Samenvatting
This article explores the role of hackathons for good in building a community of software and hardware developers focused on addressing global sustainable development goal (SDG) challenges. We theorize this movement as computational diplomacy: a decentralized, participatory process for digital governance that leverages collective intelligence to tackle major global issues. Analysing Devpost and GitHub data reveals that 30% of hackathons since 2010 have addressed SDG topics, employing diverse technologies to create innovative solutions. Hackathons serve as crucial kairos moments, sparking innovation bursts that drive both immediate project outcomes and long-term production. We propose that these events harness the neurobiological basis of human cooperation and empathy, fostering a collective sense of purpose and reducing interpersonal prejudice. This bottom-up approach to digital governance integrates software development, human collective intelligence and collective action, creating a dynamic model for transformative change. By leveraging kairos moments, computational diplomacy promotes a more inclusive and effective model for digital multilateral governance of the future. This article is part of the theme issue 'Co-creating the future: participatory cities and digital governance'.
| Originele taal-2 | Engels |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 20240103 |
| Aantal pagina's | 21 |
| Tijdschrift | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
| Volume | 382 |
| Nummer van het tijdschrift | 2285 |
| DOI's | |
| Status | Gepubliceerd - 16 dec. 2024 |
Financiering
This paper was partially funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of the CIRCE initiative (https://creativeimpact.eu/en/). The development of this manuscript would not have been possible without the valuable input from interactions with attendants to the conference on Co-Creating the Future: Participatory Cities and Digital Governance held on 11-13 September 2023 at the Complexity Hub (Institute of Advanced Studies) in Vienna, Austria. This article was further inspired by a one-day hackathon, which was held at the UN Library & Archives Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland on 8 November 2023 as part of the weeklong Hack the Hackathon workshop (http://hackthehackathon.org/), which was partially funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of the CIRCE initiative (https:// creativeimpact.eu/en/). The aim of the one-day hackathon was to explore how hackathons could offer opportunities for the development of radical forms of multilateralism.
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