Robin Lybeck

Åbo Akademi University, Social Sciences and Economy, Graduate Student

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At the moment I am working as a researcher and writing my PhD at the department of Sociology in Åbo Akademi University. I focus in my thesis on issues concerning digital participation. In the past I have written about the digital divide, mobile participation and urban social movements.

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Maantieteen päivät 2017: WELCOME TO FINLAND?

Empirical research on participatory planning is somewhat stuck with ideas how participation – onl... more Empirical research on participatory planning is somewhat stuck with ideas how participation – online or offline – is implemented and who are active in it. On the one hand, there are plenty of projects and studies on neighbourhood and community participation driven by care for particular location but not a single issue, and other the other projects and studies on thematic participation driven by a particular mission but not a location. Very few studies address a third category – self-selective participation on various topics, increasingly on digital platforms, even though it is likely to become the next mainstream.

Deep Learning in Urban Research; Exploring Local Issues By Mapping Semantic Themes and Sentiment

Mobile Participation in Urban Planning; Exploring a Typology of Engagement

Planning Practice & Research, 2018

Public participation innovations, such as the mobile participation trial analyzed in this paper, ... more Public participation innovations, such as the mobile participation trial analyzed in this paper, are increasingly adopted in hopes of deepening and broadening participation. The impact of the source of the engagement on the type of participation occurring in these types of arenas remain largely unexplored. To address this question, a typology derived from the literature on public participation is used to explore the engagement in the trial. The results show how explicit opinions, local knowledge, and creative input are expressed in the material depending on whether the discussions are initiated from the top-down or bottom-up.

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From digital divide to digital capital: the role of education and digital skills in social media participation

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Social media platforms have become significant media for participating in society. This, and soci... more Social media platforms have become significant media for participating in society. This, and society’s digitalization overall, has resulted in concerns regarding access and inclusion. By combining theories of social media participation and digital inequality, we explore issues regarding the prerequisites of participating through social media platforms, focusing especially on education. Through an analysis of data from a representative survey study in Finland (N = 3724), we illuminate the ambiguity of the perceived obstacles to both digital skills and political participation. We further build on the concept of digital capital to show the significant mediating effect of digital skills on education and participation. By utilizing the ISS (Internet Skills Scale), we break down digital skills into operational, information navigation, social, creative and mobile skills, and show how the operational skills have most significant mediator between education and political participation in soci...

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