google’s Exposure Notifications technology is available to public health agencies on both iOS and Android.
Apple and Google release first seed of COVID-19 exposure notification API for contact tracing app developers – TechCrunch
Apple and Google have released the first version of their exposure notification API, which they previously called the contact tracing API. This is a developer-focused release, and is a seed of the API in development, with the primary intent of collecting feedback from developers who will be using th…