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Abstract(s)
Crowdsourcing platforms are being used to increase citizens engagement with the
development and implementation of new projects that are able to improve community’s
wellbeing. The use of civic crowdsourcing has also been extended to the younger segments of
the population, such as the Youth Participatory Budgeting in Portugal. This research aims to
study the ideas developed by young citizens in order to understand whether gender is able or
not to influence the ideas generated by the applicants. The study uses a quantitative approach
to explore the database of proposals made to this crowdsourcing program. The results show
that young men are more involved in the submission of new ideas than women. Also, some
differences were found concerning the location and features of the territory where the
opportunities are seized, in accordance with gender. No other significant differences were
found in the ideas generated, such as number of proponents, geographical scope, theme or
budget involved.
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Keywords
Crowdsourcing Civic crowdsourcing Ideas generation Young entrepreneurship Portugal
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Bernardino, S. & Freitas Santos, J. (2019). Gender differences and generation of ideas on civic crowdsourcing?, proceedings 26th APDR Congress Evidence-based territorial policymaking: formulation, implementation and evaluation of policy, Aveiro, Portugal, July 4-5, 93.