Structure and governance of communities for the digital society

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Abstract

It has been argued that the value of communities is that they can solve certain types of collective action problems which are resistant to purely market-based or policy-based solutions. Such problems increasingly arise in a data-driven information economy, the (so-called) sharing economy, and in economies of scarcity, where the added-value of information, reciprocity or other pro-social behaviour is indeterminate, and/or the qualitative nature of traded services is subjective and cannot simply be measured by kilowatts, tons, etc. It is therefore predicted that self-organised community systems will be of increasing importance as a mechanism for solving collective action problems in the digital society. Using community energy systems as an exemplar, this paper investigates the inter-weaving of (holonic) structure and (algorithmic) governance which are required to deliver air, sustainable and successful community-based solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing, ICAC 2015
EditorsPhilippe Lalanda, Samuel Kounev, Ada Diaconescu, Lucy Cherkasova
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages279-284
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781467369701
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Sept 2015
Event12th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing, ICAC 2015 - Grenoble, France
Duration: 7 Jul 201510 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing, ICAC 2015

Conference

Conference12th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing, ICAC 2015
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityGrenoble
Period7/07/1510/07/15

Keywords

  • Communities
  • Governance
  • Holonics
  • Institutions
  • Self-Organization

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