Our Projects

This project presents a successful civic innovation crowdsourcing project case study to co-create visionary solutions to the challenge of future mobility in crowded cities around the world. Designing Future Megacities with the Crowd: Wicked Urban Problems and Firm-sponsored Civic Innovation Crowdsourcing 2015 With the rise of megacities, urban innovators are exposed to increasingly ‘wicked’ societal problems, such as urban mobility.

Working in conjunction with Bright Idea, a leading Open Innovation Platform provider, we are testing the impact of selective anonymity, where participants can flag their contributions to be displayed anonymously.

This project tests a moderated mediation model in which external search breadth and depth influence open innovation project performance through their effects by different governance mechanisms. Governance and Risk-mitigation of Open Innovation Since Henry Chesbrough’s (2003) landmark work on open innovation, much attention has been given to the phenomenon of firms’ using a wide range of external actors and sources to help them achieve and sustain innovation (Laursen and Salter, 2006).

This research is aimed at comparing the network effects formed in online digital platforms of participating scientists to “traditional” research and collaboration methods. Effect of Online Digital Communities to Members Output (Success) and Choices (Contagion): The Case NanoHUB Cyberinfrastructure The primary research questions that sparked this project were: (1) How does scientist output depend upon their embeddedness in digital spaces in NanoHUB.

This project aims to identify how new ways of constructing exchange are emerging in society Blockchain Networks and Transparency Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact From an interdisciplinary perspective, the research aim is to explore and develop the interlinkage between network science and blockchain technology.

IronHacks is an open data hacking program that empowers programmers - from beginners to professionals - to solve civic challenges during a multi-phase and learning-oriented process. The IronHacks platform offers participants a no-set-up programming environment and many powerful features to create novel and useful models and visualizations that help citizens and governments to make better decisions.

Simulating Performance of DoD Contracts is a collaborative project where RCODI works alongside Software Factory Labs (SFL) to conduct research concerning engagement and performance of R&D contacts. With government contracting, there are different-sized businesses that typically aply for contracts, and small business enagement can be raised.