New Project – Examining Public Participation in ACTion Alexandria
The Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech has entered into an agreement to partner with ACT for Alexandria to advance the design of citizen engagement platforms.I will lead a team of researchers who will work in collaboration with ACT for Alexandria personnel to examine public participation on the ACTion Alexandria platform. The team will look at how user interactions on […]
Hidden Champions and Dynamically Changing Environments – Vienna (Nov 17-18, 2011)
I will be traveling to Vienna (Nov16-19) to moderate a panel at the Hidden Champions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Dynamically Changing Environments. The focus of the panel will be on designing collaborative alliances for sustainable innovation. I will share results from two of my prior project, I4I (Ideas for Innovation) and Intraprenuership. This conference […]
Resilience of Citizen Engagement to Local Disasters Project – The Metropolitan Institute
Maggie Cowell (Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, School of Public and International Affairs) and I have received a seed grant ($20,000) from the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE) at Virginia Tech for our project “Resilience of Citizen Engagement to Local Disasters: Studying the Emergence and Dissolution of Community Networks.” This project will […]
Organizational Interventions of Knowledge Management Systems & Design Science Perspective
I have a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. The paper is titled, “Contextualizing Organizational Interventions of Knowledge Management Systems: A Design Science Perspective,” and is co-authored with Peter Baloh (BISOL and IEDC Bled School of Management) and Raymond A. Hackney (Brunel University). This paper is based on […]
Investigating Failures in Large-Scale Public Sector Projects with Sentiment Analysis
I have co-authored a paper with Sandeep Purao and Jonathan Becker, both based at the College of Information Science and Technology at Penn State University, which analyzes the IRS’s Business Systems Modernization Project using sentiment analysis. The paper will appear in a special issue of e-Service Journal. We describe results from historical analysis of the IRS Business Systems Modernization (BSM) as […]
Vision of the Metropolitan Institue
Below is the new vision for the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. I look forward to partnering with you on collaborative efforts. Vision As one of Virginia Tech’s premier research initiatives, the Metropolitan Institute conducts basic and applied research on the dynamics of metropolitan complexities, such as demographics, environment, technology, design, transportation, and governance. With […]
Welcome Letter from the Director – Metropolitan Institute
Just completed finalizing my first letter as the Director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. We will soon be loading this on the Metropolitan Institute’s website and sharing it with faculty, staff, and friends of Virginia Tech. Welcome Letter from the Director Greetings, It is a privilege to introduce myself as the new director […]
Washington Post: Appointments and Promotions for the Week of Aug. 29
Made the list of important appointments and promotions in the Northern Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland area. See – Link Source: “Washington area appointments and promotions for the week of Aug. 29,” Washington Post, Saturday, August 27, 2011. P.S. The Roanoke Times also highlighted my new role with Virginia Tech (Link)
Defining Policy Informatics
I have been busy working on a statement that captures the essence of policy informatics. Here is my first-cut at the definition. I thank all those who have already provided comments on this version, especially Dr. Erik Johnston (Co-Director of the Center for Public Informatics at Arizona State University). Please do send me your comments, […]
Kevin Desouza named director of Virginia Tech’s Metropolitan Institute – Press Release
Virginia Tech released the following press release on my new role at the University (Click here to access the press release – LINK). NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, Aug. 18, 2011 – Kevin Desouza has been named director of theMetropolitan Institute, a center in theSchool of Public and International Affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia […]