Tiago Peixoto is a PhD researcher at the European University Institute in Florence (EUI). His main research interests are related to identifying factors that contribute to successful policies aiming at reinforcing political participation, such as the role of institutions in participatory engineering or the use of Information and Communication Technologies on democratic procedures (e-democracy). Mr. Peixoto has been involved in pioneering work concerning Participatory Budgeting and also on e-democracy experiences at the local level funded by the European Commission. Among other publications, he is co-author of the World Bank / OECD joint publication "Beyond Public Scrutiny: A Stocktaking of Social Accountability initiatives in OECD countries". He holds a Masters in Organized Collective Action (Sciences-Po, Paris) and in Political and Social Sciences (EUI). Mr. Peixoto is also a research associate of the Electronic Democracy Center, a joint venture of the Geneva University, the EUI and the Oxford Internet Institute. • He is also advisor to the Brazilian House of Representatives' e-Democracy project.
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