Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Berntzen, Lasse"
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A review of the Norwegian plain language policy
Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse; Ødegård, Ansgar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)In this paper, we examine the policy documents that define the Nor-wegian policies on language use in the public sector, with an emphasis on how ICT is mentioned as a tool for creating a public sector language citizens ... -
A Citizen-centric Public Sector: Why citizen centricity matters and how to obtain it
Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Ødegård, Ansgar (Chapter, 2016)The paper discusses the concept of a citizen-centric public sector. Citizen centricity is often promoted in policy papers and political speeches, but is often overlooked in practice. Reasons are discussed, and practical ... -
A Decade of eParticipation Research - An Overview of the ePart Conference 2009–2018
Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The first ePart conference was organized in Linz in 2009, co-located with the longer-running eGov conference, which at the time was in its 7th year. Since then, we have seen ten conferences focusing on eParticipation ... -
Forward Value Creation and Digital Government: Solving the Cost-Benefit Paradox?
Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Andersen, Kim Normann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)While adoption of new technologies and supply of online services are in focus of measuring uptake of online services in maturity models, measurement of direct and indirect outcome and value creation for the internal and ... -
Low Cost Mobile Embedded System for Air Quality Monitoring
Florea, Adrian; Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Stoica, Daniela; Naciu, Ionel Stelian; Cazan, Vlad (Chapter, 2017)This paper reports on a case study using a mobile platform for air-quality monitoring. This case study was done in Sibiu, Romania, and includes a description of related work, a survey, a summary of existing results regarding ... -
Parliamentary Open Big Data: A case study of the Norwegian Parliament´s open data platform
Berntzen, Lasse; El-Gazzar, Rania; Johannessen, Marius Rohde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The paper presents a case study on the use of open big data in the Norwegian Parliament. A set of policy documents was examined to find motivation for publishing open data. The case study was based on an examination of the ... -
Parliamentary Open Data in Scandinavia
Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Andersen, Kim Normann; Crusoe, Jonathan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article presents a case study on the use of open data in the Scandinavian parliaments (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark). While the three countries have all opened the gates and provided access to data—for example, on the ... -
Sensors and the Smart City: Creating a Research Design for Sensor-based Smart City Projects
Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Florea, Adrian (Chapter, 2016)In this paper, we present a proposal for a research design, based on the argument that there is a connection between smart cities and the concepts of “smart buildings” and “smart users”. Smart cities refer to “places where ... -
Smart Cities Through Implicit Participation: Using Gamification to Generate Citizen Input for Public Transport Planning
Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016)In this paper, we present a case study of the mobile app and ecosystem Trafpoint. Trafpoint is a system for registering when and where people travel by public transport, using gamification in an attempt to convince more ... -
Smart Cities: Challenges and a Sensor-based Solution A research design for sensor-based smart city projects
Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Florea, Adrian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)In this article, we present a research design for smart city initiatives, based on the argument that there is a connection between smart cities and the concepts of “smart buildings” and “smart users”. Smart cities refer ... -
A Strategy for Drone Traffic Planning Dynamic Flight-paths for Drones in Smart Cities
Berntzen, Lasse; Florea, Adrian; Molder, Cristian; Bouhmala, Noureddine (Chapter, 2019)This paper presents a solution for creating dynamic flight plans for drones. The number of drones is expected to increase dramatically, and there will be a demand for drone traffic planning solutions. The approach used ... -
A Survey on Smart Cities, Big Data, Analytics, and Smart Decision-making. Towards an analytical framework for decision-making in smart cities
Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse; El-Gazzar, Rania (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Smart decision making is based on data combined with analytics to improve decision-making. This paper examines several application areas of smart cities, and related data sources used for decision-making. Further, we present ...